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Sesa | == '''Point of view''' == | ||
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My name is Branko Sesa. I was born in Croatia in 1962 and I've lived and worked in Torino in the last fifteen years. I've crafted wood since I had been in my country but here, in Italy I realised my long standing desire to construct pipes. | |||
Right from the beginning, nine years ago I had the luck to meet the big craftsman and maestro Mauro Gilli that with his precious advice has led me into the art of the craftsmanship. Curious by nature I have tried myself with different essences like root briar, lemonwood, olivewood, cherry wood and black oak. | |||
I continued to make pipes made of root briar, olivewood and black oak according to their resistance, taste and the fulfilment of their aesthetic criteria. I also make mouthpieces out of different materials, mostly methacrylate, but if the shape, the lines or the colour of the wood require it I also use ebonite, cumberland or amber. In the craft I tend to free forms, probably it would be better to say : sculpture pipes, So in this last period I make "fossil" pipes out of root briar and "ship" pipes out of black oak. | |||
In the case that the "materia prima" (raw material) has a particular and nice grain I tend to more simple, almost classic forms. I dedicate a special care to every detail in both the classic and the "sculpture" pipes. This is the reason for which my year production of pipes is limited to 40 / 50 pieces. With every new pipe I tend to improve the technical realisation. | |||
On the creative side my aim is to realise a distinguishing personal style that has to be in harmony with the easiness with which my pipes are smoked. | |||
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== '''Contact''' == | |||
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mail: '''sesapipes@tiscali.it''' | |||
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Web: '''http://www.sesapipes.com''' | |||
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== '''Pipes''' == | |||
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File:Branko-Sesa-pipe1.jpg|'''rhodesian sandblasted black oak with african black wood ring and marmorized acrylic mouthpiece''' | |||
File:Branko-Sesa-pipe2.jpg|'''black oak lovat with palmwood ring''' | |||
File:Branko-Sesa-pipe3.jpg|'''sandblasted briar with white bamboo shank''' | |||
File:Branko-Sesa-pipe4.jpg|'''freehand''' | |||
File:Branko-Sesa-pipe5.jpg|'''freehand olivewood with boxwood rine and cumberland green''' | |||
File:Branko-Sesa-pipe6.jpg|'''freehand''' | |||
File:Branko-Sesa-pipe7.jpg|'''the whale with african black wood ring and cumberland green''' | |||
File:Branko-Sesa-pipe8.jpg|'''freehand St. Lucie cherrywood with bloodwood ring and cumberland red''' | |||
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== '''Sculptures''' == | |||
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'''Ibis''' | |||
[[File:Sculpture-ibis-detail.jpg|none|600px|thumb|left|'''freehand sandblasted black oak with green cumberland''']] | |||
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'''The Whales''' | |||
[[File:Sculpture-whales-detail.jpg|none|600px|thumb|left|'''freehand halfsandblasted black oak with cumberland grey''']] |
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