{"product_id":"clear-draped-woman-bust-on-a-turned-socle-resin-sculpture-68cm","title":"Clear Draped Woman Bust on a Turned Socle Resin Sculpture - 68cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bust is cut at the chest and set on a turned socle that is not a separate object. The hair is gathered up and knotted at the back of the head, and the drapery falls from one shoulder only, leaving the other bare, which puts the whole weight of the folds on one side of the piece. It is cast in optically clear resin, so the folds read as changes of tone rather than as shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDrapery Falling From One Shoulder Only\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA portrait bust is judged at the face and nowhere else, so the face is the last thing finished and it is finished to a grade above the rest of the piece. In clear resin that matters twice over, because every tool mark left on a cheek is magnified by the material behind it rather than caught in a surface. The knotted hair is the undercut problem: a knot standing off the skull cannot be pulled from a rigid mould, so the head comes out of a flexible tool and the knot is cleaned by hand. The socle is turned rather than cast to profile, which is what keeps its mouldings crisp where a cast one goes soft at the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bust wants to be at or near eye level, which at 68cm means a console, a chest or a plinth rather than a low table. It looks along its own axis, so set it where the face has somewhere to look - down a room, into a hall - rather than into a wall. Clear resin needs something plain behind it to be seen at all, so a quiet wall suits it better than a busy one. It reads best lit from one side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eColour, Socle Profile and What Arrives in the Crate\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs standard the build runs 3–4 weeks, and as a bespoke commission 5–6. It is made to order at any size, and the resin can be coloured coral orange instead of clear. The colour can also be run as a smoke, an amber or a soft green. The socle profile is open - with more mouldings, fewer, or square rather than turned - and the bust can be cut deeper on the chest for a fuller drape. Delivery is a single crate with the head cased separately inside it, and the bust is a two-person lift. Nothing is assembled on site. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bust whose drapery leaves one side bare belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figurative-sculptures\"\u003efigurative sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; a knot of hair and a turned socle lead to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classic-sculptures\"\u003eclassic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and folds read as tone join 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\u003e68cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e42cm\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\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":54017123483995,"sku":"R018","price":3375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R018.jpg?v=1791304055","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-draped-woman-bust-on-a-turned-socle-resin-sculpture-68cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}