{"id":458497,"date":"2026-06-03T08:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458497\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T08:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:08:10","slug":"abel-homes-to-install-public-art-sculpture-near-new-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458497\/","title":{"rendered":"Abel Homes to install public art sculpture near new homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The 3.6m-high artwork, created by North Elmham artist blacksmith Toby Winterbourn, will be installed at Abel Homes&#8217; Cygnet Rise site in Swaffham.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It will feature as part of the housebuilder&#8217;s public art programme.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Made from galvanised steel, the agricultural-themed sculpture will include barley, wheat, maize and cow parsley, and will stand in a public open space at the heart of the development.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Maggie Abel, who co-ordinates the public art programme at Abel Homes, said: &#8220;We are delighted to be working with Toby for the first time, creating a truly stunning sculpture which will act as a focal point for the new community we are creating at Cygnet Rise.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Our aim for these artworks is that they will form the hub of these new communities, starting to bind the threads together through sparking conversations and giving a sense of shared ownership \u2013 as well as a focal point to stop and chat.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The sculpture will be officially unveiled at a public ceremony in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 3.6m-high artwork, created by North Elmham artist blacksmith Toby Winterbourn, will be installed at Abel Homes&#8217; Cygnet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-458497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}