Abstract Gold Figure Sculpture

Abstract figure sculpture works because the brain insists on completing it. Reduce a body to a few curves and a hollow and it still reads as a person leaning, kneeling or reaching, and the less detail there is the more the pose has to carry. These four designs each take a different attitude, so a single piece holds a shelf on its own and two or three together start to look like a conversation.

They are cast in resin with a warm brushed gold finish rather than a mirror-bright one, which stops them looking cheap under lamplight and lets the shadows inside the curves do their work. The scale is right for a console, a mantel, a stack of books or the empty end of a shelf - substantial enough to notice, small enough not to take over.

Style them at different heights rather than in a neat row; abstract shapes need space around them to read properly. The finish will mark if scrubbed, so dust with a soft dry cloth and avoid all chemical cleaners. These are decorative objects rather than toys - keep them out of reach of small children and pets, and place them back from the edge of a shelf where they cannot be knocked.

• Cast resin abstract figure sculpture in a brushed gold finish
• Four different poses, suitable individually or grouped
• Console, mantel, shelf and coffee table scale
• Dust with a soft dry cloth; avoid chemical cleaners
• Decorative object, not a toy - keep out of reach of children and pets
• Place back from shelf edges where it cannot be knocked