Sandblasted Bent Apple with Boxwood (0321) Tobacco Pipe

A third-generation pipe maker, Nanna Ivarsson continues her family's pipe-making legacy by crafting some of the finest pipes in the world today, expanding upon and elevating the reputation set by her father and grandfather. Nanna's grandfather was Sixten Ivarsson — widely considered the progenitor of artisan pipe making — and his son, Lars, and now granddaughter, have taken his early innovations to new heights, mastering engineering elements alongside aesthetic, aspects of art composition.

A common theme within Lars' work was a long-shanked motif, and Nanna leans into that aesthetic with this bent Apple. The added stretch of shank reinforces the profile's arching gesture, gradually curling into the bowl's forward cant and plump curvature. Instead of simply angling out of the transition to promote a bent posture, the long shank also curves ever-so-subtly and ever-so-gradually, creating a bent posture but in much softer fashion — said softness combining beautifully with the gentle plumpness of the bowl. Furthermore, the shank also gradually tapers when viewed both from above and from the side, bespeaking Nanna's shaping acumen and carving skill.

Continuing the soft-lined motif, the base of the saddle stem is domed, maintaining the lines of the shank which are broken up by a wedding band of boxwood along the end. Though the boxwood interrupts the lines of the shank, it maintains a softly rounded style, echoing the domed stem base and fitting into the composition's overall aesthetic. The mouthpiece is demure and wonderfully trim for optimal smoking comfort, and the stummel is dressed in an earthy sandblast of slight contrast for added depth, with the chamfered rim left smooth and crisp-lined for a juxtaposition of texture and style against the otherwise soft lines of the rest of the pipe.