{"product_id":"grey-graded-coiled-dragon-resin-sculpture-42cm","title":"Grey Graded Coiled Dragon Resin Sculpture - 42cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dragon rises out of its own coils in this resin sculpture: the scaled body winds round on itself, and the head lifts at the top with its mane and whiskers swept back. The grey deepens as the body descends: pale smoke at the head, darker through the coils and near black in the rolling mass at the foot, as if the dragon were climbing out of shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Dragon That Darkens as It Coils Down\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA grade running down through the coils has to arrive without a step in it, and a step cannot be corrected afterwards. The scales are cut over every coil, and the grade has to pass across them evenly, so the darkening reads as depth rather than as dirt in the hollows. The mane and the whiskers at the head are the finest passages on the piece and are finished last, after the body is polished. No two castings darken in exactly the same way, so each dragon has its own shading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dark foot and a pale top make this look planted, so it suits a position where it stands alone rather than in a row: the end of a sideboard, a single shelf, or a console where nothing else competes. It needs a pale surface under it or the black foot merges with the top and the piece appears to be floating. At 42cm it reads from standing height without a plinth. Light from above suits the grade, since it keeps the pale top bright and lets the foot stay dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHow Far the Grade Runs, and Delivery\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere the piece is standard the build is 3–4 weeks, and where it is bespoke 5–6. The grade can be set to run over the whole piece, held to the coils near the foot, or reversed so the dark is at the top. It can be graded in smoke grey as here, bronze, amber or green, or cast colourless with the grade carried in leaf instead of pigment. The dark base can be made deeper or kept low. Scale is cut to order. The piece is crated upright and sleeved, and is a one-person lift taken around the base rather than by the head. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dragon rising from its own coils belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classic-sculptures\"\u003eclassic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; smoke grey darkening to black leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eresin sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and a dragon to stand alone on a shelf joins our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor 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\u003e42cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.5cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.5cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGraded Grey 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":54017627554139,"sku":"R094","price":2429.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R094.jpg?v=1791308310","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/grey-graded-coiled-dragon-resin-sculpture-42cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}