{"url":"https://folksy.com/items/7867227-blitz-timber-8","title":"Blitz Timber 8","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","provider_name":"Folksy","description":"Just to the north of Anthony Gormley's sculptures on Crosby beach is the Brick Beach. Here, the rubble of the Blitz on Liverpool was deposited to act as a defence against coastal erosion. For many years I have walked that beach, picking up curiously gnarled pieces of timber. At first I thought they were driftwood, etched into sculptural shapes by the sea, but I came to realise that they were being revealed by the wind and sea from the war rubble I was walking on. It dawned on me that these weren't just bits of wood, these wormeaten pieces of door frame and floorboard, some showing the marks of fire, were part of the history of my home town. I decided to give these beautiful historical remnants of the bombed homes of past Liverpudlians a new lease of life as coat racks. Each has been dried, cleaned up (but not too much), planed flat at the back, treated with preservative, and fitted with hardwood hooks. A statement piece if ever there was one, this commanding coat rack is made from a large piece of pitch pine reclaimed from the Brick Beach, cracked along two thirds of its length but still solid. Into the surface I have embedded, screwed and glued nine hooks, hand carved from reclaimed purpleheart, an exotic hardwood. The three longer hooks span the crack, making the board even more rigid. There are six countersunk fixing holes and the entire piece has been waxed to bring out the texture of the pine and the smoothness of the purpleheart. L 1000mm x W 250mm x D 65mm.","brand":"GreenTreenDesigns","product_id":7867227,"availability":"in stock","quantity":1,"product_expiration":"2026-04-16T14:46:37+00:00","images":["https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-e9e2f024-8a2d-4b8e-935b-d45670b67f44-Blitz-Timber-Coat-Rack-GreenTreenDesigns/public","https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-b61a4169-bf97-4a8c-9f76-030fe9dca58c-Blitz-Timber-Coat-Rack-GreenTreenDesigns/public","https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-cc84cad5-2cab-47d6-bc4d-543b8e77633b-Blitz-Timber-Coat-Rack-GreenTreenDesigns/public","https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-17e82b9c-5f86-4fa2-b4a5-53a45f9c9ee7-Blitz-Timber-Coat-Rack-GreenTreenDesigns/public","https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-00d6a9eb-8fe0-45ae-aada-61ef81728514-Blitz-Timber-Coat-Rack-GreenTreenDesigns/public","https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-e85be438-2c70-4388-b733-bf8993709dff-Blitz-Timber-Coat-Rack-GreenTreenDesigns/public","https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-b754d344-3edc-4f87-9418-d9a9d50b71eb-Blitz-Timber-Coat-Rack-GreenTreenDesigns/public","https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-8ff4bad5-8431-4f88-bb7b-3ee193f2fb8f-Blitz-Timber-Coat-Rack-GreenTreenDesigns/public"]}