{"product_id":"clear-beast-mask-cast-resin-sculpture-80cm","title":"Clear Beast Mask Cast Resin Sculpture - 80cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis cast resin sculpture is a frontal mask, archaic rather than naturalistic: two large round bosses for eyes, a raised ridge between them for a nose, and scrollwork curling away above and below, all worked in relief inside a circular field of round beads. Below the roundel the piece continues as a squared body carrying more of the same relief, and the whole thing stands on a stepped plinth studded with bosses. It is high-clarity resin throughout, polished, with no colour in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Face Built Out of Symmetry\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything on this piece is symmetrical about one vertical line, which is the hardest discipline in relief carving: the eye finds the smallest error between two halves that it would never notice on an asymmetrical face. The centre line is therefore established first and every element is cut in opposed pairs from it outward, the left and the right worked in the same session with the same tool so they carry the same character as well as the same dimensions. The bead field round the mask is the long job. Each bead is a hemisphere undercut at its base, there are several hundred of them, and any variation in their spacing shows as a wobble in the circle they describe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt eighty centimetres this can sit on the floor against a wall or stand on a low plinth or a broad chest, and it is emphatically a frontal object: everything about it closes from an angle. Set it square to the room, facing the way people come in, with clear wall behind it. A lamp set off to one side is what gives the relief its depth; light straight on flattens the whole face into a pale disc. In clear resin against a dark wall the bosses each pick up a point of light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Relief, the Scale and What Arrives\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrder a standard piece and it takes 3–4 weeks; order it bespoke and it takes 5–6. The relief is settled at order: this mask, a plain beaded field, or a band of characters cut to your own wording round the roundel. Colour runs from this clear body to an amber, a smoke or a green, and leaf can be carried through the resin or laid over the relief alone, in gold or in silver. The plinth is made as here, plain, or omitted for a piece that hangs. Sizes go up to a doorway height. It arrives in one crate upright, with the plinth packed under it and nothing to put together; lift by the body and not the roundel. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn archaic beast mask in a beaded roundel belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classic-sculptures\"\u003eclassic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; a face built out of symmetry leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and high-clarity resin with no colour 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\u003e80cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60cm\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\u003eHigh-Clarity 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":54020810768731,"sku":"R275","price":6210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R275.jpg?v=1791314986","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-beast-mask-cast-resin-sculpture-80cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}