{"product_id":"clear-gold-leaf-maned-beast-on-a-base-20cm","title":"Clear Gold-Leaf Maned Beast on a Base - 20cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beast with a lion's body, crouched low with the chest forward and the head raised and turned slightly out, its eyes picked out in gold. The mane runs as a row of separate spikes from between the ears down the neck, the brows are heavy, and the tail rises behind and curls forward over the animal's own back rather than hanging. Gold leaf is suspended through the body and through the clear rectangular base it stands on, at different depths in each.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Tail That Curls Over Its Own Back\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tail is the difficulty. It leaves the haunch, rises, and comes forward over the back with nothing supporting it for most of its length, so the section at the root is set by what the curl has to carry and then tapered away along the curve; get that wrong and either the tail droops or the root reads as a lump. It is cut with the animal on its side and checked standing. The mane is the slow passage rather than the hard one: each spike is separate, undercut at the base, and lit from behind by the gold in the body, so a spike left slightly thick reads as a shadow against the neck instead of a point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt twenty centimetres including the base this is a desk, shelf and cabinet piece, and it is meant to be met at close range where the leaf and the mane can be seen. It belongs beside books, on a hall chest, or on a low table where you look down on the curl of the tail. Light it from the side rather than overhead: a raking light finds the spikes and puts the gold in the body, where a ceiling light flattens the mane into one mass. It faces one way, so turn it a quarter off square to the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSets, Colour and What Arrives\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom order, a standard piece runs to 3–4 weeks and a bespoke commission to 5–6. This beast is one of a set of four, each a different animal, and the others are made to match so the group can be built up over time. The body comes clear with gold leaf as here, in an amber, in a green or as a plain colourless resin, and the leaf can be silver or copper instead. It is made up to a floor-standing guardian where a bigger animal is wanted. It arrives boxed with the base attached and the tail supported, nothing to assemble; take it under the base rather than by the animal. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA crouching beast with a curled tail belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classic-sculptures\"\u003eclassic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; a spiked mane over a lion's body leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figurative-sculptures\"\u003efigurative sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and a beast small enough for a bookshelf 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\u003e15.5cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.8cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.1cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.8 x 13.8 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":54020754800987,"sku":"R285-1","price":1619.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R285.jpg?v=1791315033","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-gold-leaf-maned-beast-on-a-base-20cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}