Wandi Riyadi Spot Carved Acorn Handmade Briar Pipe, New

Description

Over the last decade or so, Indonesia has produced some impressive pipe makers in the ever-expanding global artisan scene. Since taking up pipe making in 2013, West Java’s Wandi Riyadi has shot to international acclaim, and has even inspired something of a “Riyadi school” back in his native land. Riyadi’s work has been inspired by Scandinavinan masters, such as Sixten Ivarsson, Lars Ivarsson, Bo Nordh, and Jess Chonowitch, and the Japanese master Hiroyuki Tokutomi. As gestured, Riyadi himself has also become an influence for numerous other artisans both home and abroad, and has even joined the ranks of pipe makers such as J. Alan, David Huber, Alex Florov, and Cornelius Manz in being invited to design pipes for Zhang Guo Hui’s GH.ZHANG project.

Spot carving, i.e., small-scale partial rustication, has a long history within freehand pipe making, from Danish pioneers such as Bari and Bjarne, to American mainstays, such as Randy Wiley and JM Boswell. These spot carvings were often very minor and used merely as a means to disguise slight cosmetic imperfections in briar. More recently, certain pipe makers have rediscovered the figural uses and highly artistic potential of spot carving. One example would be the contemporary American great C. Kent Joyce; another is Indonesia’s Wandi Riyadi. While its basic form is reminiscent of Sven Knudsen and his early “fancy” designs for WO Larsen, Riyadi breaks with the dogma of undisturbed straight grain with a finish that includes a network structure of spot-carved channels. In addition to adding a geometric contrast to the broadly naturalistic shaping of the pipe, Riyadi’s carvings effectively segment the bowl and act as a foil to accentuate its superior graining.

 

Details:

Length: 4.5″ / 114.3mm

Bowl Width: 0.75 / 19.05mm

Bowl Depth: 1.61″ / 40.89mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 32g