Smooth Dublin (Two Snail) Tobacco Pipe

Part of the brilliance of the work of Hiroyuki Tokutomi is that he can combine elements that, on the surface, might seem contradictory, and meld them into a cohesive composition that will "park" your mind in new territory. The fore tilted bowl, tear drop heel, and predictably flared shank all hint at moving forward, a glimpse of things yet to come (did i mention it sits?!). Integrated within, through inspired use of plateau and implied space, is a jarring sense of the archaeological. To my mind, it is almost as if I was standing in the 42nd century, musing about an object that was buried in the 2800's, and the image brings on a delicious dissonance.

--Bear Graves