{"product_id":"brown-bark-and-sapwood-log-resin-block-40cm","title":"Brown Bark \u0026 Sapwood Log Resin Block - 40cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA log section is set inside a block of clear resin. The block's faces are flat and its arrises square, and the log inside runs the full height of it, so the object is a rough natural form held in a hard geometric one. The log's sawn end shows through the top face, showing its rings and the radial checks in them. Down the sides the bark is left dark and deeply broken, and a broad band of pale sapwood runs the full height of the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThree Surfaces of One Log, Read Through Clear Material\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes this work is that the same log presents three completely different faces in one object. The end grain reads warm reddish brown and almost smooth, ringed and split, and it sits just under the clear top so it is looked down into rather than at. The bark on the flanks is the opposite: near black, coarse, and broken into vertical ridges deep enough to cast their own shadow inside the resin. And between them the stripped band down the front is pale gold and combed with straight grain, the only smooth vertical surface on the log. Around all three the clear material fills out to the block's square faces, so the gap between the log and the arris varies from nothing where the bark stands proud to several centimetres where it falls away, and the corners of the block are solid clear resin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 40cm, with a flat top, it reads as a low pedestal form in a room. It suits standing on the floor beside a chair, at the end of a run of seating, in a hall, on a wide landing or on a hearth, and it needs nothing under it. The end grain is the part worth showing, so a position looked down on earns more than one at eye level, and the bark side wants a light from low and to one side to bring out the ridges. On a pale floor the clear corners nearly disappear and the log appears to stand on its own. Indoor use only.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTwo Sizes of This Design, and How Much Bark to Leave\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlan for 3–4 weeks on a standard piece and 5–6 weeks on a bespoke commission. This design is also made at a second size, listed on its own. Two things are decided at order. How much bark is left: as here with a single stripped band down one face, or fully barked so the object is dark on all four sides, or fully stripped so it is pale throughout and the rings do all the work. And the clear margin: the standard leaves a few centimetres of resin at the corners, and a wider block gives more visual space around the log at the cost of a heavier object. Timber species is offered from what the studio holds, and the tone of the end grain is what changes most between them. It travels in one crate on a pallet, arrives as a single solid piece with nothing to assemble, and is a two-person lift because a block of clear resin this size is heavier than it looks. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pale stripped face between grey-black bark belongs in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/organic-sculptures\"\u003eorganic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; the high-clarity casting leads on to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eresin sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and its pedestal shape to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-sculptures\"\u003eabstract sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e35cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e35cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHigh-Clarity Cast Resin with Solid Wood\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53957865865563,"sku":"J006","price":4657.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/J006.jpg?v=1791373623","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/brown-bark-and-sapwood-log-resin-block-40cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}