C-Pipe Sandblasted Acorn w/ Black Bamboo Handmade Briar Pipe, New

Description

Not unlike certain 20th century Western pipe making institutions, such as Charatan, Pibe-Dan, or WO Larsen, a number of workshops in China have emerged in the 21st century filled with artisans working under a single banner. This includes GH Zhang, Qi Pipe Studio, and C-Pipe. With C-Pipe, however, there is something of a difference. Founded by former architect and lifelong pipe collector YiGang Wang, C-Pipe is a workshop of around a dozen artisans, most of whom originally came to pipe making from fields such as fine art and industrial design. While there are clear influences on C-Pipe’s output from various post-war schools, the workshop’s style is as varied as the individuals who work there. The resulting pipes reflect a synthesis of collective and individual creative endeavors, following a model closer to the ones pursued by Scandinavian post-war institutions, and which made artisan pipes what they are today.

While the popularity of bamboo in pipe making first emerged as a consequence of a briar shortage, it soon became apparent that not only did it look good on a pipe, it allowed carvers to do things previously not possible as far as shaping went. This acorn from Shanghai’s C-Pipe, for example, uses bamboo to introduce a beautifully supple and otherwise unfeasible curvature to its overall figure, making for a highly distinctive, featherweight take on the Danish classic.

Details:

Length: 4.9″ / 124.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.71 / 18.03mm

Bowl Depth: 1.25″ / 31.75mm

Weight: 0.9oz / 28g