{"product_id":"clear-knob-maned-beast-cast-resin-sculpture-27cm","title":"Clear Knob-Maned Beast Cast Resin Sculpture - 27cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis cast resin sculpture sits bolt upright, chest forward, both forelegs straight under it. Its head is a mass of curled knobs running from the brow over the crown, with a raised crest above them and a short muzzle below; behind it the tail lies flat against the haunch as a scrolled plume. The body is smooth by contrast, with the ribs and the shoulder barely indicated. It is clear resin throughout, polished, with no leaf and no colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Head That Is All Knobs\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA field of knobs on a clear head is read twice over - once as relief and once as refraction through the material - so the knobs have to be cut to one depth and one spacing or the head fills with light unevenly and looks damaged. They are worked from the crown down, each undercut at its edge, and the crest is cut last so it can be sighted against the finished mass behind it. The smooth body is the harder half to get right. With nothing cut into it, a flat spot shows up as a highlight in the wrong place, so chest, flank and haunch are brought up together as a single surface and sighted along the length.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-seven centimetres is a shelf, desk and cabinet height, and this one wants to be met from the front, where the head is symmetrical and the crest reads. It wants light from behind: with a window or a glass shelf at its back every knob takes a highlight of its own, and on a solid shelf under a downlight the head closes into one grey mass. It sits well beside books or as one of a pair flanking something.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Four Beasts, the Colour and How It Travels\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom order, a standard piece runs to 3–4 weeks and a bespoke commission to 5–6. It is one of four, and the other three are cut to the same hand, so the group can be assembled over as long as you like. The body is made clear as here, in an amber, in a smoke or in a green, and gold or silver leaf can be suspended through the resin. A base is offered under the animal where a plinth is wanted. Sizes go up from this one to a floor-standing guardian. It arrives boxed with the crest and the tail protected and nothing to put together; take it under the haunches. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beast whose head is a mass of curled knobs belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classic-sculptures\"\u003eclassic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; a crest raised over the brow leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figurative-sculptures\"\u003efigurative sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and clear resin with nothing in it 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\u003e27cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.8cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.8cm\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":54020811456859,"sku":"R319","price":1552.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R319.jpg?v=1791316030","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-knob-maned-beast-cast-resin-sculpture-27cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}