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The Tarock Briar looks to be of the hand of a fine craftsman whose aesthetic includes both the good (beautiful) and the bad (ugly).
tobaccodays.com has pictures of many of Tarock Briar pipes, and they are a wonder. They almost seem to echo known forms, but not really, especially given their finishes. The maker says that while he spends 10-14 hours shaping a pipe, he spends a week finishing it.
Fascinating!
Fascinating!
C. Wolfsteiner was not a pipe maker, he was a pipe designer ? and a musician. He was always trying out new artistic shapes whose surfaces he altered with paint and chemicals to make them look 'organic'. His motto was 'sandpaper is an asshole'. Sadly he died in 2016 at the age of 54.
I looked at a number of his pipes, and most share scalloped segments, deep valleys between ridges that put me to mind of a crustacean, but not really, as Ive never seen real objects with this shape.
What stands out are the colors in his finish, extremely odd, somehow complimenting this or that segment or the overall shape.
Well worth your time, I think: tobaccodays.com.
What stands out are the colors in his finish, extremely odd, somehow complimenting this or that segment or the overall shape.
Well worth your time, I think: tobaccodays.com.
To go with the Eskimo & cold, swirling winds he/she inhabits.
Christian was both talented and highly eccentric. I’d like to own more of his work, but they don’t come on the aftermarket often.
The pipe I own was made as an homage to his good friend, Roger Wallenstein. Wallenstein referred to himself as the student and to Wolfsteiner as the master...imagine that? One of the reasons I love this pipe is for the provenance; knowing the backstory makes it special. Hopefully one day after all this COVID nonsense is behind us, I will be able to return it to its rightful owner.
Very nice to see another with such extensive knowledge of Mr. Wolfsteiner. Most people I’ve met in the hobby have no knowledge of him.
Did I understand you correctly, you want to give your 'Wolfsteiner' to Roger Wallenstein?
Another German avangardist similar to those mentioned above is Uwe Maier. His pipes are also hard to get. He also only makes about 30 a year.