My 2016 commission will be an astronomy inspired large squat straight bulldog using meteorite material in the design. Here are his ideas... This should be seriously cool.
"Okay I think that we should stick with this idea of a Space Dog, in fact I love it! Totally cool and I think that I can pull it off so that the key elements are present while the design maintains its integrity. Please see attached some quick notes that I made re the shape. Oh and btw this is The shape that I would most prefer to work with.
I have made many different Bulldogs and Saucers but I think that this Dunhill is the way to go. It has a real 'spaceship' quality. I am picturing it with a sandblasted top and smooth lower half.
The grooves on the bowl can possibly be inlaid with silver or gold....this is something that I think I can make work , and would be interested to attempt.
Further the band on the shank will have to include meteorite...but perhaps some silver/gold dots or something on the band...has a 'space ship' element no?!!
A tamper could possibly be made of meteorite too to match.
As for stem I list on my notes a spiked black and cream ebonite, the ivory celluloid, translucent grey acrylic (though it gets dirty with smoking) or black ebonite....although I may be able to come up with something else too."
"Okay I think that we should stick with this idea of a Space Dog, in fact I love it! Totally cool and I think that I can pull it off so that the key elements are present while the design maintains its integrity. Please see attached some quick notes that I made re the shape. Oh and btw this is The shape that I would most prefer to work with.
I have made many different Bulldogs and Saucers but I think that this Dunhill is the way to go. It has a real 'spaceship' quality. I am picturing it with a sandblasted top and smooth lower half.
The grooves on the bowl can possibly be inlaid with silver or gold....this is something that I think I can make work , and would be interested to attempt.
Further the band on the shank will have to include meteorite...but perhaps some silver/gold dots or something on the band...has a 'space ship' element no?!!
A tamper could possibly be made of meteorite too to match.
As for stem I list on my notes a spiked black and cream ebonite, the ivory celluloid, translucent grey acrylic (though it gets dirty with smoking) or black ebonite....although I may be able to come up with something else too."
