{"product_id":"clear-swirled-top-black-fluted-pedestal-dining-table-140cm","title":"Clear Swirled Top Black Fluted Pedestal Dining Table - 140cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe round top carries a spiral of ripples that widen as they turn outward, and its rim stands thick and unpolished right around the edge. It is clear throughout, so the pedestal reads up through the middle of it and the floor reads through the overhang. Beneath, a matt black pedestal waists in and flares again to a round foot, fluted the whole way and scalloped where the flutes run out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Cut Spiral Read Through the Thing It Stands On\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCutting a spiral into a clear disc gives you an object with no fixed appearance, and that is the whole argument for doing it. Every ripple catches from one side and releases from the other, so the pattern fills and empties as anyone walks round the table, and what fills it is whatever happens to be underneath. Against the black of the pedestal the spiral goes dense and legible; past the edge of the pedestal, where only the floor is behind it, the same cut almost disappears. The rim is left as the cutter leaves it for the same reason, because a polished edge would return one clean line all the way round and close the figure off. The pedestal is fluted rather than plain so that it has a grain of its own to be read against, and finished matt so that it gives nothing back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt wants the middle of a room with a clear walk all the way round, because the spiral only does its work as you move past it and a table pushed to a wall gives up half of that. A pale floor lifts the clear top and a dark one sinks the pedestal into it, so the floor is worth choosing first. Overhead light throws the ripples down onto the pedestal, where they can be read as shadow rather than as reflection; light from one side does the opposite and picks out the rim. Chairs go in anywhere, since a round top has no head and the pedestal leaves the whole edge free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eChoosing the Cut, the Flute and Getting It Through a Door\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost pieces are standard and take 3–4 weeks; a bespoke commission takes 5–6. Three things are yours to set. The spiral is cut to whatever pitch you ask for, the flutes on the pedestal are counted to order, and the pedestal is offered in a gloss black instead of the matt. The diameter of the top and the height to the surface are open figures and are quoted to your room. Where a pair is wanted, order them together, because the spiral is set out once and carried across both rather than drawn twice. The top and the pedestal travel as two crates and meet on site, which is what makes a round top of this size manageable at a doorway at all. Four people, and the pedestal goes down first and is levelled before the top is set on it. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dining table with a spiral cut into its clear top belongs to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/functional-sculpture-art-furniture\"\u003eart furniture\u003c\/a\u003e; the cut spiral links it to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/organic-sculptures\"\u003eorganic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and its fluted pedestal suits our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/contemporary-modern-sculptures\"\u003econtemporary and modern 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\u003e75cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDiameter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e140cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMachined Clear Resin Top on a Fibreglass Base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54175187894619,"sku":"Z515","price":17356.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/Z515.jpg?v=1790775477","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/clear-swirled-top-black-fluted-pedestal-dining-table-140cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}