{"product_id":"frosted-bridled-horse-head-cast-resin-sculpture-49cm","title":"Frosted Bridled Horse Head Cast Resin Sculpture - 49cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe head on this cast resin sculpture is turned slightly away and carried high on a long arched neck, with one foreleg raised and folded up beneath the chest. Everything is frosted: the muzzle, the jaw, the mane and the neck all read as a soft matt white. Over that runs a bridle - a browband, a cheekpiece and a noseband - polished clear so it catches the light while the animal beneath it does not. The whole thing stands on a block of clear resin left rough where it was cut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Strap That Reads as Leather Without Being It\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne material and two finishes is what makes the harness work. The straps are not a separate part: they stand just proud of the head and are taken to a full polish while everything round them is frosted, so the eye reads them as leather over hair without any change of substance. That means masking the polish exactly at the edge of every strap along its whole length, and a polish that creeps a hair's breadth onto the cheek shows as a smear because a frosted surface beside a bright one has no tolerance at all. The buckles and the browband boss are the finest work and are cut after the straps are polished. The plinth is deliberately left as it came off the saw, which is the one unfinished surface on the piece and is meant to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA head is met face on and slightly below its own eye line, so a console, a desk or a mantel serves it better than a low table. It wants a plain wall behind it: the frost has no colour of its own and a patterned ground reads straight through the outline. A light set to one side is what parts the polished harness from the matt head; a flat frontal light collapses the two into one surface. It sits well in a study or an office, where it is looked at from a chair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFinish, the Plinth and Handling on Arrival\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrdinarily a standard piece needs 3–4 weeks and a bespoke commission 5–6. The bridle can be taken off entirely for a plain frosted head, or gilded in gold, silver or copper against the frost. The whole head is offered polished rather than frosted, which is a different object, and a tint of amber, smoke or grey runs through the resin. The plinth is made smooth and square instead of rough-cut, or in a black stone or a dark timber. Scale is cut to order, and a mirror-image head can be made for a pair. Head and plinth arrive together in one fitted crate, already joined, and one person can place it holding the neck. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bridled horse head in frost belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/horse-sculptures\"\u003ehorse sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; a foreleg folded beneath an arched neck leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-sculptures\"\u003eanimal sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and clear straps against matt white join 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\u003e49cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e44cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFrosted Cast Resin with Clear Detail\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019267985755,"sku":"R182","price":2699.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R182.jpg?v=1791309945","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/frosted-bridled-horse-head-cast-resin-sculpture-49cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}