{"product_id":"red-feather-cut-swan-pair-on-lit-bases-52cm","title":"Red Feather-Cut Swan Pair on Lit Bases - 52cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis resin sculpture is a pair of swans, sold together. Both are the same saturated translucent red with long feather lines combed over the breast and the flank, and the difference between them is the neck: one carries it up and forward, the other curves it down and back until the beak is level with the body. Each bird stands on its own matt acrylic base, and those bases are light boxes, so the colour is lit from underneath rather than only from the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Pair That Must Not Be Two of the Same Thing\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pair is a harder commission than a single bird, because two objects that are nearly the same invite the eye to compare them and any difference that was not intended reads as a fault. The two necks are therefore cut against each other rather than to a drawing, and the feather lines are combed at the same spacing on both so that the surfaces match even where the poses do not. The lines themselves are the slow part: they run from the breast over the shoulder and out to the tail, following a surface that turns twice on the way, and they are cut in one pass each because a line picked up again shows a join. The bases are made to the same footprint so the two birds stand at one height.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are a mantel, console and sideboard pair rather than floor pieces, and they want to be set with the two necks turned toward each other so the shapes answer. Leave a clear gap between them: pushed together they read as one object with two heads. The bases need a socket within reach and the flex has to go somewhere, so a surface against a wall suits them better than an island. With the light on, the red goes deep and the feather lines pick up as darker threads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eColour, Light and What Arrives\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs standard the build runs 3–4 weeks, and as a bespoke commission 5–6. The pair is offered in this red, in an amber, in a green or in a colourless body, and one bird alone can be ordered where a single is wanted. Each base comes lit, or it can be made in plain matt acrylic with no fitting, or in clear acrylic instead of matt. Neck positions are settled at order and any scale is cut to order. The two birds and the two bases arrive in one crate, each bird cased separately with the neck supported; lift a bird by the body, never by the neck, and seat it on its base afterwards. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pair of swans with necks raised and bowed belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/bird-sculptures\"\u003ebird sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; feathering raked across each body leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-sculptures\"\u003eanimal sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and light boxes of matt acrylic join our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/acrylic-sculptures\"\u003eacrylic 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\u003e40cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e57cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e44.8cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBases\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTwo, each 23 x 18.5 x 12cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTranslucent Red Cast Resin on Lit Acrylic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020752933211,"sku":"R251","price":2564.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R251_2d347364-13ab-45fa-8fad-5cd15209a13a.jpg?v=1791370940","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/red-feather-cut-swan-pair-on-lit-bases-52cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}