{"product_id":"clear-alert-standing-stag-cast-resin-sculpture-141cm","title":"Clear Alert Standing Stag Cast Resin Sculpture - 141cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHead up and slightly turned with the ears forward, the stag in this cast resin sculpture stands in the attitude of an animal that has just heard something. Its antlers are short and nearly straight rather than branching. Everything is optically clear and polished to a full gloss, which means the animal has no colour of its own at all: what you see through it is whatever it is standing in front of, brightened and bent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Animal That Borrows Whatever Is Behind It\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA colourless animal is judged on clarity before anything else, and the legs decide it. At this height they are long and slim, and a slim clear section shows a cloud that a thick one would swallow, so each leg is held up to the light before the body is taken past its first grade and a casting with any greyness in a leg goes no further. The gloss is the other half of the work. Clear resin taken to a full polish shows the scratch pattern of every grade before it, so the flanks go through five abrasives and then a compound, and the hollow behind the shoulder - which no flat tool reaches - is done with a shaped pad by hand. The antlers are worked on their own and seated at the skull afterwards, which is the only way they come out this fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePut this in front of something worth borrowing. Against planting, a bookcase or a window it fills with what is behind it and reads as a drawing in glass; against a flat pale wall it very nearly disappears, which is the one thing to settle before it is placed. At this height it stands on the floor rather than on furniture, and an entrance hall or the open end of a large room suits it, and it wants space in front of it as well as behind. Light from behind is the best of it: the whole outline lights up and the interior goes bright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAntler Length, Colour and Two-Person Handling\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking a standard piece takes 3–4 weeks, and making a bespoke one 5–6. Antler length is set at order, from these short spikes up to a full branching rack, and the stag can be made as a hind with no antlers. The resin can take a tint, from honey amber to a cool sea blue, and the gloss can be frosted. Any height is cut to order. The crate holds the stag upright with its antlers cased alongside, and the rack seats by hand. Lift the animal under the chest and the haunches, never by a leg or an antler. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn alert stag with its ears pricked belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/deer-statues\"\u003edeer statues\u003c\/a\u003e; a body clear enough to borrow its background leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-sculptures\"\u003eanimal sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and resin polished to a full gloss joins our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eresin 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\u003e141cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e70cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOptically Clear Cast Resin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54018539356507,"sku":"R120","price":7223.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R120.jpg?v=1791309081","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-alert-standing-stag-cast-resin-sculpture-141cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}