Fun Project

[pierredekat]

Hey guys,

Just wanted to pop in and say hello.

Sorry I haven't been around as much as I would have liked, but I have been really busy with various projects, and there are just never enough hours in the day to do everything I would like to do.

I wanted to tell y'all about a fun project I am just finishing up for a friend of mine in France.

A month or so ago he asked me if I had any new pipes that hadn't hit my website yet, and I sent him a few photos of three or four that I hadn't had a chance to put up yet.

I also told him I do commissions, and that if he told me what kind of pipe he was looking for, I would do my best to make it for him.

He had some reservations about committing to a pipe that hadn't been made yet, but I assured him that he didn't have to commit to anything until he saw pictures of the finished pipe and he was sure he wanted me to ship it out to him.

A couple days passed, and he sent me a photo, where he took bits and pieces of this pipe photo here, this pipe photo here, and this pipe photo here, and Photoshopped them into the single pipe you see here below.



I must say, I am really impressed with his Photoshopping skills. He even managed to stretch out the stem without having it look all lumpy and crooked.

So I did a drawing on TurboCAD based on his Photoshopped pipe, we kicked it back and forth a couple times, and we finally agreed on this drawing right here in .pdf format.

I started in working on it a couple weeks later, and this is what I came up with.



My friend in France went ahead and committed to the pipe, once he saw the pictures, and I am getting it ready to ship it out to him tomorrow.

In fact, he seems to be nearly as excited about the pipe that I made for him as I was impressed that he took the time to Photoshop photos of three of my pipes into the pipe of his dreams.

Hopefully he will continue Photoshopping and send me some more designs when he comes up with a few more that he likes.

[the rev]

I really love the shape of that pipe. Not a big fan of the rustication, but admire the precision that was put into it. What a great story, and love the involvement of the customer. Good job brother.

rev

[pierredekat]

I really love the shape of that pipe. Not a big fan of the rustication, but admire the precision that was put into it. What a great story, and love the involvement of the customer. Good job brother.

rev

Thanks.

Yeah, the rustication is kindof a matter of taste, I guess. Some guys seem to really like it, and other guys are not big fans.

When I look at this rustication in black, I see wrought iron, and when I look at it in a reddish brown, I see lava rock.

But other guys might look at this rustication and see some kind of rotting corpse type deal or whatever.

It's funny how two people can look at the exact same thing but see very different things.

[the rev]

thats so funny I think of golf balls

Please hear me though, I really love that pipe, it is beautiful

rev

[AldenW]

This is one of my favorites. Just unique enough, just long and sleek enough, and I am a fan of that rustication.

[pierredekat]

thats so funny I think of golf balls

That is funny.

You know, I need to try making one in white. I bet there's probably a really big crowd of golf enthusiasts I could tap into who might not have been interested in one of my pipes otherwise.

This is one of my favorites. Just unique enough, just long and sleek enough, and I am a fan of that rustication.

Well, thank you very much, AldenW.

[The Smoking Yeti]

The rustication is very interesting to me. I see what you mean by wrought iron. Good work for sure!

I do a lot of commission work too, and I personally love the process. The pipe I'm working on started as just some rough sketch amongst ten others, the client saw it and was like "I like X Y and Z in this, let's flesh it out a bit". We bounced concepts back and forth, made changes, and came up with a design. It's turning out pretty awesome, and I just love the process of custom tailoring a pipe.

Good stuff! Keep it up man!

[Charl]

Good to hear from you again!

[d.huber]

Wow. You almost can't tell the photoshop version from the real one! Great job creating that pipe from an image.

[waznyf]

Extremely impressed by both of you. Well done.

[pierredekat]

Thanks, guys.

[AldenW]

Well, thank you very much, AldenW.

Don't toss those plans! Maybe someday I'll be able to afford one of my own...

[pierredekat]

Don't toss those plans! Maybe someday I'll be able to afford one of my own...

I'll have to run it by my friend, since it's his design. If he says, "yes", I would be tickled to death to hook you up with one.

[AldenW]

I'll have to run it by my friend, since it's his design. If he says, "yes", I would be tickled to death to hook you up with one.

Haha, I appreciate it, but don't stress it. I'm just joking around; I'm a musician. It'll be a good many years before I have that kind of expendable income.
Keep posting pictures of gorgeous pipes though, that'll keep me happy!

[the rev]

you are a musician, you should have lots of expendable income, Bono can buy everything in the world and he is a musician.

rev

[AldenW]

you are a musician, you should have lots of expendable income, Bono can buy everything in the world and he is a musician.

rev

You know, you're right! I'm gonna write ASCAP a stern letter asking why I'm not as rich as Bono yet! It doesn't seem fair...