{"product_id":"blue-stepped-mountain-range-acrylic-sculpture-65cm","title":"Blue Stepped Mountain Range Acrylic Sculpture - 65cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn acrylic sculpture of a stepped mountain range, cut from stacked horizontal sheets, every layer set a little back from the one under it, so the profile rises to three summits: the highest on the right, a second left of centre and a small third beside it, with a low knob closing the range at its right-hand tip. It stands on a white marble block, and the stack carries on below the horizon as an inverted double cone, so the piece reads as a range and its own reflection at once. The material is clear and frosted through the middle and at the tops of the summits, blue along every flank and deep blue at the two tips beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEvery Step Is a Contour, Not a Texture\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe step between one sheet and the next is doing something more specific here than adding texture, and it is worth saying what. Each layer is a contour: it is the shape of the landform at one height, and the distance between layers is the interval between contours. That means the profile is not drawn as an outline at all. It is drawn as a series of horizontal sections, and the outline is what those sections add up to when they are stacked. Where the slope is gentle the sections step out a long way from each other and the terraces are wide; where it steepens they crowd together and the edge reads almost as a line. Every visible feature of the piece follows from choosing those sections rather than from cutting a silhouette, which is why its three summits differ so much: the highest climbs through the most sheets in small, even steps, while the two on its left rise only a few sheets above the horizon. The blue sits at the ends of the sheets, so it lines every flank and gathers most densely at the two tips below.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a piece to be met up close and often from slightly above, which suits it: from above, the terraces read as terraces and the contour interval becomes obvious. A study desk, a sideboard, a wide shelf or the top of a low cabinet all work. It wants a plain field behind it and light from behind or from one side. Backlighting picks out every layer edge as a bright line and makes the inverted cone below the ground line read properly; a light directly in front fills the frosted middle and the steps disappear into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Stack, the Stone and Lifting It\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eStandard pieces take 3–4 weeks and bespoke commissions 5–6. Span, summit arrangement and the contour interval are all drawn per piece, so a single peak, a long range of four summits, or a version with the sections set far apart for a terraced reading are all from this design. The tint is settled at order: this blue, a green that reads as wooded rather than as ice, an amber, or clear throughout so the piece is only edges. The stack is lifted by the sides of its layers, never by a summit or by the two tips beneath, and set down squarely on the marble. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePared back to a stepped profile, a skyline becomes \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-sculptures\"\u003eabstract sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e; the sheet it comes from is \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/acrylic-sculptures\"\u003eacrylic sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e; and frosted faces keep their bloom best in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor sculpture\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\u003e30cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e65cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 x 22 x 5cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGraded Blue Acrylic on White Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54024189182299,"sku":"C238","price":2102.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/C238.jpg?v=1792070272","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/blue-stepped-mountain-range-acrylic-sculpture-65cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}