{"product_id":"multi-colour-dragon-tortoise-resin-sculpture-14cm","title":"Multi-Colour Dragon Tortoise Resin Sculpture - 14cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis resin sculpture is a tortoise from the shoulders back and a dragon from the shoulders forward. The shell is domed and cut into hexagonal plates, the tail rises in a plume of separate curls, and the head carries horns, whiskers and an open mouth with the teeth showing. The colour runs the length of the animal: a cold blue at the tail, violet across the shell, then yellow and a deep amber through the head and the front claws. At 14cm from end to end it sits in the palm of a hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Grade That Has to Cross Two Animals\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA grade that runs through four colours over that depth has very little room to make the changes in, and the changes cannot be allowed to land on a feature: a boundary that falls across the eye or along the edge of the shell reads as a fault in the casting rather than as a grade. The colours are therefore set against the animal's own divisions, so each change happens where the form already changes. The shell is the other exacting passage. Its plates are cut over a dome, which means no two of them are the same shape and each one has to be set out from its neighbours rather than from a template, and at this size the whole field is worked with one point under magnification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a desk and cabinet piece, and it is small enough to be picked up, which is part of the point. Put it where it is met at close range: a desk, a bookshelf at eye level, the top of a low cabinet beside a chair. It wants light from in front rather than behind, because the colour is in the body and a strong backlight washes the middle of the grade out. On a white surface the blue end reads coldest; on timber the amber head warms further and the two ends of the animal separate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eColour, Scale and What Arrives\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOurs is a 3–4 week build as standard, and a 5–6 week build when the commission is bespoke. The grade is settled at order and can be run the other way round, held to two colours, or dropped altogether for a single-colour animal. A clear body with gold leaf through it is offered as an alternative to the plating. The design can be cut at other sizes, up to a floor piece, and the tail plume can be brought closer to the shell where a quieter outline is wanted. It arrives boxed with the tail and the horns supported and nothing to assemble; take it under the shell 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-headed tortoise belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classic-sculptures\"\u003eclassic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; a piece small enough for one hand leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and colour graded from blue to amber joins 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\u003e10cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCast Resin with a Graded Optical Plating\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020754571611,"sku":"R263","price":1282.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R263.jpg?v=1791313482","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/multi-colour-dragon-tortoise-resin-sculpture-14cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}