{"product_id":"blue-furled-ribbon-resin-sculpture-on-marble-115cm","title":"Blue Furled Ribbon Resin Sculpture on Marble - 115cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this resin sculpture a ribbon rises from a squared black marble base, furls as it climbs and then divides: a ribbed wing breaks away to the left and hangs down beside the body, a short point lifts to the right, and a slender stem climbs on and arches back over itself into a crest of upright clear ribs. Its footprint is slight for so tall a piece, and it reads as an upright line rather than a mass. Fine striations comb the body and follow the furl, and the blue is deep and saturated through the bottom half, clearing towards the turn at the top.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOne Ribbon Turning Back on Itself\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat this piece has to manage is weight against lightness: the body is a deep, dense blue at the foot, and everything above it thins out into wing, point and stem until the crest at the top is almost colourless. The striations do a second job besides the obvious one: running vertically on a form that twists, they show the twist. A smooth ribbon of this shape looks like a smooth ribbon, while a combed one reads as a surface being carried round, and the combing has to follow the furl rather than the axis of the piece for that to happen. The ribs of the wing and the crest work the same way at the edges, catching the light in fine parallel lines where the body catches it in curves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanding 115cm on its marble, this is floor work, and its small footprint is the point: it takes a place a wide piece cannot, beside a chair, at a hall return, on the turn of a stair or in a window reveal. It should be lit from one side. Side light runs down the striations and along the ribbed edges and makes the furl legible; front light flattens both and leaves a blue shape. Because it is tall and narrow, it is worth checking what is directly above it before placing it, and worth keeping it off a soft floor, where the marble base can settle slightly and a vertical line reads the error immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eColour, Footprint and Carrying It\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWork on a bespoke commission runs to 5–6 weeks, on a standard piece to 3–4. Tint and surface are specified at order: this blue clearing upward, a green, an amber, a smoke, or a colourless body. The striations can be coarsened, refined or left off for a smooth ribbon, and the number of furls and where the turn happens are drawn per piece. The marble can be this black or a white or grey one. Sizes run up considerably from this one. It is carried by the heavy furl at its foot, never by the wing or by the turn at the head. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA furl has no straight line anywhere in it, which is \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/organic-sculptures\"\u003eorganic sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e; the body is one piece and not an assembly, which is \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eresin sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e; and it stands where nothing weathers it, in \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\u003e105cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 x 30 x 10cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCast Blue Resin 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":54022613238107,"sku":"C279","price":3874.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/C279.jpg?v=1792077417","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/blue-furled-ribbon-resin-sculpture-on-marble-115cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}