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[[File:Xin Pipes Logo crop.jpg|thumb|Nomenclature / stamping for Xin pipes is currently the following: XIN/ PIPES/ HANDCRAFTED, followed by a number indicating ()]] | [[File:Xin Pipes Logo crop.jpg|thumb|Nomenclature / stamping for Xin pipes is currently the following: XIN/ PIPES/ HANDCRAFTED, followed by a number indicating ()]] | ||
Xin Li (b. 1980) is a Chinese artisan pipe-maker currently working under the name Xin Pipes. He is a graduate of China's Central Academy of Fine Arts (Chinese: 中央美术学院) as well as Germany's University of Münster (German: ''Universität Münster''),where he pursued studies in industrial design and art history respectively. Xin is currently based in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province. | Xin Li (b. 1980) is a Chinese artisan pipe-maker currently working under the name Xin Pipes. He is a graduate of China's Central Academy of Fine Arts (Chinese: 中央美术学院) as well as Germany's University of Münster (German: ''Universität Münster''),where he pursued studies in industrial design and art history respectively. Xin is currently based in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province. | ||
[[File:Xin SATX two pipes.jpg|left|thumb|Two pipes, a fig/acorn and a Dublin/horn, made by Xin in 2020. Image courtesy SATX Pipe.]] | |||
[[File:Xin pipes leaning.png|thumb|A unique cobra-like pipe with plateau and horn, made by Xin in 2023. Composite created from images courtesy LePipe.It.]] | |||
Xin began his pipe-making career in 2015 as an apprentice to fellow Chinese artisan [[Yang Zhimin]], where he made pipes for Yang's [[Zhiputang]] workshop. In 2019, Li left the Zhiputang workshop to create pipes under his own name. | Xin began his pipe-making career in 2015 as an apprentice to fellow Chinese artisan [[Yang Zhimin]], where he made pipes for Yang's [[Zhiputang]] workshop. In 2019, Li left the Zhiputang workshop to create pipes under his own name. | ||