{"product_id":"butterfly-black-granite-headstone-130cm","title":"Butterfly Black Granite Headstone - 130cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA headstone cut as a butterfly stands above a square-shouldered tablet on one base. The wings are dressed with a pale frosted pattern of teardrops and rounded cells against the polished face, and the body of the butterfly is left as a narrow raised spine. The tablet below carries a framed field and an oval inset, both ready to be set out to your own wording.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTwo Finishes on One Black Granite Face\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe whole effect is one stone taken to two finishes rather than two stones joined. The face is brought to a full polish first, because a polished face cannot be recovered once it has been dressed back, and the wing pattern is then frosted into it cell by cell to a shallow even depth. Every cell edge is cut sharp against the polish, and a cell driven a fraction too deep reads grey rather than white and cannot be lifted again. The raised spine of the body is left standing at full polish throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA butterfly outline is a lawn memorial shape and it reads best where it stands clear against grass or low planting rather than against a wall, because the wing silhouette is the whole design and needs sky or green behind it. At 130cm it is read standing, from a few paces back. It beds onto its own base and needs a firm level bed, prepared and compacted, with no foundation beyond that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Field, the Oval and Setting Out\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen weeks. The block is cut to the butterfly outline first and the shoulders of the tablet squared below it, then the whole face is polished and the wing cells frosted back into it. The framed field and the oval are the last work, and both are set out to your own wording and spacing, cut by hand to a depth matched to the stone. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 1,366kg across the two courses, which a compact gantry settles on a compacted bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompanion memorials are gathered in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/headstones-memorials\"\u003eheadstones and memorials\u003c\/a\u003e, and the dark stones under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/granite-headstones\"\u003egranite headstones\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\u003e130cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncluded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Granite\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53877702918491,"sku":"MST-MEM-053","price":15296.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-MEM-053_1.jpg?v=1787651047","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/butterfly-black-granite-headstone-130cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}