{"product_id":"blue-and-violet-faceted-gem-on-marble-plinth-168cm","title":"Blue \u0026 Violet Faceted Gem on Marble Plinth - 168cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA faceted block of dichroic acrylic standing on a tall black marble plinth, and the plinth takes up more than half the height of the whole. That proportion is the design. The block does not sit on a base so much as continue out of a column, and the two read as one object rather than as a sculpture and its support. The planes return blue, teal and violet, and fine bright lines run through the body where the facet edges meet inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Block and a Plinth as One Object\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA plinth that overtops the thing it carries is a decision that has to be got exactly right or it looks like a mistake. Too short and the block becomes an ornament on a box; too tall and the block becomes an afterthought on a column. What matters is where the block's widest point falls against a standing viewer, and on this one it falls high, in the upper half of the block, with the sloping crown above it. The plinth is a plain square column, black and unadorned and a little broader than the block, so the block's narrower foot stands well inside its top and nothing in the stone competes with the planes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 168cm this one belongs on the floor, and the position it wants is one where the block arrives at eye level from across a room: a stair head, a wide landing, or the far end of a long space. It should not go against a busy wall: the block's internal lines are fine and a patterned paper behind them turns them into noise. Give it light with some spread, since a coating this cool needs a broad source to move through its range. And give it a hard level floor: the marble is heavy and a soft surface lets a tall plinth settle, which a vertical this plain reports immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePlinth, Coating and Setting It Level\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the workshop a standard piece takes 3–4 weeks and a bespoke commission 5–6. The plinth is the main variable. Black marble is the standard, with white or grey marble as the alternatives, and the plinth's height is set to carry the block to the level the room needs: shallow for a seated view, deep for a hall. The coating comes as this blue-and-violet run, a warm amber, a green shift or nothing at all. The cut is drawn per piece. Stand the plinth level before the block goes onto it, and set the block down by two opposite planes, never by an edge. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlock and plinth read as one object here, which puts the pair in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/geometric-sculptures\"\u003egeometric sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e, draws the body from \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/acrylic-sculptures\"\u003eacrylic sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e, and settles the whole among \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e78cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e53cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e50cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 x 60 x 90cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDichroic Acrylic on Black Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54023523664219,"sku":"C177","price":4264.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/C177.jpg?v=1792069690","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/blue-and-violet-faceted-gem-on-marble-plinth-168cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}