{"product_id":"cyan-and-violet-edge-standing-gem-acrylic-sculpture-75cm","title":"Cyan \u0026 Violet Edge-Standing Gem Acrylic Sculpture - 75cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn acrylic sculpture cut as a leaning block, standing on an edge rather than on a face, so two planes meet the floor and the flat, slanting top tips away from whoever is in front of it. The cut is broad: eight or nine faces, each wide enough to hold one colour across it. Cyan and violet fill the upper half, and the foot goes pale gold where the film is met almost edge-on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eStanding on an Edge Instead of a Face\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn edge is a different problem from a point. A block balanced on a vertex arrives at the floor through one small flat and the whole question is where that flat is cut; a block standing on an edge arrives through TWO planes, and both of them have to be coplanar with the floor at once. That cannot be worked out on paper. The two faces are cut close and then brought together on a flat bench by trial, taking material off whichever one is holding the piece proud, until it sits without rock in any direction. The lean follows from the same operation rather than being set separately: the angle of the top plane against the floor is whatever those two faces leave, so the drawing has to anticipate it. Every block comes out leaning a degree or two differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventy-five centimetres of leaning block is floor and plinth work and it wants space around it: the turn of a room, an open fireplace surround, a stair head, or a plinth set where it is seen from across the space. It leans, so which face meets somebody coming in is a decision to take before it is set down. Light raking across from a window is best. Light from directly in front hits the leaning top square on and washes it out, and the two floor planes are what tell you the piece is standing on an edge, so nothing should be allowed to hide them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTwo Planes on the Floor, and Delivery\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it 3–4 weeks as a standard piece, or 5–6 weeks as a bespoke commission. The bench work on the two floor planes paces this build, since there is no way to compute it and it is done by trial. Scale, cut and film are settled per commission, so a version at hall height, one cut with many more faces, or a pair leaning away from each other are all from this design. The film runs from this cyan and violet through gold-to-rose and green-to-cyan, and on a block this size it can be applied to alternate faces so half of it stays clear. It is set down on its own edge and turned into place rather than assembled, taken by its broad faces and never by the slanting top. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanding on an edge instead of a face is a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/geometric-sculptures\"\u003egeometric sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e decision; the dichroic body is \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/acrylic-sculptures\"\u003eacrylic sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e; and the film holds its colour under the conditions \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e assumes.\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\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDichroic Acrylic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54024446837083,"sku":"C027","price":3466.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/C027.jpg?v=1792004511","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/cyan-and-violet-edge-standing-gem-acrylic-sculpture-75cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}