{"product_id":"blue-faceted-scholars-rock-resin-sculpture-86cm","title":"Blue Faceted Scholar's Rock Resin Sculpture - 86cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts black marble base is included with this resin scholar's rock. The mass is broken into flat angular facets rather than rounded lobes, so the whole surface is a set of planes meeting at hard edges, and five openings of different sizes are cut through it. Two finishes are made: this aqua, which holds the colour in the facets, and a colourless one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFlat Planes Meeting at Hard Edges\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaceting rather than rounding is what defines this rock, and it changes how the piece behaves in a room. Each plane is a few centimetres across and set at its own angle, so where a rounded rock returns one moving highlight this one returns a dozen fixed ones, and it holds the same appearance as you cross the room instead of shifting. The edges between planes are left sharp, which draws a bright line along each of them and gives the outline a crystalline look at odds with the rock the piece is nominally describing. The five openings are cut across facets rather than between them, so each one is a polygon rather than a hole. The piece is narrow front to back, and the facets on the two flanks are the smallest, which keeps the sides from competing with the face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 86cm this stands on a surface at standing eye level. A console, a credenza, a sideboard or a study shelf all take it, and nothing goes underneath. The faceting is what to place for: a single strong light source, from one side, is what puts a different value on every plane, and diffuse light from several directions flattens it into a grey mass. It follows that this piece does better in a room with one window or one lamp than in a bright even one. The openings want a little space behind them, though less than an openwork rock would, since the facets carry the object on their own. Indoor use only.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eColourless or Aqua, and How Fine to Cut the Facets\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the workshop a standard piece takes 3–4 weeks and a bespoke commission 5–6. The two finishes are genuinely different objects. This aqua holds a clear blue-green that pools in the deeper facets and thins on the shallow ones, so the colour maps the geometry, and it suits a room with little natural light; the colourless version is the crisper of the two, because nothing competes with the play of light across the planes. On the cutting: the facets can be run coarser, half a dozen large planes to a face, which reads bolder and more mineral, or finer for something closer to cut crystal. The five openings run from three to eight. Other heights keep the same faceting. It travels standing with the arrises individually protected, since a sharp polished edge is what suffers first, and it is a one-person lift. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn aqua rock cut into flat facets belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-sculptures\"\u003eabstract sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; a narrow piece pierced across its planes suits our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and blue-green pooling in the deeper facets places it among our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/organic-sculptures\"\u003eorganic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e80cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e39cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 x 20 x 6cm, Included\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImported Clear Resin with Marble Base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53956677730651,"sku":"T113","price":2564.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/T113__2.jpg?v=1790859475","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/blue-faceted-scholars-rock-resin-sculpture-86cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}