Xin Li

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 began his pipe-making career in 2015 as an apprentice to fellow Chinese artisan Yang Zhimin. Together, Li and Yang partnered to create a line of pipes under the name, Zhiputang. In 2019, Li left the Zhiputang partnership to create pipes under his own name.