{"product_id":"clear-archaic-ritual-bell-resin-sculpture-45cm","title":"Clear Archaic Ritual Bell Resin Sculpture - 45cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA vessel in the form of an archaic ritual bell, banded with raised relief and finished with four beast heads at the crown, standing on its own rim. Colourless throughout, with the bands of relief reading grey where the material doubles behind them. Nothing is supplied under it: the bell is cast with its own rim and stands on that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Opaque Form Made Transparent\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCasting a bell in a transparent material inverts what the form was made for: a shape designed to be read from outside now shows its whole interior at once. The original of this form was bronze, and a bronze is read only from outside. Cast the same shape in a clear body and every band is seen twice over, once on the face nearest you and once through the far side, so a surface designed to be read in one direction is read in two. Casting deep relief into a colourless body means every raised band is read through the wall behind it, so the material turns a worked surface into two surfaces at once. Polished over the whole body, with the relief left crisp rather than softened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA study shelf, a console or a cabinet suits it, and it repays being looked at from close up. Set it where the wall behind is dark and unbroken, which is what lets the relief carry. Light from one side raking across the bands is what makes the relief legible. The silhouette and the four beast heads at the crown carry from across a room; the banded surface is entirely a near fact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWording of Your Own, and Nothing to Assemble\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere the piece is standard the build is 3–4 weeks, and where it is bespoke 5–6. The bands can be cut at another depth, the beast heads can be left off, and the characters round the body are cut to wording of your own rather than carried over. Cut the bands at another depth and the body is reproportioned to them, since the relief has to stand proud without crowding the band beside it. The characters worked round the body are cut to whatever wording is wanted, so the piece can be made to carry a name, a date or a line of your own choosing in place of the arrangement it is offered with. It is delivered in a single crate, needs no assembly of any kind, and is set down where it is going in one movement. One person, both hands, taking it round the body and not by the beast heads. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn archaic ritual bell recast in clear material belongs in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; its old form made transparent suits our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/contemporary-modern-sculptures\"\u003econtemporary and modern sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and the relief-banded body sits with 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\u003e45cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eClear Cast Resin with Relief Detail\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54112582173019,"sku":"Z408","price":2700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/Z408.jpg?v=1790773217","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-archaic-ritual-bell-resin-sculpture-45cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}