{"product_id":"standing-angel-with-open-arms-marble-garden-statue-220cm","title":"Standing Angel With Open Arms Marble Garden Statue - 220cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA standing angel opens both arms low with her palms turned outward and her head inclined, both wings spread wide behind her. Her gown falls in long straight folds to a cloud-form base that the figure rises from, and there is no plinth and no tablet anywhere on the piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eStanding Angel With Wings Spread Wide\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpread wings on a standing figure are the hardest thing in marble, because each one cantilevers out from the shoulder with nothing under it, and the stone has to be left thick at the root and thinned toward the tip in one continuous pass. Both are roughed together so they match, then finished one at a time. The cloud base is worked in soft rolling masses so it reads as cloud rather than rock beneath the straight fall of the gown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA figure of this height carries a formal garden: the end of a lawn vista, the turn of a gravel walk, a walled courtyard or a clipped hedge enclosure. The spread wings need air on both sides, so it wants an open position rather than a niche, and it reads from a long way off. Set the cloud base on a level compacted bed with clear space around it for mowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePlacing a Tall Figure in a Garden\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFourteen weeks. Both wings are roughed out together before either is finished, because a pair carved one after the other never quite matches, and the tips are the last stone touched on the whole figure. The arms are freed once the gown that supports them is stable. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 6,618kg in one piece, so it is craned into place and bedded on a level compacted base rather than a poured foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore figures of this scale are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-sculptures\"\u003emarble sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, with the outdoor pieces under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/large-garden-statues\"\u003elarge garden statues\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\u003e220cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncluded\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":53830049759579,"sku":"MST-MEM-025","price":31228.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-MEM-025_1.jpg?v=1787135474","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/standing-angel-with-open-arms-marble-garden-statue-220cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}