{"product_id":"clear-splash-and-open-book-cast-resin-sculpture-61cm","title":"Clear Splash \u0026 Open Book Cast Resin Sculpture - 61cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this cast resin sculpture water bursts up out of an open book, the pages holding flat while the splash rises high above them. The book stands open on its spine, its covers glossy black with roughened edges and its pages a pale, frosted white, with no lettering anywhere, and everything expressive happens above it: the clear water breaks into four flat, tapering blades of different heights and, at one side, a curl pierced with oval openings. A thin stream of clear water runs down the gutter into a rough black foot beneath the spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Pages Hold Flat and the Water Does Not\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is the still half of this piece and the water the moving half, and the contrast between them is what the design is built on. The black covers and the flat, pale pages read at once as a book and then step back, while the water does the opposite: it bursts out of the gutter, spreads over the pages on both sides, and climbs in flat blades that taper to points, one side of it curling over into a lace of oval openings that ends in a hook. Letting the splash run over both pages rather than stopping at the gutter keeps the two halves joined, and the thin clear stream running back down the spine into the black foot finishes that join underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has to be met from the front, straight on, or the book reads as a wedge and the pages disappear. A study desk, a library shelf, a console in a hall or a low cabinet all work, set square to the approach. Its obvious home is a room with books in it. Light from in front and above keeps the pages legible as pages; light from behind turns the water into a bright mass and the book, which is the quieter half, is the half that loses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Closed Book, More Spires, and Delivery\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrder a standard piece and it takes 3–4 weeks; order it bespoke and it takes 5–6. The book can be made closed with the splash breaking over its cover, or opened wider so that more of the pages show. The height of the splash and the number of spires are set at order, and the water can take a tint while the book keeps its black covers and pale pages. It travels braced in a single case with every spire faced; lift it by the book and never by the water. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWater bursting out of an open book is \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/organic-sculptures\"\u003eorganic sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e with a subject, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eresin sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e in the making of it, and a study or a library piece, so \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor sculpture\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\u003e56cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e61cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e35cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eClear and Black 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":54026329489755,"sku":"L258","price":3126.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/L258.jpg?v=1791903956","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-splash-and-open-book-cast-resin-sculpture-61cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}