{"product_id":"clear-stretching-cat-cast-resin-sculpture-65cm","title":"Clear Stretching Cat Cast Resin Sculpture - 65cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cat in this cast resin sculpture is caught in the middle of a stretch: both forelegs pushed right out in front along the ground, the chest and chin almost touching it, the rump lifted high behind and the tail curling up and over the back. From the side the animal makes a long shallow V. It is optically clear and polished throughout, and it measures rather more front to back than it does high.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Body Longer Than It Is High\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stretch puts almost all of the material at one end and almost none at the other, and that is the whole problem. The rump and the haunches are a heavy mass; the forelegs and the chest taper away to nothing along the ground, and the piece has to sit on that thin front without appearing to balance on it. So the underside of the chest is cut to run flat along the surface for a good part of its length rather than touching at one point, which is invisible from any normal angle and is what stops the animal looking precarious. The other slow passage is the tail. It comes up off the rump and curls back over the spine with a gap under it, and both faces of that curl are seen at once, so it is polished right round before the back is finished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA piece that reads front to back wants length rather than height: a long console, the middle of a sideboard, a broad hearth, a bottom shelf. It is at its best seen from the side, where the whole stretch reads as one line, and it closes up almost completely from the front. Put it where nothing sits in front of the forelegs, which need clear surface to reach into. On a dark timber the polished body separates cleanly; on white it softens and the tail does most of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePose, Colour and Placing a Long Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt takes 3–4 weeks to make as standard, and 5–6 weeks to make bespoke. The body will take a tint of amber, of smoke, of green or of a soft blue, and a frost is available in place of the polish. The standing cat is made to match at a lesser scale, and a sleeping cat can be made to order. Tail position is set at order, curled as here or laid flat along the back. Any scale is cut to order. Transit is a fitted crate holding it as it lies and there is nothing to put together. One person places it, hands under the haunches and never at the forelegs. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cat mid-stretch belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cat-statues\"\u003ecat statues\u003c\/a\u003e; a body drawn out in a long shallow V leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-sculptures\"\u003eanimal sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and clear resin polished all over 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\u003e46cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e65cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e34cm\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":54019271393627,"sku":"R187","price":2362.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R187.jpg?v=1791309960","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-stretching-cat-cast-resin-sculpture-65cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}