{"product_id":"clear-head-down-dog-on-gold-flecked-resin-block-29cm","title":"Clear Head-Down Dog on Gold-Flecked Resin Block - 29cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis dog is low and moving. The shoulders are up, the back dips behind them, and the head is carried down and pushed out in front of the front feet, so the head and the weight behind it hang out past the animal's own base. The face is broad and wrinkled and the mouth is set. Both halves of the object hold the same gold leaf, the animal sparsely and the clear block beneath it packed with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Head Carried Out Past the Front Feet\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA head that hangs out in front of the feet decides where the block goes. The animal is not centred on it: the front edge of the block has to come forward under the chest or the piece looks about to tip, and how far forward is judged with both parts finished and standing rather than calculated. Set too far and the block reads as a shelf; set too little and the head has nothing under it. The face is the other exacting passage, because on this animal it is the lowest thing on the piece and the least well lit. Its folds are therefore cut deeper than they would be on an upright head - enough to hold a shadow from a light that is coming from above and behind, which is where a room's light usually is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the face is low, this wants a surface below eye level rather than at it: a low chest, a hearth, a coffee table, a bottom shelf. From standing height you look at the back and the shoulders, which is a handsome view and not the one the piece was cut for. Put a lamp low beside it if you can. Nothing else needs to sit in front of it; the space the head is pushing into is part of the composition and a book or a bowl there kills it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBlock Choice, Colour and What Comes in the Box\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFigure the difference between standard and bespoke at 3–4 weeks against 5–6. A tint of amber or grey runs through the animal, and a frosted body is made where the polish is too bright. Leaf can be held in the block alone, in the animal alone, or in both, and silver and copper are made as well as gold. A pale stone, a white marble or a near-black tint can take the place of the clear block, and the animal is sold without one. The standing and the sitting dogs are made to this same scale, and a bare version at twice the size is a separate piece. Any scale is cut to order. One box holds it, sleeved, with nothing to put together. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dog carrying its head low past its feet belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-sculptures\"\u003eanimal sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; raised shoulders over a dipping back lead to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figurative-sculptures\"\u003efigurative sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and a block packed with leaf joins 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\u003e14cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 x 10 x 15cm\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":54018539290971,"sku":"R114","price":1889.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R114.jpg?v=1791309059","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-head-down-dog-on-gold-flecked-resin-block-29cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}