I ride my bicycle to go to work a few times a week. Paris’ weather can be quite rainy at times, but I still enjoy the ride.
When getting back home after getting soaked, I want to hang my rain coat and my rain pants.
I could have bought some random Chinese-made hanger, but I got inspired by a sculpture by Pablo Picasso, called Tête de taureau / Bull’s Head, as shown below.
Pablo Picasso, 1942, Tête de taureau (Bull’s Head), bicycle seat and handlebars, 33.5 x 43.5 x 19 cm, Musée Picasso, Paris
The sculpture is made of a bicycle seat and handlebars.
I wanted to create something similar to hang my wet clothes.
I was not going to weld the metal parts together like Picasso did since I do not have the skills nor the tools for that. So I decided to create a wooden frame to hold the saddle and the handlebars.
I started by designing the frame as a SVG file and asked a local woodworker to cut some oak wood according to the blueprint. I applied some wood stain to protect the wood from humidity.
My plan was to screw the stem to the back of the frame. Those screws would hold the stem in place and the stem would hold the handlebars.
To hold the saddle, I simply use some clips that are used to hold cables but this time to hold the saddle’s rails.
Then, just like Pablo Picasso, I decided to use second-hand goods. The bar tape was new but I had it already and it was unused. For the end plugs, I chose some used whisky corks (not to confuse with the great parts from Whisky Parts).
At first I wanted to install it in my apartment, but finally I installed it in my bike garage to avoid bringing my soaked clothes inside my apartment.
I’m quite happy with the result since it is both functional and artistic.
Coat rack installed in my bike garage 
From the side