{"product_id":"blue-shallow-cast-resin-dish-40cm","title":"Blue Shallow Cast Resin Dish - 40cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA shallow dish of blue resin, dished gently at the centre and drawn out to a thin rim. It is cast in a clear blue that is carried right across the span rather than pooling at the middle, and the underside is left plain. No stand comes with it, and it holds what a dish drawn this shallow will hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Shallow Dish Has Nowhere to Hide\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTransmitted colour is a function of how much material the light passes through, which is why an evenly tinted casting almost never looks evenly coloured. On a form with real depth that works in your favour, since the variation reads as modelling. On something this shallow and this wide there is nothing to read it as: any thickening toward the middle shows up immediately as a dark patch in the centre of an otherwise flat blue, and it is the first thing anyone notices. So the section here is held almost constant from rim to centre, and the gentle dish is cut into both faces rather than into one. It is a harder casting than it looks and the colour is the whole test of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a working dish as much as an object, so it suits a low table, a console or an island where it will be reached into rather than only looked at. Forty centimetres is a serious footprint on a coffee table and it wants the space to itself. Set on a pale surface the blue lifts and the dish reads as a pool; on a dark one it closes and reads as a plate. It is not glass and it does not chip at the rim the way glass does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDepth, Tint, and Delivery\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWork on a bespoke commission runs to 5–6 weeks, on a standard piece to 3–4. The blue is taken lighter or deeper, the dish is cut with more fall at the centre, and the rim is drawn heavier. A frosted version is made and is opaque rather than translucent, which changes what the piece is for. It is also cast at other diameters, and a pair at two sizes is often ordered for one surface. It travels flat in one box between shaped boards with the rim protected right around, and one person lifts it. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dish made for daily use belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/functional-sculpture-art-furniture\"\u003eart furniture\u003c\/a\u003e; a bowl drawn this shallow sits among our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/organic-sculptures\"\u003eorganic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and clear blue to hold fruit on a worktop 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\u003e6cm\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\u003e40cm\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":54069248000347,"sku":"X169","price":2025.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/X169.jpg?v=1790956278","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/blue-shallow-cast-resin-dish-40cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}