{"product_id":"clear-iridescent-sphere-cluster-glass-sculpture-80cm","title":"Clear Iridescent Sphere Cluster Glass Sculpture - 80cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA glass sculpture of clustered spheres massed into an upright column that narrows towards its top, needing no base. The spheres run through six or seven diameters and the fine ones fill the gaps between the broad, so there is no straight line anywhere in the piece and no gap wide enough to see through. Each sphere carries an iridescent bloom that returns pale blue with a little amber, and each one also carries a highlight and the reflections of its neighbours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSix Diameters, and the Small Ones Do the Work\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe small spheres matter as much as the broad ones. Equal spheres would stack into rows and read as a pile; spheres of many diameters let the cluster swell, narrow and swell again, and the fine ones are set where two broad curves meet, so the eye travels across the joins instead of stopping at them. That is why the diameters run through six or seven sizes rather than two or three. It also decides how the piece is made: every sphere is blown and then selected, because a cluster needs particular diameters in particular quantities and a sphere a few millimetres out will not seat against its neighbours. The sorting is most of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 80cm it wants the floor or a broad plinth beneath it, never a table top. A cluster has no front, so it can stand clear of the walls entirely: in the middle of a room, on a wide hearth, or on a plinth people can walk right round. Put it where the light comes from behind. Iridescence needs something behind it to work against, and a window or a lamp beyond the piece lights every sphere from the back at once, whereas a light in front of it returns a field of hard white highlights and little else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSorting, Selection and Delivery\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFigure the difference between standard and bespoke at 3–4 weeks against 5–6. Sorting paces this build: the spheres are blown first and then matched to the cluster, and a batch that comes out a few millimetres from the sizes needed cannot be used. Overall scale, the range of diameters and the bloom are drawn per commission, so a version massed wider than it is high, one worked in fewer and broader spheres, or a pair at graded heights all come from this design. The bloom is chosen at order between this pale blue, a warm amber and a clear glass with no bloom at all. It is lifted from beneath, by the broad spheres at its foot, and set straight down, never taken up by the narrow top of the column. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlass spheres of many diameters massed into one iridescent column belong among our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/organic-sculptures\"\u003eorganic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/contemporary-modern-sculptures\"\u003econtemporary and modern sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e and 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\u003e80cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIridescent Glass\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54024446738779,"sku":"C006-8","price":4681.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/C006-8.jpg?v=1792004453","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-iridescent-sphere-cluster-glass-sculpture-80cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}