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[[File:SimeonTurner3.jpg|thumb|250px|Golden Egg]] | [[File:SimeonTurner3.jpg|thumb|250px|Golden Egg]] | ||
[[File:SimeonTurner4.jpg|thumb|250px|Acorn Churchwarden]] | [[File:SimeonTurner4.jpg|thumb|250px|Acorn Churchwarden]] | ||
[[File:SimeonTurner5.jpg|thumb||left|250px|Twisted Dublin]] | |||
In 2003, while working as a high school English teacher, I began to dabble in pipe making for the first time. As a teacher I had access to the school's extensive woodshop, and I began to learn the basics. I started with a pre-drilled pipe kit, and over time I acquired a rudimentary understanding of the craft. | In 2003, while working as a high school English teacher, I began to dabble in pipe making for the first time. As a teacher I had access to the school's extensive woodshop, and I began to learn the basics. I started with a pre-drilled pipe kit, and over time I acquired a rudimentary understanding of the craft. | ||
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Of Briar and Ashes serves a combination of purposes: a news source for current happenings in the Turner Pipes workshop, an archive of pipes previously sold to clients around the world, and a place to read thoughts and musings bouncing around in Simeon's head as he works in the shop. | Of Briar and Ashes serves a combination of purposes: a news source for current happenings in the Turner Pipes workshop, an archive of pipes previously sold to clients around the world, and a place to read thoughts and musings bouncing around in Simeon's head as he works in the shop. | ||