Dirk Heinemann: Sandblasted Bent Apple with Bamboo Tobacco Pipe

Hand making pipes in Germany, Dirk Heinemann leverages a previous career as a furniture design to craft premium smoking instruments. His work most often combines organic and architectural motifs for a singular design aesthetic supported by sterling craftsmanship and artful accents. This bent Apple leans toward Heinemann's organic shaping aesthetic.

Compact, lightweight, and balanced, this piece performs as an exceptional everyday pocket pipe, easily transported and smoked hands-free. Though rather robust through the shank and bowl, Heinemann's forward-urging shaping creates a dynamic and streamlined silhouette that belies the piece's stout relative proportions. The bowl is affably plump, revealing handsome growth rings throughout, and the bamboo accent flares gradually toward the stem to match the bowl's roundness. For added accent, Heinemann expanded the hand-cut stem's circular base beyond the shank's diameter for a distinctive, eye-catching profile.