{"product_id":"rust-brown-folded-plate-metal-sculpture-on-marble-171cm","title":"Rust Brown Folded Plate Metal Sculpture on Marble - 171cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA metal sculpture of thick flat plates, folded and overlapped like a ribbon caught mid-turn, finished in a rust-brown patina that varies a little from plate to plate. It is carried on a clear acrylic block, and that block stands on a tall black marble plinth veined in white. The clear block is the whole trick: it reads only as a thin pale band of edges, and the metal appears to float just above the stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThree Materials, One of Them Nearly Invisible\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe clear block has to do two jobs that pull against each other. It carries the whole weight of the metal, so it is a solid block, never a sheet; and it has to read as nothing at all, so its sides are clear and its edges left crisp, since a chamfer or a scuff would catch light and announce it. The metal is the other half of the argument: thick plates, folded and bent through a deep curve, rest on the block at only a few points along their lower edges, so the whole composition seems to have settled there rather than been fixed. The rust-brown of the patina is warm against the cold black and white of the stone below.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a floor piece, met standing, and its folds read from in front and slightly beneath, hardly at all from above. It wants a position rather than a surface: a hall, a stair landing, a room corner, or against a pier between windows. Light from the front and one side is what shows the patina; backlighting turns the plates into silhouettes and loses the colour that is the point of them. Keep it out of a traffic line, since the floating illusion depends on the clear block going unnoticed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePatina, Plinth and Installation\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere the piece is standard the build is 3–4 weeks, and where it is bespoke 5–6. The composition is drawn per piece and the number of folds is open in both directions; a version in polished or blackened metal is offered, and the patina itself comes as this rust, a verdigris or a dark bronze tone. The plinth comes in this black marble or a white one, made to whatever height brings the metal to the level the room needs. The clear block can be made deeper for a greater float. Set the stone down first and check it level, then place the block on it, and the metal last. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRust-brown plates floating on a clear block above black marble, the piece is shown with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/metal-sculptures\"\u003emetal sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-sculptures\"\u003eabstract sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/contemporary-modern-sculptures\"\u003econtemporary and modern sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSculpture\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eH60 x W65 x D29.3cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eClear block\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e32 x 21.5 x 6cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarble plinth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e38 x 38 x 105cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePatinated Metal and Clear Acrylic on Black Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54023523959131,"sku":"C209","price":3602.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/C209.jpg?v=1792069722","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/rust-brown-folded-plate-metal-sculpture-on-marble-171cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}