{"product_id":"clear-dished-disc-with-mirrored-bead-resin-sculpture-43cm","title":"Clear Dished Disc with Mirrored Bead Resin Sculpture - 43cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA colourless disc, dished to a mirrored bead at its middle. Both faces are dished from the rim inward, and what is behind the piece arrives inverted and magnified. The bead is the only opaque thing in the casting. The stone below is a block of black marble and comes with the disc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOne Opaque Thing in a Transparent Object\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA disc dished on both faces is a lens, and a lens with nothing at its focus is an uncomfortable object. Everything behind it arrives inverted, magnified and swimming, and the eye keeps hunting for something in the piece to settle on and finds only more displaced room. The bead is the answer and it is the only opaque element in the casting. Because it sits at the middle of the dish it is also at the middle of everything the curvature is doing, so it gives the eye a fixed point exactly where the distortion is strongest. Making it mirrored rather than matt is the second decision. A matt bead would read as a hole; a mirrored one throws the room back out of the piece while the body around it is bending the room coming in, so the centre is doing the opposite of the surface and the two hold each other in place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a device for altering what is behind it, so it needs something behind it worth altering: a window, a lit wall at some distance, or a run of room. Against a blank surface a hand away it has nothing to work on and goes flat. At 43cm it needs little depth, so a console, a sideboard or a long shelf with the run to itself will take it, and it must be met square, since from the side the dish closes and the bead disappears behind the rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Bead, the Dish, and Delivery\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe standard build is 3–4 weeks and the bespoke build 5–6. The bead is finished in brass or cut in stone, the dish is turned deeper, and the body is tinted through. The dish is also turned deeper, which increases the magnification and makes the piece considerably more demanding of its position, and the disc is cast at other diameters on the same stone. A tinted body is offered and competes with the effect rather than adding to it, since colour in the material gives the eye something to rest on and the whole design depends on there being nothing to rest on but the bead. It ships on edge in one case with the stone apart, and the disc is raised by its rim. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA disc dished to a centre is \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/contemporary-modern-sculptures\"\u003econtemporary sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e; the body is colourless \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eresin sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e; and a mirrored bead is \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e work.\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\u003e34.7cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e35cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.7cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 x 12 x 8cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eClear Cast Resin with a Mirrored Bead on Black Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54070797140315,"sku":"X242","price":2362.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/X242.jpg?v=1790958406","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-dished-disc-with-mirrored-bead-resin-sculpture-43cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}