Comments on: Detours… http://theeagerbeaver.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/detours/ The pipe, a journey of joy. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:58:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Neill http://theeagerbeaver.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/detours/#comment-122 Neill Tue, 20 May 2008 11:07:25 +0000 http://theeagerbeaver.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/detours/#comment-122 Nice work, Justin. It looks like your pipe-making skills are steadily increasing. I like reading about what you're doing here. FWIW, I think it's a good idea for you to continue to work with classic shapes for awhile, focusing on proportions, precision, and finish until you think that the discipline of working within strict shape perameters has helped you as much as it can. Then, I'd start making departures. I see a lot of budding pipe makers who don't understand that it is the infinitesimal details of fit and finish that drive success far more than interesting shapes. Nice work, Justin. It looks like your pipe-making skills are steadily increasing. I like reading about what you’re doing here.

FWIW, I think it’s a good idea for you to continue to work with classic shapes for awhile, focusing on proportions, precision, and finish until you think that the discipline of working within strict shape perameters has helped you as much as it can.

Then, I’d start making departures. I see a lot of budding pipe makers who don’t understand that it is the infinitesimal details of fit and finish that drive success far more than interesting shapes.

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