Stoneware Pipes!? ...anyone?
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:03 am
I have been an avid pipe smoker for a long time now. I have also been an artist for longer. a month or so ago, i had an epiphany to give up painting and drawing for awhile...i mean everyone paints right? well, i decided to be a sculptor, and started working with Stoneware to make things. Then, for a friend i decided to make a pipe. i made this one with the Whiskey holding Scotsman on the end.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13597939@N00/6177887442/
well, that gave me a new appetite for pipe making that i just cant stop feeding. i love it. so i made my second one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13597939@N00/6177359977/
so heres my question....why are Clay pipes so rare? i get that wood and other materials are far superior and durable than clay would ever be...but it just seems like something more people would do. is there something about clay pipes that i do not know about?
keep in mind, my first one is coming back from its second kiln trip soon. so then i will smoke and may answer the question for myself.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13597939@N00/6177887442/
well, that gave me a new appetite for pipe making that i just cant stop feeding. i love it. so i made my second one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13597939@N00/6177359977/
so heres my question....why are Clay pipes so rare? i get that wood and other materials are far superior and durable than clay would ever be...but it just seems like something more people would do. is there something about clay pipes that i do not know about?
keep in mind, my first one is coming back from its second kiln trip soon. so then i will smoke and may answer the question for myself.