Spiky vessels and Moroccan twining

It's not easy to catch up with Murray Regan! He's a busy man and sorting out everyone's plumbing and solar energy needs at Hamilton Plumbing is a demanding job - so when we finally tracked him down in a spare moment we were delighted to find him well on with his sculpture project for the Deeper Voice of Textiles project. Using discarded piping and redundant valves, tanks and solar power glass tubing Murray is building a spiky vessel that will demand attention and speaks of his concerns to promote environmentally friendly technologies -  almost to prove the point a tiny Skink popped out of one of his recycled valves to say hello!

While discussing his project in hand I couldn't help noticing a beautiful twined Moroccan carpet covering one of his collection of vintage motorbikes. Purchased on a trip to Morocco many years ago the carpet still looks great in it's new surroundings. Great to see beautiful fine craftsmanship however it is used!