Mike Sebastian Bay: Smooth Apple with Bamboo Tobacco Pipe

In the years since his mentorship under Tom Eltang, Mike Bay has blossomed into one of Denmark's most esteemed and prolific young artisans. His shaping style, while influenced by Eltang, reveals Bay's own creative vision across myriad finishes and an eclectic array of accent materials. Tastefully toeing the line between classic and individual, Bay's portfolio delights with distinctive renditions of favorite shapes, each singular, captivating, and imbued with world-class engineering.

This Apple falls squarely within the classic end of Bay's shaping spectrum. Beautifully balanced proportionally and traditional of finish, this piece could pass for one fashioned decades ago, emphasizing the timeless appeal of shape-chart standards. Delightfully plump, the bowl is perched on the end of a bamboo-accented shank and a creased transition that draws further attention to the bowl's curves. It's all dressed in a deep, ruby-toned stain to highlight smooth grain, and for a final touch, the hand-cut saddle stem continues the spacing of the bamboo's knuckles for rhythmic continuity.