'The hand of recycling'

'The hand of recycling' - Hanley

The steel hand model, measuring more than two metres high and a metre wide, has been placed on the Botteslow Street roundabout in Hanley, following a project by PM Training Artworks.

More than 100 youngsters from the training provider company used pieces of scrap metal to build the sculpture over 18 months.
It is based on a design entered in a competition by Bethan Colley, of Newstead when she was a pupil at Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy.
The company have been involved in building other sculptures such as the swans at Trentham Gardens, and a Saxon shield at Phoenix Park in Longton.

the sculpture of a hand installed at the Botteslow Street roundabout on the Potteries Way ring road

Artworks contributor said "It's quite different to the other projects we've worked on due to the length of time it took and also because it was made using just recycled materials. We used steel to make it and put a galvanised coating on top. We have given the sculpture a nickname of 'The hand of recycling.'

The Potteries Way looking towards Litchfield Street - in the distance the new City Bus Station is nearing completion