{"id":144107,"date":"2025-09-15T04:23:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T04:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/144107\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T04:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T04:23:14","slug":"rspb-saltholme-unveils-new-memorial-phoenix-sculpture-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/144107\/","title":{"rendered":"RSPB Saltholme unveils new memorial phoenix sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">A phoenix memorial sculpture has been installed in the walled garden of a nature reserve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Visitors to RSPB Saltholme, Stockton, can pay for individual feathers and have them engraved in dedication to someone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The 5ft (1.5m) tall phoenix was created by Andrew McKeown out of galvanised steel and corten steel for the flames below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Chris Francis, nature reserve manager, said he was &#8220;thrilled&#8221; to have the sculpture in the walled gardens as a symbol of remembrance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">A small feather costs \u00a3200, a medium is \u00a3250 and a large is \u00a3300.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">All money raised will be used to support the conservation work being carried out at RSPB Saltholme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Eight feathers have been sold already and they will be installed in October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Mr Francis said: &#8220;We&#8217;re thrilled to unveil our stunning new Phoenix Sculpture, a powerful symbol of renewal, remembrance, and hope. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;Rising proudly in the walled garden at RSPB Saltholme this beautiful piece invites reflection and a connection to the area&#8217;s industrial past.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A phoenix memorial sculpture has been installed in the walled garden of a nature reserve. Visitors to RSPB&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":["post-144107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}