{"id":209906,"date":"2025-10-19T00:24:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T00:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/209906\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T00:24:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T00:24:14","slug":"gromit-sculpture-designed-by-weston-couple-sells-for-20000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/209906\/","title":{"rendered":"Gromit sculpture designed by Weston couple sells for \u00a320,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The sculpture, named Pinewoof, was created by Gordano School&#8217;s graphics and reprographics technician Josh Williams and his wife Aimee, who designed and painted the piece.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The couple crafted the sculpture in their home studio for The Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children\u2019s Hospital charity.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Commissioned by Pinewood Studios and sponsored by Bristol City Council\u2019s Fostering Service, the design paid tribute to decades of cinematic history.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a joint statement, Mr and Mrs Williams said: &#8220;We were given a brief by Pinewood Studios to capture the magic that happens there and to show subtle hints to the famous films and shows that have been made there over the years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It was lots of fun, especially getting to hide dinosaurs, aliens and spies all in one sculpture.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Pinewoof is definitely the most detailed sculpture we have done for The Grand Appeal, and we spent hundreds of hours getting him just right.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The most common response we got about Pinewoof was about how long people spent looking at the details.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;People especially liked all the hidden elements.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Pinewoof sold for \u00a320,000, contributing to the \u00a32m raised through the trail\u2019s charity auction.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Williamses have supported The Grand Appeal since 2015.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Over the years, they have helped design four sculptures across three public art trails, collectively raising \u00a359,500.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Grand Appeal funds vital services, equipment, and research at Bristol Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sculpture, named Pinewoof, was created by Gordano School&#8217;s graphics and reprographics technician Josh Williams and his wife&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209907,"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-209906","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\/209906","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=209906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}