{"id":42269,"date":"2022-03-28T15:03:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T15:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bournemouthtoday.com\/?p=42269"},"modified":"2022-03-28T15:03:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T15:03:59","slug":"gateway-sculpture-unveiled-at-hunger-hill-in-poole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/gateway-sculpture-unveiled-at-hunger-hill-in-poole\/","title":{"rendered":"Gateway sculpture unveiled at Hunger Hill in Poole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Installation of Poole\u2019s new Bottle Knot sculpture next to the Hunger Hill Junction has been completed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The artwork was designed by the artist Michael Condron and is made from thousands of overlapping segments of stainless steel that spiral into the form of a giant rope knot. <\/p>\n<p>It also features internal LED lighting which illuminates the sculpture at dusk with light creeping through gaps in its intricate metal surface.<\/p>\n<p>Ideas for this piece were developed following extensive engagement with local historians, schools and Poole Museum. <\/p>\n<p>Residents expressed a desire to celebrate the town\u2019s local heritage and the finished Bottle Knot Sculpture echoes the significant maritime and shipbuilding heritage of Poole.<\/p>\n<p>The completed artwork marks the final milestone in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk\/TownsideandHungerHill\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BCP Council\u2019s Townside and Hunger Hill infrastructure improvement scheme<\/a>, which has already delivered an improved walking and cycling network on the townside of the Back Water channel and Holes Bay, between Poole Bridge and Hunger Hill. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Installation of Poole\u2019s new Bottle Knot sculpture next to the Hunger Hill Junction has been completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":42270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[115],"class_list":["post-42269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poole","tag-bcp-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}