{"id":135396,"date":"2025-09-13T21:09:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T21:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/135396\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T21:09:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T21:09:14","slug":"rspb-saltholme-unveils-new-memorial-phoenix-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/135396\/","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":135397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-135396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}