Silver Palm Leaf was formed 23 billion years ago, a fungal voyage of panspermia set off from the white hot crucible of the big bang. Traversing the extremities of the lightcone, a voyage spanning aeons, they remained connected to the light source.

This was the effigy, in it's timeless travel; and from its gleaming spires came the younger creations of the snow goddess; art was the inspiration; cold logic the executioner; and with a nonchalent flick of its articulated tail the liquid bulk of the curved structure pass smiling into that dimension we call our own.

For many moments it hung - aware yet intert in the cool vastness of space it knew the source; it was hanging out; it chilled in the lonely depths of the universe; it winked at the clusters of stars and they winked back.

With a flourish that could have mused any passing philosopher the shape morphed itself into a finite floater and began to move softly towards the galaxy of tides. Suddenly, and yet curiously without any apparent immediacy it arrived in the skies above earth. For a while it hung out, looked around; oscillating with oscillations; rippling with ripples. Then, slowly and with great purpose it descended until it touched the Earth. Heads of corn under its bulk lay down and slept and it lost itself in the cool embrace of thousands of millions of photosynthetic paradigms.

Like a stethoscope listening to the heart of a planet, it communed with the mother and felt the joy and the pain. Then with deliberate motion it rose and was gone. The corn continued to sleep where it had been caressed to the ground, and the planet had been touched. Nothing would ever be the same again.

Credit card size this pipe is a welcome addition to any wallet.

Award winning design currently featured in the Design Museum and V&A London, UK. Nominated for a BBC design but failed due to judges being made aware of what the pipe is used to smoke with.

Makes a great affordable gift: these pipes are usually sold for about £35 in UK outlets.