{"product_id":"smoked-glass-and-mauve-resin-knot-round-table-85cm","title":"Smoked Glass \u0026 Mauve Resin Knot Round Table - 85cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA round coffee table in smoked glass and tinted resin. The top is a disc of smoked tempered glass, grey and clear, with a polished edge. Beneath it sits a knot of cast resin rings in a smoky mauve, each a closed band of even round section, threaded through one another so that no single ring can be followed round without passing behind another. The knot touches the floor at four points and the glass at three.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Knot Dense Enough to Lose the Individual Ring\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe base is the whole object and its interest is in how much it hides. Two rings under a table would read as a legible figure, but this many knotted together do not: each band passes behind others before it returns, so the eye starts on a ring and loses it. Because the resin is translucent and quite deeply coloured, every crossing doubles the mauve and goes a stop darker, and the middle of the knot is therefore the densest and darkest part of the piece while the outer curves stay pale. Above it the smoked glass adds a second veil, so the knot seen through the top is a tone greyer than the knot seen from the side, and the two readings sit one inside the other. The rings meet the glass at three points only, which leaves most of the top unsupported to the eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a coffee table it needs to be walked around and looked down into, so the middle of a seating group serves it and a wall does not. The glass takes trays and glasses and keeps the base in view. A plain pale floor is worth having under it, because the knot's own shadow is part of the figure and a patterned rug reads straight through both the glass and the rings. Light from one side picks out the crossings; overhead light flattens the knot into a single mass. Indoors only.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHow Many Rings, and How Dark the Glass Runs\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eStandard pieces take 3–4 weeks and bespoke commissions 5–6. Begin with how many rings: two would read as a diagram, the number here reads as a knot, and more again would close up into a solid mass. The section of the band is the second, from this even round through to a flattened oval that catches a broader highlight. The glass is the third, from this smoke through to a clear disc that lets the mauve read at full strength, or a bronze that warms it. Ring colour and glass diameter are quoted together. Base and glass travel in two crates and the top beds onto the knot on site. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRings knotted past easy reading make this base an apt piece for our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-sculptures\"\u003eabstract sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; the tinted casting also counts among our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eresin sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and the table itself among our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/functional-sculpture-art-furniture\"\u003eart furniture\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e38cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDiameter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e85cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCast Resin with Smoked Tempered Glass Top\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53966703657307,"sku":"J171","price":3373.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/J171.jpg?v=1791385887","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/smoked-glass-and-mauve-resin-knot-round-table-85cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}