{"product_id":"clear-giraffe-head-on-cut-ice-134cm","title":"Clear Giraffe Head on Cut Ice - 134cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis resin sculpture is only half an animal, deliberately. A giraffe's head, with its two short ossicones and its long muzzle, sits at the top of a long neck; below that the body is not modelled at all but breaks into a rough mass of cut facets that reaches the floor. The head and neck are smooth and polished, the mass below is faceted and matt, and the change between them happens over a few centimetres. All of it is clear resin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Neck That Comes Out of Broken Ice\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo finishes on one piece means the boundary is the whole job. Where the polished neck meets the faceted mass there is no join and no line, so the transition is cut by taking the facets progressively shallower until they disappear into the polish, and it is done freehand, because a set-out transition looks ruled. The neck is the structural part. It is a long run of unsupported material carrying a head at the top, so the section at the base is set by what it has to hold and then hidden inside the swell where the neck meets the mass, which is the only place on the piece where extra material is invisible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 134cm this is a floor piece and it is read from the front, where the head is at the top of a vertical line: a hall, a landing, an alcove, the corner of a large room. It needs a plain wall behind it, because the faceted mass reads as a texture and a patterned wall competes with it. Light from one side does the most: the facets each take a different value and the polished neck picks up a single highlight. From above, the whole piece goes flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Facets, the Scale and What Arrives\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet aside 3–4 weeks for a standard piece and 5–6 weeks for a bespoke commission. How much of the animal is modelled is settled at order, from this head and neck to a fuller body still rising out of the mass. The resin takes an amber, a smoke or a green, and the faceted section can be left rough as here or polished to match the neck. Sizes run from a table piece up to a full standing giraffe. It arrives in one crate upright, with the head cased separately and the mass packed on its own base; take the weight at the mass and never by the neck. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA giraffe's head lifted out of faceted ice belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/giraffe-statues\"\u003egiraffe statues\u003c\/a\u003e; a body left as cut facets leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-sculptures\"\u003eabstract sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and half an animal, made so deliberately, joins our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-sculptures\"\u003eanimal 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\u003e134cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e105.8cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e70cm\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":54020811293019,"sku":"R314","price":13568.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R314.jpg?v=1791316004","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-giraffe-head-on-cut-ice-134cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}