{"product_id":"yellow-and-red-stepped-shoulder-gem-acrylic-sculpture-50cm","title":"Yellow \u0026 Red Stepped Shoulder Gem Acrylic Sculpture - 50cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA faceted acrylic sculpture whose outline steps back about two-thirds of the way up, so the mass above the step sits back from the mass below it. The planes are large. Yellow and lime fill the upper part, the two broad planes below the step return orange and a pinkish red, and a deep magenta core shows through the middle of the piece where the section runs deep. Towards the foot the colour clears to a pale cyan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Step at the Shoulder, and Two Silhouettes\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA step at the shoulder gives the piece two silhouettes, one above the step and one below, and both of them have to work. That sounds obvious and it is the whole difficulty: a single outline can be adjusted anywhere along its length to improve the whole, whereas two outlines meeting at a step are fixed relative to each other at that step, so an improvement to the upper one throws the one beneath it out of proportion. The two are therefore drawn together and the step is placed last, at the height where both readings hold - which is rarely the middle. The step is also where the film changes hue, and that is not decoration either: the planes above and below it face at different angles by design, so the colour break falls exactly on the line the outline breaks on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifty centimetres wants a surface at or just under eye level, so that both silhouettes are in view at once - a console, a low cabinet, a broad shelf. Set any higher, the upper mass hides the step and the piece reads as an ordinary block. Side light is what shows the step: it catches the edge where the yellow above meets the orange and red below, which is the clearest evidence the outline breaks. Frontal light flattens the two into one plane and the step disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDrawing It Twice, and Delivery\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere the piece is standard the build is 3–4 weeks, and where it is bespoke 5–6. Drawing the outline twice paces this build, because the two silhouettes are fixed to each other at the step and neither can be adjusted alone. Where the step falls, how the two outlines run and which film goes on are all settled with the order: the step can sit near the foot, there can be two of them, and the whole thing can be made at hall scale. Yellow and red as here, blue-to-violet, or green-to-cyan - and the planes above the step will carry a different film from those under it where a harder break is wanted. It is stood in place by its broad lower planes and never lifted by the step. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gem whose outline steps back at the shoulder, lime above the break and orange below it, is shelved among our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/geometric-sculptures\"\u003egeometric sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/acrylic-sculptures\"\u003eacrylic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e and 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\u003e50cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e48cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e42cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDichroic Acrylic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54024446902619,"sku":"C031","price":2576.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/C031.jpg?v=1792007454","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/yellow-and-red-stepped-shoulder-gem-acrylic-sculpture-50cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}