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. Want something beautiful but not entirely practical? Granted, this rack has a shelf, but I got so carried away making the double oak fungi-inspired hooks and embedding them in the timber that you'd be hard pressed to hang six coats on by their loops! If you're not too bothered about that and have fallen in love with the shape of those hooks as I have, this is the one for you. L 460mm x W 130mm x D 105mm.