{"product_id":"clear-horned-beast-on-carved-cloud-scrolls-32cm","title":"Clear Horned Beast on Carved Cloud Scrolls - 32cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn this resin beast the body is a horse's and the head is a dragon's. A spiked mane runs from between the horns down the neck, scales are cut over the flanks and the haunches, and the tail flares out behind in a spray of separate points. The animal stands with one foreleg raised and the other three down, and each foot lands on its own small carved cloud scroll rather than on the flat. Everything is clear resin, polished all over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFour Feet That Land on Carved Cloud\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanding an animal on cloud scrolls is a structural decision as much as a decorative one: the scrolls are the only contact the piece has with a surface, and they are small, so each has to be brought to exactly the same height or the animal rocks. They are cut last, with the beast finished and stood on a flat bench, and taken down a fraction at a time. The mane and the tail are the slow passages. Both are made of separate points standing clear of the body, and in a clear material every one of them appears twice over, as itself and again refracted through the body behind it, so a point that is slightly out of line looks doubled rather than merely crooked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 32cm it sits on a desk or a cabinet top, near enough to be picked up, and it repays being set where the light can get behind it. On a bookshelf against a solid back it goes flat; on a glass shelf or in front of a window every cut in the mane comes up. It faces one way, so give it a quarter turn away from square to the room and the raised foreleg reads properly. Keep the space in front of the scrolls clear, because that is where the pose points.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eScale, Colour and How It Travels\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking a standard piece takes 3–4 weeks, and making a bespoke one 5–6. Colour is settled at order: this clear body, an amber, a green, a smoke or a colourless body with gold leaf suspended through it. A mirror-image beast can be cut to make a pair, and the mane and tail can be trimmed nearer the body for a quieter piece. Scale is open, from a desk piece up to a floor-standing beast, and above a certain size the scrolls are made as one carved plinth instead of four separate feet. It arrives in one fitted crate with the mane and tail packed clear of the walls and nothing to assemble; take it by the body and never by the horns or the tail. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA horned beast stepping on carved cloud belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classic-sculptures\"\u003eclassic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; a horse's body under a dragon's head leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figurative-sculptures\"\u003efigurative sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and a clear casting doubled by refraction 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\u003e21.5cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e32cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.5cm\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":54020753719643,"sku":"R261","price":2429.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R261.jpg?v=1791313472","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-horned-beast-on-carved-cloud-scrolls-32cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}