{"product_id":"blue-graded-rod-bundle-acrylic-plinth-49cm","title":"Blue Graded Rod Bundle Acrylic Plinth - 49cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVertical rods bundled together make the whole of this plinth. The rods run the full height of the plinth, with a flat plate capping them at the top. Each rod carries the same graded blue - strong where it meets the plate and draining almost to clear at the floor - so the bundle reads as one body of colour rather than as a row of separate sticks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Bundle of Rods Standing on End\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBundling rods is easy and making the bundle read as one thing is not. Each rod is a separate piece of graded acrylic and if any of them is set a few millimetres high or low its colour arrives at the wrong level and the whole face develops a stripe. The rods are therefore trimmed to length as a group against the cap rather than individually against a rule, and they are oriented so the deep end of every grade sits uppermost. Where they touch, the round faces meet on a line rather than a plane, which is what gives the outer surface its ribbed profile and its particular way of breaking up whatever is behind it. The cap is cut to the bundle's actual outline once the rods are in place, since no two bundles close up to exactly the same footprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA plinth this size is for one object - a vessel, a small bronze, a plant - and at 49cm it puts that object at the height of a seated eye. The ribbed face scatters what is behind it, so the plinth reads as a soft column of colour rather than as a window, and anything set on top of it is not competing with a view through the base. It does well in a corner or at the end of a run of shelving. Light from the side picks out every rod separately; light from the front reads the bundle as one blue mass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eRod Count, the Grade, and What Arrives\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce ordered, a standard piece takes 3–4 weeks and a bespoke one 5–6. The rod count and the plan can both be changed, and a square outline is available in place of this one. The grade can be run in another colour or reversed so the strong end sits at the floor. The bundle is assembled here and arrives as one piece with the cap fitted, because the rods are trued as a group and cannot be reassembled to the same footprint on site. It is compact for its weight, so one person can carry it, and it stands upright in the crate on the cap rather than on the rod ends, which are the part that would mark. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bundle of graded rods standing on end belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/acrylic-sculptures\"\u003eacrylic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; a column that reads as one body of blue leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/geometric-sculptures\"\u003egeometric sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and a column for one treasured vessel 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\u003e48.5cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGraded Blue Rodded Acrylic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54003699024219,"sku":"Y032","price":2227.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/Y032.jpg?v=1790883253","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/blue-graded-rod-bundle-acrylic-plinth-49cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}