Moonlight “Pine Cone” Author Handmade Briar Pipe, New

Description

While some pipe-makers take inspiration from the natural world, or from the technologies of present and past, few of them in the contemporary seek to represent these forms in their work. Czech artisan Ondrej Bárta of Moonlight pipes does just that, in a way that recalls the intricate, figural carvings of briar pipes from the turn of the 20th century. But Ondrej also departs from the figural approach of early briar pipes by combining it with high-grade materials and a careful attention to grain patterns that is far more modern.

Ondrej Bárta’s Moonlight pipes take inspiration from many places, with one being the curious—sometimes strange—forms found in nature. Somewhat like the designs of Anglo-Scandinavian artisan Paul Larrysson Hubartt, this particular Moonlight traces its origins to tree life. Whereas Larrysson focused on stumps, however, Bárta here holds up a mirror to the twisting branches and layered cones of the perennial conifer. The result is a pipe which is essentially a squat tomato or author in form, but whose painstaking texturing transforms it into something else entirely. The stem, on the other hand, is far more conventional, being hand cut black ebonite.

 

Details:

Length: 5.2″ / 132.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.76 / 19.30mm

Bowl Depth: 1.33″ / 33.78mm

Weight: 2.1oz / 60g