{"product_id":"brown-charred-bark-log-resin-block-43-5cm","title":"Brown Charred Bark Log Resin Block - 43.5cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA log section is held in a block of clear resin. The block's faces are flat and its arrises square, and the log stands the full height inside it. Its sawn end shows through the clear top, ringed and split. Down two of the four faces the bark is left black and deeply broken, and between them a band of pale sapwood runs the whole height with the grain combed straight along it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBlack Bark on Two Faces, Pale Sapwood Between\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts darkness comes from the proportion of bark to stripped wood. Two opposite faces keep their bark, and it is not brown but near black, broken into coarse vertical ridges that stand well proud of the wood behind them. The two remaining faces show the sapwood, which is a pale honey with a fine straight grain and no figure to speak of. So the object reads dark from one pair of sides and pale from the other, and turning it a quarter changes it completely. Where the bark stands proud the clear resin fills in behind it and the ridges appear suspended; where the sapwood is flat the resin margin narrows almost to nothing. The sawn end is the third surface again, warm and almost smooth, and it is the only one looked down on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 43.5cm, with its clear top level, the block stands as a low pedestal in a room. It stands on the floor beside a chair, at the end of a run of seating, in a hall or on a hearth, and it needs nothing under it. The end grain is the part worth showing, so a position looked down into earns more than one at eye level. Turn a bark face towards a low light and the ridges throw their own shadows inside the block; turn a sapwood face to the room and the piece goes quiet. A pale floor lets the clear corners disappear. Indoor use only.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHow Much Bark, and the Figure That Comes With the Timber\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere the piece is standard the build is 3–4 weeks, and where it is bespoke 5–6. Two things are settled at order. The bark: two faces as here, all four for an object that is dark from every side, or none at all, which leaves the rings and the straight grain to carry it. And the clear margin, which is what decides whether the log looks set into the material or merely surrounded by it: the standard leaves a few centimetres at the corners, and a wider block gives more space around the timber at the cost of a considerably heavier piece. Species comes from what the studio holds and sets the tone of the sawn end, which runs from this warm brown through to a grey-green. Plan size and height are both made to order. One crate on a pallet built for it, and it comes as a single unbroken casting that needs no fitting; two people are needed to move it, because solid resin at this size weighs more than the eye expects. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelated work is in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-sculptures\"\u003eour abstract sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, with the clear body that holds the log in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eour resin sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e and the family among \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/organic-sculptures\"\u003eour organic 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\u003e43.5cm\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":53964853084507,"sku":"J008","price":5332.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/J008.jpg?v=1791373639","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/brown-charred-bark-log-resin-block-43-5cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}