{"product_id":"blue-graded-cube-massed-acrylic-console-180cm","title":"Blue Graded Cube-Massed Acrylic Console - 180cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe whole console is built from small cubes rather than cut from sheet, so every surface is a field of squares and every edge is stepped. The colour runs with the mass: deep blue along the top, thinning down each leg, colourless where the feet meet the floor. The two legs do not drop straight but arch inward under the slab, which brings the feet in from the ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Console Massed Out of Small Cubes\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMassing a console out of cubes is a decision about tolerance more than about form. Each cube has to be cut to the same dimension in all three axes, because a cube a fraction out shows twice - once as a step in the face and once as a gap at the joint - and there are enough of them here for a small error to accumulate into a visible lean. They are bonded in courses, and whether those courses run level from every angle is the only real test of a piece massed this way. The graded colour is achieved by casting the cubes in batches and laying them by tone rather than by tinting the finished piece, so the change reads as a drift rather than a boundary. The arch in each leg is built as a corbel, every course stepping in a little.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA console massed like this reads as heavy from a distance and light up close, which suits a hall where people pass it twice a day rather than a room where it is looked at once. Because the feet stand well inside the ends, the console can sit over a floor register or a pipe run that a four-legged piece would straddle. At this length it wants a wall of its own. A raking light across the front is what makes the cube field read; flat light from the ceiling flattens it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCube Size, Colour Direction and Bringing It In\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery standard piece is made in 3–4 weeks, and every bespoke commission in 5–6. Cube size is set at order and changes the grain of the whole piece rather than only its detail. The colour can be run from the floor upward instead of down, taken through a green, an amber or a grey, or left out for a colourless console. The arch in the legs can be opened out until the feet come in close together, or straightened for a console that stands square. Length and height are both made to the sizes you give. Delivery is one crate, the console on its back and already together, and at this size it is a four-person lift; it goes through a standard doorway on edge. Nothing is fixed to the wall. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlue draining down through stepped cubes belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/acrylic-sculptures\"\u003eacrylic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; legs that arch in under the slab lead to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/geometric-sculptures\"\u003egeometric sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and a stepped console to pass twice a day joins our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor sculptures\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\u003e75cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e180cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGraded Blue and Clear Cast Acrylic Cubes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54016469729627,"sku":"Y196","price":21467.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/Y196.jpg?v=1790889897","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/blue-graded-cube-massed-acrylic-console-180cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}