{"product_id":"clear-lattice-cut-acrylic-screen-39cm","title":"Clear Lattice Cut Acrylic Screen - 39cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis acrylic screen is a thick square panel cut with a lattice pattern. The field is divided into nine squares by plain bars, and within and between them sit scrolled quatrefoil motifs of the kind found in a Chinese window screen - four lobes drawn to points, repeated at the crossings and halved along the border. A plain margin runs round the whole outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Nine-Square Lattice in the Window Tradition\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCutting this pattern in a section this deep is a different job from cutting it in a thin sheet. Every lobe has an inside curve, and an inside curve in thick acrylic wants to chip at the exit of the cut rather than the entry, so each one is taken in two passes from opposite faces and met in the middle of the section. That leaves a line down the inside of every curve which is then worked out, and there are several hundred such curves in one panel. The lattice bars are cut last, once the motifs are in, because the panel is at its weakest with the field already open. Every cut face is brought up bright, which is what makes the pattern read as drawn lines when the panel is lit from behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 39cm this is a panel for a shelf, a sill or a plinth rather than a wall, and it stands on its own bottom edge without a fitting. It is at its best where light comes through it from behind: against a window the pattern reads as a silhouette and the cut faces light up along every curve. Set on a solid surface with light from the front, the pattern goes quiet and the panel reads almost as a plain square. Two of them at either end of a run of shelving works better than one on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Motif, the Thickness, and How It Stands\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost pieces are standard and take 3–4 weeks; a bespoke commission takes 5–6. The motif can be cut to another pattern from the same tradition, and the field can be run as four squares or sixteen rather than nine. The panel is available in a tinted acrylic, which strengthens the silhouette at the cost of the lit edges. It arrives as one piece with both faces filmed and the film left on until it is standing, because a large clear face collects marks in handling and every one of them shows against a window. One person can carry it easily. It is not drilled for fixing, so if you want it wall-mounted that is specified with the order. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA nine-square lattice in the window tradition belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; quatrefoils cut through thick clear sheet lead to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/acrylic-sculptures\"\u003eacrylic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and a panel to stand against a window joins our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/geometric-sculptures\"\u003egeometric 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\u003e2cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e39cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e39cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eClear Cast Acrylic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54003699777883,"sku":"Y038","price":2159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/Y038.jpg?v=1790883283","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-lattice-cut-acrylic-screen-39cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}