Squashed Tomato

[Growley]

I just finished this Tomato up this afternoon. It's a bit more brown than what the pictures show, but you get the idea.

Anyway, just thought I'd share.











As always, thanks for looking.

Brian

[Hudson]

Oooooh, field ripened. Plump and lovely.

[Ocelot55]

Ha! What a voluptuous beauty! Good job, Brian!

[d.huber]

Whoa! Profile right side up and upside down and on cloth! Nice.

Btw, it looks like your work has taken a big leap towards excellence. Great work, Brian!

[Nate]

Cool stuff man!!!

[AaronC]

It's a beauty. Can I ask what the stem material is?

[Growley]

It's a beauty. Can I ask what the stem material is?

Sure, it's an acrylic "cumberland".

[AaronC]

It's a beauty. Can I ask what the stem material is?

Sure, it's an acrylic "cumberland".

Thanks, I'll have to try to acquire some. I like it.

[Sorringowl]

Wow! That's the first tomato I've seen that actually looks like a tomato! I wanna' take a bite out of it (but that would probably hurt). Better to just smoke it. That's a beauty! Nice work.

[Growley]

It's a beauty. Can I ask what the stem material is?

Sure, it's an acrylic "cumberland".

Thanks, I'll have to try to acquire some. I like it.

If you want to acquire some exactly like it go here: http://www.janzen-pfeifen.de/english/frameset.html. It's number 230. Marco is great to work with too.

[AaronC]

If you want to acquire some exactly like it go here: http://www.janzen-pfeifen.de/english/frameset.html. It's number 230. Marco is great to work with too.

Very nice, thank you for the link!

[kkendall]

If you want to acquire some exactly like it go here: http://www.janzen-pfeifen.de/english/frameset.html. It's number 230. Marco is great to work with too.

Also known as Black Rose from Pipe Makers Emporium

[mredmond]

Nicely done. I'm a big fan of the tomato shape. My only advice would be to maybe have a little less bend in the stem. That's a personal preference, of course, and there has been any number of under bent vs. over bent discussions/debates over the years.

Micah

[uniquebriar]

Wow what a very nice little tomato i love it awesome job. Reminds me when i used to picked them off my parents yards when i was a kid. Thanks for sharing your art and labor.

[Growley]

Thanks for all the comments guys. I appreciate it.

Some of them make me think I made it look "too" much like a tomato. For me, when I'm going after an Acorn, or a Tomato or some other shape that is named after other non-pipe things, it's my goal not to try to carve a Tomato or Acorn, but a pipe that is reminiscent of a Tomato or Acorn. It seems like a fine line and I certainly haven't mastered it yet.

What are your thoughts around the this subject?

Thanks for the support!
I appreciate it.

Brian.

[Hudson]

I think you walked the fine line perfectly; it's evocative. Now if you'd used a green stem with little leaves on it, that would have been over the top.

[Charl]

I think it's a lovely pipe! Well done!