{"product_id":"clear-horned-beast-on-banded-resin-column-86cm","title":"Clear Horned Beast on Banded Resin Column - 86cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne clear resin column, three registers. At the top a small horned beast sits square on a flat cap, one tall pointed horn rising from a crown of knobs. Below it a raised band carries archaic ornament in relief, cut deep and repeated round all four faces. The long body of the column is left plain and clear, and from the foot a field of overlapping scale-shapes rises about a third of the way up it. Everything is the same colourless resin and nothing is painted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThree Different Surfaces Running Up One Shaft\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree finishes on one shaft means three standards on one object, and the hard part is the joins between them. The plain middle section is the most unforgiving because there is nothing on it: a clear polished face of this length shows every ripple, so it is flatted along its whole run rather than in sections and then polished in one pass. Where it meets the ornamented band the change has to be a line, not a fade, and where it meets the scale field at the foot the scales have to stop on an even front all the way round or the column looks as though it has been dipped crooked. The beast at the top is cut with the fine tools its scale needs and polished all over, because a small pale creature above a long clear shaft has to hold its own light. Its horn is the finest passage on the piece and is worked last, free of the crown behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tall narrow piece wants floor rather than furniture, and at this height it reads best standing on the ground against a plain wall, where the beast comes to about chest height. It suits a hall, an alcove or the space beside a doorway. A pair either side of an opening is the traditional arrangement and this price is for one column. It takes a light from one flank to bring out the ornament and the scale field; a downlight lands on the finial and leaves both registers flat. Give it a level floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOrnament, Proportion and Standing It Up\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllow 3–4 weeks for a standard piece and 5–6 weeks for a bespoke commission. Column proportion is open, so the plain section can be lengthened or the ornament brought further up, and either register can be left off altogether. The finial is offered with gold, silver or copper leaf, or replaced by a plain cap, a sphere or a lotus. Tints of amber, smoke and green run through the whole shaft, and the ornament can be gilded against a clear column. Any height is cut to order, including pairs for an entrance. It ships upright in a fitted crate with the finial packed clear of the box wall; two people should stand it up, taking it around the shaft rather than by the beast. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA horned beast on a banded column belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figurative-sculptures\"\u003efigurative sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; archaic ornament and a field of scales lead to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eresin sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and a column for an alcove 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\u003e86cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16cm\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":54018540044635,"sku":"R160","price":3240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R160.jpg?v=1791309149","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-horned-beast-on-banded-resin-column-86cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}