Ping Zhan

On this special episode of All Pipes Considered, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jeff Gracik of J. Alan Pipes and Ping Zhan to discuss the two carvers' latest collaboration sets. Four years in the making, these amazing sets represent not only the artisans' influences and signature style, but their longstanding friendship ... Read More

In this episode of All Pipes Considered, Adam and Shane explore Ping Zhan's use of carved horn as a simulated bamboo shank adornment on his latest batch of pipes.

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As most who travel in pipe-related circles would be aware, this past weekend marked the 2017 CPCC Chicagoland International Pipe & Tobacciana Show, and in usual form we opened the show with a dinner for our pipe makers. Or, more appropriately for this year, a cocktail party, complete with a photo booth to immortalise the shenanigans that ensued. ... Read More

In this episode of All Pipes Considered, I'm joined by a special guest — Jeff Burt-Gracik himself — for a special edition of All Pipes Considered on J. Alan Pipes, covering his recent travels, and his recent collaboration with Vladimir Grechukhin. ... Read More

The day after last year's event, Jeff, Adam, and I sat at Jeff's kitchen table and decided it was something that needed to happen again. Furthermore we wanted it to again be free for the attendees. We wanted it to be more like a prestigious academic conference to which one is invited, rather than a training workshop for which one pays. ... Read More