{"product_id":"blue-five-fish-group-on-marble-200cm","title":"Blue Five-Fish Group on Marble - 200cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive fighting fish, one large and four of a second size, each carried on a slender dark rod rising out of a long base of white marble. Three of the fish are a pale smoky blue and two are white, and their fins are combed into fine parallel ridges. No two rods are the same length, so the group climbs from one end of the base to the other, and the fish are turned at slightly different angles as if caught mid-shoal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFive Fish at Five Heights\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA group like this is composed rather than modelled, and the composition is settled with the rods temporary and adjustable before anything is fixed. Heights and angles are set by standing back at the distance the piece will be seen from, because a difference of a few centimetres that looks deliberate at arm's length disappears across a room. Each fish is then drilled and seated to the rod it was set to and no other. The base is the other half of the work: a marble slab of that length needs the five holes true and plumb, and marble does not forgive a hole started at the wrong angle, so they are set out from a template made off the finished composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 200cm the base needs a long wall, a console table of matching length, a reception counter or a broad sill; it will not sit on anything square. Stand back and the five heights make one line; from close up, or from either end, that line is lost. Light from above and in front puts a shadow under each fish and separates them from the wall behind; a strong backlight turns the pale blue almost white and the ridges disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Group, the Base and Getting It Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere the piece is standard the build is 3–4 weeks, and where it is bespoke 5–6. The number of fish is settled at order, from three up to seven, and the heights and angles are set to your own wall. Colour runs from this pale blue to an amber, a green, a smoke or a colourless body, and a solid opaque fish is made where the light should not pass. The base is made in this white marble, in a black stone or in steel, at the length you need. It arrives in two crates, the base flat and the fish cased individually with the rods packed apart; the fish are seated on site. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive fish raised on rods that climb along a base belong with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-sculptures\"\u003eanimal sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; fins combed into fine ridges lead to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/organic-sculptures\"\u003eorganic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and a shoal set on white marble joins our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/contemporary-modern-sculptures\"\u003econtemporary and modern sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLarge Fish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eH59 x W52 x D8.4cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFour Small Fish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eH45.2 x W40 x D6.3cm each\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarble Base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eH15 x W200 x D50cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCast Resin on a Natural Marble Base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020811063643,"sku":"R289","price":5872.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R289.jpg?v=1791315948","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/blue-five-fish-group-on-marble-200cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}