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'''Tatsuo TAJIMA'''[http://www.tatupipe.com/english.html] | '''Tatsuo TAJIMA'''[http://www.tatupipe.com/english.html] | ||
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Born in 1955, native of Tokyo. His previous life was a well decorated Film and Graphic Designer. Since 2005, as fate says under the guidance of '''[[Shizuo Arita]]''' and '''[[Shigeyoshi Yanagihara]]''' embark on pipe crafting as a second career. | Born in 1955, native of Tokyo. His previous life was a well decorated Film and Graphic Designer. Since 2005, as fate says under the guidance of '''[[Shizuo Arita]]''' and '''[[Shigeyoshi Yanagihara]]''' embark on pipe crafting as a second career. | ||
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Not only a naturalist in approach but artificial landscape and man-made creation also inspire him. NASA space shuttle to construction site digging gave him inspiration. I just called it simply being a Japanese and their fascination of robots and mechanical wonders. If his pipe is a painting, his expression would be Dali kind of surrealism. | Not only a naturalist in approach but artificial landscape and man-made creation also inspire him. NASA space shuttle to construction site digging gave him inspiration. I just called it simply being a Japanese and their fascination of robots and mechanical wonders. If his pipe is a painting, his expression would be Dali kind of surrealism. | ||
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Behind that artistic styling and unique structure, he is always on the exploration on the new experience of smoking, when possible the health aspect. Such as the use of reverse calabash and longer stem to decrease moisture and cool down smoke due to longer ''travel''. | Behind that artistic styling and unique structure, he is always on the exploration on the new experience of smoking, when possible the health aspect. Such as the use of reverse calabash and longer stem to decrease moisture and cool down smoke due to longer ''travel''. | ||
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Tatsuo Tajima, currently resides in Tokyo, lives quite close with his teacher and friend, Shigeyoshi Yanagihara. | Tatsuo Tajima, currently resides in Tokyo, lives quite close with his teacher and friend, Shigeyoshi Yanagihara. | ||
His current pipe production is about 60 pipes a year. | His current pipe production is about 60 pipes a year. | ||