{"product_id":"pink-flat-plate-standing-figure-on-marble-bar-84cm","title":"Pink Flat-Plate Standing Figure on Marble Bar - 84cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe figure is a silhouette rather than a body: a standing outline with shoulders, a squared head, one arm indicated as a notch and a long slot cut up between the legs, all in a single thin flat plate. The colour is a translucent rose, deeper where the plate turns and pale across the open faces. The whole thing stands in a bar of black marble that holds it upright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Object Read From Its Edge\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA flat plate has three surfaces and the one that matters is the edge. The translucent rose seen end on is the densest colour on the piece and it runs right round the outline, so the edge is what draws the figure: every change of direction along it is a change in the brightness of that line, and a wobble in the profile shows as a wobble in colour. It is therefore cut and dressed square to the faces along its whole run, including inside the slot between the legs, where a rounded edge would make the gap look filled in. The faces are then polished flat, which is harder on a thin plate than on a mass because there is nothing to hold while the work is done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeen face on this is a bold flat shape; seen edge on it almost vanishes, and that pair of readings is the point. So give it a position with a clear approach from the front and let people walk past it: a hall, a landing, the end of a run of furniture. Backlighting is the best of it - a window behind or a lamp low behind the marble fills the whole plate and the rose goes luminous. Against a dark wall the colour reads deepest. For its size the marble bar is dense, so stand it on something solid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eColour, the Bar and Setting It Up\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom order, a standard piece runs to 3–4 weeks and a bespoke commission to 5–6. The colour runs from this rose to a deeper red, an amber, a smoke or a clear body with no tint at all, and a frosted plate is offered where the translucency is too bright. Plate thickness can be doubled for a piece with more presence, and the outline itself is open: a seated figure, a pair of figures on one bar, or a longer and narrower proportion are all made. A white marble bar and a steel one are both made in place of this black stone. Any height is cut to order. Plate and bar travel apart in one flat crate; the plate slots into the bar by hand and one person can manage both. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA figure cut as a single flat plate belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-sculptures\"\u003eabstract sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; a silhouette that vanishes edge on leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/contemporary-modern-sculptures\"\u003econtemporary and modern sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and translucent rose resin 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\u003e80cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 x 20 x 4cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTranslucent Rose Cast Resin with a Black Marble Bar\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54018539553115,"sku":"R131","price":1687.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R131.jpg?v=1791309101","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/pink-flat-plate-standing-figure-on-marble-bar-84cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}