{"product_id":"clear-ink-swirled-ribbon-resin-sculpture-83cm","title":"Clear Ink-Swirled Ribbon Resin Sculpture - 83cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Clear Ink-Swirled Ribbon Resin Sculpture is a notably flat form: a broad ribbon standing on end with four openings cut through it, two side by side near the top, a narrow slot at the waist and an oval low down. The clear resin is swirled through with black ink so the piece reads black and white from a distance and glassy at close range. It stands on a black marble base supplied with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFour Openings Through a Standing Ribbon\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe four openings are the design and they are deliberately unequal: the largest sits high beside a second, narrower oval, the waist one is a narrow slot, and the lowest is an oval turned off the vertical. Between them the ribbon widens and narrows, so the piece has a rhythm reading up it rather than a symmetry. It is shallow for its height and close to two-dimensional from the side, so it will stand on a narrow shelf. The ink swirls follow no repeating direction and they are denser at the base than the top. Clear resin and a black marble base are the only two materials in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 83cm overall this stands well up for a shelf or console piece, and the height matters: on a sideboard it reads at standing eye level, which is where the openings line up best. It needs a plain background for the openings to register and it is at its best where light comes from behind or from one side. The flat form means it can go close to a wall without losing anything. Indoor use only.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhy No Two Swirl Patterns Repeat\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom order, a standard piece runs to 3–4 weeks and a bespoke commission to 5–6. The swirl is the part of this piece that cannot be specified. The dark is dispersed through the clear body rather than applied to it, and it settles differently every time, so the balance of black to white and the direction of every stroke are particular to the one you receive. A repeat order gives a swirled piece, not this swirled piece, and where two are wanted as a pair they are made together and chosen against one another. What can be specified is the density: light, where the piece reads mostly clear with a few dark passages, or heavy as here, where the dark carries the form from across a room. The same ribbon is also made in an amber and teal colourway, which changes it from graphic to warm, and in gold-flecked colourless, in green and in teal, with further tints on request. A pale stone base is offered where the black would be too much against a light wall. It travels in a fitted foam shell with the base packed separately, and the thin sections either side of each opening are the parts to keep away from a hard edge. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA flat ribbon pierced four times belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-sculptures\"\u003eabstract sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; openings that climb it unequally set it among our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/organic-sculptures\"\u003eorganic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and black ink swirled through a clear body suits our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eresin sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e77cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e41cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 x 20 x 6cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCast Resin with Black Marble Base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53956666687835,"sku":"T006","price":2159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/T006.jpg?v=1790856330","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-ink-swirled-ribbon-resin-sculpture-83cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}