{"product_id":"medusa-head-with-snake-hair-marble-relief-slab-150cm","title":"Medusa Head with Snake Hair Marble Relief Slab - 150cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Medusa head fills a plain square slab, snakes writhing out of the scalp and away from the skull on every side. There is no frame and no border: the head is the whole composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture with Snakes Freed from the Face\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe snakes are undercut so each one clears the face and the slab behind it, which is the only way the head reads as alive rather than as pattern. Distinct grey veining threads through the flat field and continues straight across the carved face and the snakes themselves, so the whole thing is plainly one block.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA single head on a square slab is a strong piece and it wants room around it: a gallery wall, a stair half-landing, a gym, a courtyard or the end wall of a corridor. Side lighting does it a great deal of good, and crowding it with other frames throws the composition away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eVeining Carried Across Field and Face\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven weeks. The undercutting is worked from the outside in and each snake has to be finished before the next is begun, so their count sets the schedule. None of it can be shared out between carvers, because the reach behind one snake depends on where the last one ended. The square dimension is yours and the slab edge can be chamfered back. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 455kg, crated flat, on concealed plates bedded into masonry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore heads and figures are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the plain slabs under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/3d-wall-art\"\u003e3D wall art\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\u003e150cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815861969243,"sku":"MST-REL-044","price":19758.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-044_1.jpg?v=1787053679","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/medusa-head-with-snake-hair-marble-relief-slab-150cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}