{"product_id":"standing-sheep-white-marble-statue-250cm","title":"Standing Sheep White Marble Statue - 250cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sheep stands with its head raised and turned, both horns swept back and ringed, the fleece long. Both horns are ringed with fine transverse bands, the fleece falls in long waved locks down neck, chest and flank and frees itself into hanging points along the hem, and the near foreleg is set forward on a rock outcrop with the far hind leg trailing behind. It stands on a mass of carved rock over a moulded rectangular slab. White marble, matte and even, soft grey drift through the rock mass and the flank. The supplier's own name calls this both a sheep and a goat, and the note below says where we have landed and why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Fleece That Frees Itself at the Hem\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo fields of carving meet on this piece and they pull in opposite directions. The fleece is long waved locks running with the body, cut as deep ridge and groove over the flank and then freed along the hem, where each lock hangs clear of the one behind it with daylight between. The rock beneath is angular faceted planes with hard arrises, running against it. Where the trailing hind leg and the forward foreleg pass into the rock, a hanging lock and an arris arrive at the same place - and if either is cut first the other has to be fitted around it, which shows. So the boundary is marked on the block before either field is begun, the rock is brought to within a few millimetres of finish, and the hem is then freed down to an edge that already exists. Those last locks over the rock are the most exposed work on the piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe supplier's name for this piece contains both words, and the carving itself does not settle which is meant. There is no beard: the chin and jaw are clean and the long hair falls from the neck as a ruff. The horns sweep back and are ringed, which fits either animal, and the heavy woolly fleece fits a sheep better than a goat - so sheep is what we have listed, and we have asked the workshop to confirm. At 250cm on its rock the head is carried high and the fleece falls the depth of the body. On its rock at this height it wants distance and sky: a paddock corner, an open lawn, the crest of a slope, the end of a long walk, a parkland setting. The hanging locks are shadow work and want raking light, so a position catching a low sun morning or evening gets far more out of it than flat shade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSheep or Goat - What the Name Says\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-six to twenty-eight weeks. Freeing the coat into hanging locks along the hem is what governs the whole schedule. The rock mass is blocked out and the boundary between rock and fleece marked before either is begun. The animal is roughed above it, the four legs left heavy and the horns as thick tapered stubs. Body and neck come down, then the head. The rock is brought almost to finish, and the fleece is cut as ridge and groove over the body and freed into hanging locks along the hem to meet it. The horns are ringed and brought to section last. Goat and rock come from one block, with nothing pinned, dowelled or filled. Some 9,118kg for beast and rock, craned in one lift onto a poured concrete foundation. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMountain animals are few in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-sculptures\"\u003eanimal sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and the tallest 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\u003e250cm\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":53843255951707,"sku":"MST-ANI-181","price":29550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-ANI-181_1.jpg?v=1787234866","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/standing-sheep-white-marble-statue-250cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}