Working with different kinds of exotic woods, I reluctantly selected a few favorites by ease of work and beauty. One of these is the Teak. While experimenting, I always found myself working with this type of wood when I got too frustrated to work of difficult pieces, hence this type of wood became my Therapy Wood. I made two pieces for my own usage, one for traveling and one for daily usage at home. The first such is the Widebody Teak pipe.
The Widebody Teak was meant, at first, to be finished and sold as a simple fine-worked piece, but early in the process, a miscalculation made me carve too deeply and pierce the neck of the pipe. Frustrated, I sanded down the body without carving more than the corners, slapped it in oil and laid it to the side. Little by little, it drew interest from many friends who liked it for its widebody design. The others' praise on the piece gave me the idea of making more widebodied pipes in the near future.
This piece is not for sale
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