{"product_id":"champagne-lion-column-on-a-steel-foot-130cm","title":"Champagne Lion Column on a Steel Foot - 130cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA square shaft in a pale champagne amber with gold leaf caught through it, standing on a squared foot of bronze-toned stainless steel. The shaft finishes in a chamfered cap cut with small triangular reliefs, and a seated guardian lion of the same resin sits on top of it, the mane in tight curls. The colour is light enough to pass a good deal of daylight, so the shaft glows rather than shines, and the metal foot reads as a dark band holding it down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Resin Shaft on a Metal Foot\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA resin shaft on a metal foot is two materials with different habits, and the join has to allow for that: resin moves with temperature more than steel does, so the shaft is seated into the foot rather than fixed hard against it, and the fit is made where a hairline would be read as a shadow rather than as a gap. The champagne colour is the other consideration. A pale amber shows every internal flaw that a saturated colour would hide, so the leaf is placed along the arrises, where the light gathers, instead of across the open faces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 130cm the lion sits just below the eye of someone standing, which is where a guardian is supposed to be met, so this goes on the floor: a hall, an entrance, a stair foot, either side of a doorway. The metal foot means it can stand on stone or timber without a pad. A pale colour needs light behind or beside it: with a window across the hall the shaft carries daylight up its whole height, and under a downlight only the cap and the lion light up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Foot, the Colour and How It Travels\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpect 3–4 weeks for a standard piece and 5–6 weeks where the commission is bespoke. The shaft is made in this champagne, in a clear body, in an amber or in a smoke, and the leaf is gold here, with silver and copper offered, or none at all. The foot is made in this bronze tone, in mirror steel, in a brushed finish or in black stone. The animal on the cap is made as this lion, as a sphere or as a lotus bud, and the triangular reliefs on the cap can be left plain. It ships upright with the foot and the lion boxed apart and both seated on site. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA champagne column with a seated lion belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/lion-statues\"\u003elion statues\u003c\/a\u003e; a cap cut with triangular reliefs leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classic-sculptures\"\u003eclassic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and a resin shaft on a steel foot joins our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/metal-sculptures\"\u003emetal 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\u003e130cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eChampagne Cast Resin with Gold Leaf on Steel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020810801499,"sku":"R277-1","price":4387.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R277-1.jpg?v=1791314991","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/champagne-lion-column-on-a-steel-foot-130cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}