{"product_id":"teal-inked-rounded-shield-resin-sculpture-33cm","title":"Teal Inked Rounded Shield Resin Sculpture - 33cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rounded shield in a grey body, swelling gently toward the centre, with teal through the middle of it and black outlines drawn across the face in closed shapes. There is no combed field on this one, so the marks carry the whole face. A black marble block holds it upright and is included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOutlines Instead of a Combed Field\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere a shield carries a combed field, the ink acts as a weight against it. This one has no field at all, so the ink has to carry the whole face on its own, and that changes how it is drawn. A combed region gives the eye a texture to compare the marks against; without one, marks scattered across a clear body read as dirt. What saves it is that they are closed outlines rather than strokes. A closed line encloses an area, and the eye takes an enclosed area as a shape whether or not it recognises it, so the face becomes a map rather than a smudged surface. The rounded outline of the shield is doing the same work from the other direction: an edge with no corners gives the marks nothing to align to, which is what keeps them reading as found shapes rather than as a pattern someone laid out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 33cm it suits a desk, a shelf or a mantel where it will be seen close. Like the others it reads by what passes through it, but it asks less of the position than the combed ones: the ink is opaque and reads against a wall as well as against a window. Light from the side picks up the curve of the face, which a frontal light flattens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Ink, the Curve, and Delivery\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllow 3–4 weeks for a standard piece and 5–6 weeks for a bespoke commission. The ink is drawn as fewer and broader marks, the teal is deepened, and the shield is made rounder still. The marks are also drawn fewer and broader, which turns the face from a map into a few large shapes and changes the piece entirely, and the outline is drawn at other spans in the same stone. A combed field is offered on part of the face, which gives the ink a texture to sit against. It ships on its edge in a single flat case with the stone apart, and one person takes the casting by its rim. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutlines drawn across a curve is \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/organic-sculptures\"\u003eorganic sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e; the teal is held in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eresin sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e; and a shield this size is \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e shelf work.\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\u003e29cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8cm\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":54070796910939,"sku":"X147","price":1755.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/X147.jpg?v=1790954980","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/teal-inked-rounded-shield-resin-sculpture-33cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}