{"product_id":"blue-pierced-teardrop-ring-resin-sculpture-64cm","title":"Blue Pierced Teardrop Ring Resin Sculpture - 64cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA blue ring, faceted round its outer edge and resting on nothing at all. Colour gathers at the outer edges and thins through the middle of the band, and the opening sits low, which leaves the thinnest material in the casting directly above the flat the piece rests on. There is nothing beneath it: the ring stands on a cut made flat for the purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat a Ring Does With No Base Under It\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA ring with no base has to solve its own footing, and the answer here is a flat taken off the bottom of the outer edge. That sounds trivial and is not: the flat has to be wide enough to hold the piece against a nudge and narrow enough that the eye does not read it as a foot. Too broad and the ring appears to have been stood on a plinth cast into it, which is exactly the look a base-less design is avoiding. The opening is placed against that flat. It sits low in the ring, so the material left beneath it is the thinnest in the casting and sits directly over the only part touching the surface. That is what leaves the piece resting on a point rather than planted, and it is why the facets round the outside are cut broadest at the foot, where the eye needs to be told there is enough material to carry the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 64cm it needs nothing under it, and a console, a wide low table or the floor will take it, the surface itself becoming part of the piece since the ring meets it directly. A dark surface does more for the graded blue than a pale one. It should be met square, because from the side the opening closes and the ring reads as a slab, and it wants a bright ground behind the opening rather than a wall close up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Opening, the Cut Foot, and Delivery\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpect 3–4 weeks for a standard piece and 5–6 weeks where the commission is bespoke. The ring is cast at other diameters, the opening is cut rounder, and a stone base is offered beneath it. The facets are also cut finer, which changes the outside from a few broad sweeps to a scatter of small ones and alters the piece considerably at this size. A frosted body is offered and removes the depth the graded blue is read through. It ships standing, with the opening blocked out and the cut foot protected, and two people take it by the outer edge rather than through the opening, where the material is at its slightest. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA ring standing on its own cut foot belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/organic-sculptures\"\u003eorganic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; blue that pales through the middle of the band leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eresin sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and a base-less ring for a wide low table 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\u003e64cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e63cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21.2cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCast Blue Resin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54070796747099,"sku":"X231","price":3240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/X231.jpg?v=1790958377","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/blue-pierced-teardrop-ring-resin-sculpture-64cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}