{"product_id":"selene-horse-head-marble-relief-wall-art-80cm","title":"Selene Horse Head Marble Relief Wall Art - 80cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA horse head pushes out of an irregular slab with its nostrils flared and mouth open, while the stone around it is left rough and untouched. The contrast is the whole idea: a finished head emerging from raw block.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHorse Wall Art Left Half Inside the Block\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo surfaces are worked on one stone. The head is brought to a smooth close-grained polish with a faint honey patina in the hollows, and the surrounding ground is left rough, buff-toned and deliberately antiqued. Nothing is added to achieve the difference; it is all in how far each area is taken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis suits a wall where the unfinished side can be seen close up: a study, a dressing room, a boot room, a stable office or a sheltered porch. It is a piece about the process of carving, so it rewards being hung low enough to inspect rather than up out of reach, and it sits well beside a bookcase or over a desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTwo Surfaces on One Piece of Marble\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive weeks, and the difficulty is knowing when to stop: the head is finished to a satin surface while the rest of the block is left as it came off the saw, and the boundary between the two has to look chosen rather than abandoned. You set the block size and how much of the head emerges. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. About 69kg, boxed, and it hangs on two concealed plates set into the rough back face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther equine carving is in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-art\"\u003eanimal wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, and the unfinished-block pieces sit with the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall 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\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":53815262052699,"sku":"MST-REL-011","price":11131.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-011_1.jpg?v=1787053633","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/selene-horse-head-marble-relief-wall-art-80cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}