C-Pipe Smooth Reverse Calabash Mushroom w/ Ivorite 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.

In the case of this C-Pipe, there’s a clear influence from the current generation of Scandinavian pipe making’s great dynasties. More specifically, it’s a very faithful homage to the “mushrooming” acorn and Rhodesian shapes of figures such as Nanna Ivarsson and Lasse Skovgaard. The pipe’s beauty speaks for itself, especially with such a deep contrast finish. What isn’t immediately visible, and which is worth pointing out, is that this homage also takes a step in a quite different direction, utilizing the plumpness of its overall figure to incorporate a reverse calabash system into its shank.

 

Details:

Length: 5.0″ / 127mm

Bowl Width: 0.75 / 19.05mm

Bowl Depth: 0.99″ / 25.14mm

Weight: 1.9oz / 54g