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=== Blasting === | === Blasting === | ||
[[File:C18 stummel and rodP&T2008 08.jpg|thumb|Hand-poured acrylic rod and stummel for a | [[File:C18 stummel and rodP&T2008 08.jpg|thumb|Hand-poured acrylic rod and stummel for a bent billiard 65|alt=]] | ||
Cooke writes, “Five stage blasting began around 1999. It’s never a hard and fast rule; it all depends on what the briar needs.” <ref>Email from J. T. Cooke to Mark Irwin, January 3, 2022.</ref> In “Down this Blasted Path,” the short essay Cooke provides on his website, he details the stages: | Cooke writes, “Five stage blasting began around 1999. It’s never a hard and fast rule; it all depends on what the briar needs.” <ref>Email from J. T. Cooke to Mark Irwin, January 3, 2022.</ref> In “Down this Blasted Path,” the short essay Cooke provides on his website, he details the stages: | ||
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Cooke has made his own hand-poured acrylic stem rod almost from the beginning of his work as a pipe maker. He works primarily with three colors: reproduction amber (his earliest), amber bark and black. He also, however, frequently uses ruby (a deep purple swirl) as well as creates custom color combinations. | Cooke has made his own hand-poured acrylic stem rod almost from the beginning of his work as a pipe maker. He works primarily with three colors: reproduction amber (his earliest), amber bark and black. He also, however, frequently uses ruby (a deep purple swirl) as well as creates custom color combinations. | ||
[[File:C16 P&T2008 stem rod.jpg|thumb|Cooke's hand-poured acrylic stem rod (courtesy ''Pipes & Tobaccos'' magazine)]] | [[File:C16 P&T2008 stem rod.jpg|thumb|Cooke's hand-poured acrylic stem rod (courtesy ''Pipes & Tobaccos'' magazine)]] | ||
Even with J. T.’s standard colors, however, no two mixed-color stems will ever be alike, as the poured “colors can end up in all different locations and patterns on the stem.” <ref>Email from J. T. Cooke to Mark Irwin, June 11, 2022.</ref> The uniqueness of such pipes is thus further enhanced, often strikingly so. Because these are hand-poured acrylics, they | Even with J. T.’s standard colors, however, no two mixed-color stems will ever be alike, as the poured “colors can end up in all different locations and patterns on the stem.” <ref>Email from J. T. Cooke to Mark Irwin, June 11, 2022.</ref> The uniqueness of such pipes is thus further enhanced, often strikingly so. Because these are hand-poured acrylics, they are more flexible than factory acrylic and one of the only instances in the artisan world of a pipe maker creating as well as turning stems for his own pipes. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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www.cookepipes.com | www.cookepipes.com | ||
514 Apple Tree Point Rd | |||
Burlington, VT 05401 | Burlington, VT 05401 | ||