{"product_id":"clear-gilt-fitted-violin-resin-sculpture-58cm","title":"Clear Gilt-Fitted Violin Resin Sculpture - 58cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA violin drawn at full size with its fittings in gilt metal, gold leaf suspended inside the plate, and the bow lying across the strings. Colourless in the plate with gold drifting through it, and the fittings gilt against both. The violin rests on its own edge and nothing is supplied beneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Instrument With Nothing Inside It\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA violin in a clear body is a violin that could never be played, and the piece is better for saying so: there is no sound hole through to anything, and the gold inside the plate is where the air would be. Colour in a clear body is exactly what a violin has never had, and putting the gold inside the plate rather than on it is what makes this a sculpture and not a replica. Polished over the whole body, with the gilt fittings left bright against it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt wants a writing desk or a low cabinet, close enough for the fittings to be made out. A dark ground behind it, so the gold leaf inside the body reads against something. One source from the front picks up the fittings; light from behind puts the leaf inside the plate into the air. The shape is known from across a room and everything worth looking at is a near fact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLeaving the Gold Out, and a Bow Packed Apart\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe standard build is 3–4 weeks and the bespoke build 5–6. Ask us to leave the gold out, to finish the fittings in another metal, or to make the piece at another size. Leave the gold out and the body becomes a shape rather than a depth, which is a quieter object made from the same drawing. One crate with the bow packed separately, and the two go together by hand. Hands under the body, one person, and never a grip on the neck. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGilt fittings on a clear violin lead to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/metal-sculptures\"\u003emetal sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; the gold drifting inside the plate joins our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eresin sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and a study close enough to read the fittings holds it among 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\u003e57.9cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24.2cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.8cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eClear Cast Resin with Gold Leaf and Electroplated Fittings\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54145963393371,"sku":"Z699","price":3105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/Z699.jpg?v=1790780391","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-gilt-fitted-violin-resin-sculpture-58cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}