{"product_id":"teal-diamond-shield-with-ink-resin-sculpture-40cm","title":"Teal Diamond Shield with Ink Resin Sculpture - 40cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA flat shield of smoke grey resin, slim from front to back and turned onto its point, so it stands as a diamond. The combed field is drawn as a teardrop running corner to corner, with teal held in its fine parallel lines, and the ink is taken down one side in a broken, wandering edge. Beneath it sits a black marble block, supplied with the shield.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Same Field, Set on the Diagonal\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurning a shield onto its point changes what the field can do. On the upright form the combed region sits square to the frame and reads as a panel within it; set on the diagonal there is no square to sit within, so the field has to carry its own shape, and here it is drawn as a teardrop that runs corner to corner. That gives the eye a direction, which the upright version gets from its frame and this one would otherwise lack. The ink is moved for the same reason. On the upright piece it sits low and acts as a weight; here it runs down one side and acts as an edge, because a diamond balanced on a point needs something to say which way is down. Without it the piece is symmetrical in a way that reads as unresolved rather than as calm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 40cm it wants a surface where the diagonal has room above it, since the top point is the part that gets knocked: a shelf with clearance, a mantel, a console below a picture rather than beside one. Like the upright shield it works on transmitted light and needs something behind it to displace. A pale wall directly behind flattens the combed teardrop into a smudge and loses most of what the piece does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Diamond, the Field, and Delivery\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBespoke commissions take 5–6 weeks; standard pieces take 3–4. The field is set at another angle, the ink is taken out entirely, and the shield is cast at other spans. The field is also drawn at other angles across the diamond, which changes the piece considerably, and the same shield is worked at other spans on this stone. A tinted body is offered and works against the design rather than with it, since colour through the whole casting removes the contrast between the combed region and the clear body that the composition depends on. One flat case carries it on edge with both faces padded, and one person lifts it. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA field set on the diagonal belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/organic-sculptures\"\u003eorganic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; teal combed into smoke grey resin leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eresin sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and a shield for a console below a picture joins our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor 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\u003e36cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e34cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 x 10 x 4cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCast Smoke Resin with Teal and Ink 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":54070796812635,"sku":"X145","price":1755.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/X145.jpg?v=1790954964","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/teal-diamond-shield-with-ink-resin-sculpture-40cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}