{"product_id":"blue-iridescent-stacked-sphere-glass-sculpture-44cm","title":"Blue Iridescent Stacked Sphere Glass Sculpture - 44cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis glass sculpture is sold as a set of two pieces: a stacked pair, a large sphere with a second one seated on its crown, and a single sphere to stand beside it. The large sphere is a deep, saturated blue, while the sphere on its crown and the single one are a paler aqua blue, and all three carry an iridescent film that throws green, gold and violet across their curves. Each sphere is cut flat where it sits, the upper one on the crown of the large sphere and the other two on the surface below. The two pieces are supplied together and are meant to be arranged rather than fixed: the single sphere sits wherever it looks right beside the stack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDeep Blue Glass and the Film Over It\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo spheres seated on one another asks more of the work than anyone expects, and the difficulty is the contact. Glass is unhappy meeting glass at a point, so the seat has to be ground into the crown of the standing body and the underside of the one above it until the two agree over an area rather than a spot, and then both surfaces are matched so no light shows between them. Get that wrong and the upper sphere leans, which the eye reads instantly on a shape this regular. The colour is in the glass rather than on it: the large sphere is a deep blue right through and the other two a paler aqua, so the set carries two blues before any film goes on. The iridescent film goes on last over a surface already brought to a full polish, and it is laid so the shift runs the same way on all three spheres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 44cm the stacked pair suits a sideboard or a console: it wants a surface at hip or chest height where the top sphere comes near the eye, and it needs some clear surface beside it so the single sphere can be set apart rather than tucked in. Keep it away from an edge people pass close to. Glass at this weight does not forgive a knock and the seated joint is the part that would take it. Window light suits it better than a downlight, which catches the crown of each body and leaves everything under it dark. Against a pale wall the blue reads as ink; against a dark one the film does the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Set of Two Pieces and How It Is Handled\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom order, a standard piece runs to 3–4 weeks and a bespoke commission to 5–6. Colour is open: these two blues, a green or a smoke grey, or clear glass coloured only by its film. The film can be left off for a plain polished set. The number of bodies is settled at order and so is their grading, so a stack of more bodies or a wider spread of small spheres are both possible from the same design. Sizes run in both directions. The stack is lifted by cupping the large sphere from underneath, never by the sphere on its crown, which is not a handle, and the single sphere is taken up in both hands. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree iridescent blue spheres in two pieces, one of them seated on the crown of another, lead on to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/contemporary-modern-sculptures\"\u003econtemporary and modern sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-sculptures\"\u003eabstract sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStacked pair\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eH44 x W31 x D30cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSingle sphere\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eH14 x W14 x D14cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIridescent Blue Glass\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54022598918491,"sku":"C006-10","price":2582.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/C006-10.jpg?v=1792004471","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/blue-iridescent-stacked-sphere-glass-sculpture-44cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}