{"product_id":"clear-gold-leaf-fish-tailed-dragon-22cm","title":"Clear Gold-Leaf Fish-Tailed Dragon - 22cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe head is a dragon's, with horns laid back, whiskers and an open mouth. Behind it the body is a fish's, scaled and curving upward, and it finishes in a forked tail that rises higher than the head itself. The whole animal rides a bank of carved waves that breaks around its flank, and the waves and the beast are one piece of clear resin with gold leaf suspended through both, standing on a clear rectangular base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Tail That Finishes Above the Head\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn animal that finishes above its own head has to be balanced twice: once as a shape, so the eye reads the tail as the top of the composition rather than as an accident, and once as an object, because the mass is high and the footprint is the wave bank rather than four feet. The waves are therefore cut heavier than they look and the tail is thinned from behind, where the loss cannot be seen against the light. The scales run over a body that curves in two directions, so no two rows are the same length and each is set out from the row above it. The whiskers are the last thing cut, when nothing else can be knocked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePut it on a desk or a cabinet top and look at it from the side, which is the only angle that gives the whole curve from muzzle to tail. Put it where there is light behind it: on a glass shelf, in front of a window or beside a lamp, the waves fill with light and the gold in the body comes up. On a solid shelf with light from above it goes flat and reads as a grey shape. Leave the space above it clear, because the tail is the highest point and the composition runs upward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSets, Colour and How It Travels\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlan for 3–4 weeks on a standard piece and 5–6 weeks on a bespoke commission. This beast belongs to a set of four, each a different animal, and the others are made to match so a group can be built up over time. Gold leaf in a clear body is how it comes; a green, an amber, or a resin with nothing at all in it are the alternatives, and the leaf can be silver or copper. The waves can be cut deeper or taken back to a plain plinth. Scale runs from this desk size up to a hall piece. It arrives boxed with the base attached and the tail supported; take it under the base rather than by the beast. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dragon riding a bank of carved waves belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classic-sculptures\"\u003eclassic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; a fish body curving up to a forked tail leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figurative-sculptures\"\u003efigurative sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and waves and beast cast as a single clear piece 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\u003e17.5cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.1cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.1cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.4 x 7.6 x 4.5cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOptically Clear Cast Resin with Gold Leaf\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020754866523,"sku":"R285-2","price":1552.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R285__2.jpg?v=1791315040","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-gold-leaf-fish-tailed-dragon-22cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}