{"product_id":"clear-dissolving-profile-head-resin-sculpture-43cm","title":"Clear Dissolving Profile Head Resin Sculpture - 43cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeen from one side this resin sculpture is a face: a brow, a nose, a mouth and a chin, cut cleanly along a single edge. Move round it and the likeness goes, because the rest of the mass is not a head at all but a run of folds and ridges that happen to end at that profile. Nothing is modelled behind the face. It is optically clear throughout, which is what lets the folds behind the profile show through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Likeness That Appears From One Side and Goes From the Other\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA one-sided likeness is a drawing problem before it is a sculpting one. The profile has to be right as an outline, because it is the only place the piece is representational, and an outline that is fractionally wrong at the nose looks wrong from across a room while a badly modelled cheek would not. Behind it the folds are worked freely, but they have to arrive at the profile edge without contradicting it: a ridge that runs into the jaw from behind reads as a fault in the face. The profile edge itself is polished to a finer grade than anything else on the piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis wants to be approached from its own side, which makes it a piece for a surface people come at from one direction: a desk facing into a room, a console against a wall, a shelf at eye height. Set it so the profile faces the way people arrive and it reads as a portrait; set it square to the room and it reads as an abstract mass, which is also a legitimate choice. A dark ground behind it is what makes the folds visible through the face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eProfile Side, Tint and Turning It to Find the Face\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFigure the difference between standard and bespoke at 3–4 weeks against 5–6. Which side carries the profile is set at order, and so is the profile itself - it can be worked from a portrait you supply, or left to us. The folds behind it can be worked deeper for a more abstract mass or quieted so the head reads more conventionally. A tint runs through the piece in a smoke, an amber or a green, and a frosted finish is offered. Size is cut to order. It arrives boxed and sleeved as a one-person carry, and it stands on a flat surface without a mount. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA face that appears from a single viewpoint belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-sculptures\"\u003eabstract sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; folds running out to a profile lead to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eresin sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and a clear head to keep in a study joins our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor 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\u003e43cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e34cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18cm\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":54017123713371,"sku":"R020","price":2024.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R020.jpg?v=1791304072","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-dissolving-profile-head-resin-sculpture-43cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}