{"product_id":"clear-horse-head-with-flowing-mane-on-ice-68cm","title":"Clear Horse Head with Flowing Mane on Ice - 68cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe head is turned in profile with the muzzle low and the ears back, and behind it the mane lifts and streams away in a mass of separate locks that takes up as much room as the head and neck together. Beneath it all, the piece rises out of a rough block worked as broken ice. Everything is the same clear resin: the animal, the mane and the ice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHalf of It Is Not the Horse\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather more than half the material on this piece is not horse. The mane is a set of individual locks, each one lifting away from its neighbours with a gap behind it, and every gap has two faces that both take the polish; on a clear casting an unpolished inner face goes grey and reads as a shadow that is not there. That is where the time goes, and it is why the head itself is finished first and the mane afterwards, working outward, since the head cannot be reached once the locks are done. The ice at the foot is left as it was cut and cracked, which is the only unfinished surface on the object and is deliberate: a rough clear mass scatters light and gives the polished head something to rise out of.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA profile head wants to be seen from the side it faces, so set it with the muzzle towards the room and leave the mane side clear of a wall - it reaches further back than the head does forward. At 68cm a desk is too shallow for it: it wants to stand on a console, on the top of a hall chest, or on a low cabinet. Light from behind is what this one is for: the ice lights up, the mane fills, and the head stays as the solid dark shape in the middle of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMane Volume, the Ice and Two-Person Handling\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime separates the two: a bespoke commission takes 5–6 weeks, a standard piece 3–4. Mane volume is set at order, from this full stream to something closer to the neck, and the direction it blows is mirrored on request. The ice block can be made deeper, brought down to a low pad, or replaced by a smooth plinth or a black stone. The whole piece can be tinted, warm or cool, and the mane alone can be frosted against a clear head. Any scale is cut to order. It arrives as one item in a fitted crate; two people should lift it, taking it under the ice and never by the mane. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA horse head with its mane blown back belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/horse-sculptures\"\u003ehorse sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; separate wind-blown locks lead to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-sculptures\"\u003eanimal sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and a head rising from clear ice 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\u003e68cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e59cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e32cm\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":54019274768731,"sku":"R192","price":5872.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R192.jpg?v=1791309971","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-horse-head-with-flowing-mane-on-ice-68cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}