hawkthrower

I've been a pipe smoker for years, and have quite a range of pipes.  I have pipes made from briar, calabashes, meerschaum, corncob, clay, and even one catlinite pipe. I've recently become interested in how clay pipes were made.  I just bought a couple that were made in moulds taken from English Civil War pipes, and since I have an interest in how things were made pre-Industrial Revolution, I set out to find out how it was done. I would like to try my hand at it, though not having moulds I would either have to make moulds myself or sculpt the pipes by hand.  I know that can be done, because I've seen some excellent examples here: http://www.

I've got two tutorials in the works.  One for knee-length women's spats, and another for hand-worked corded keyhole button holes.  Not sure when they'll be ready, the spats in particular will take a while to finish.  I have the pattern, but that's a lot of button holes.  The button holes I'll use for the tutorial will probably be from a 1940s pattern jacket I'm working on currently.

Thanks to all who've left comments and faves and viewed my gallery over the last few days! If you haven't see it, this is a great collection: http://news.deviantart.com/article/74457/ My interview with the Artisan Crafts Club: http://news.deviantart.com/article/73463/