"The Family Drain"
collage (from the book Up-to-Date Plumbing), 22 1/16 x 30 15/16

Explanatory diagram of Gavin’s sanitary family history. In spite of Gavin’s aversion to toilet pans and basic glazed ephemera of the most utility affirmation, he harboured a soul connection to a product that gave him the ‘relief of the gods’ in moments of disarray. ‘Thank God for Silas’ drains’, he declared. ‘But there’s nowt wrong wi’ ‘ole int’ ground!!’