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"His style is eminently Japanese. Though he did learn from the greatest of Danish masters, it is the Japanese aesthetic and artistic tradition that seems to most influence his pipes. His style is organic and yet the organic designs are tempered within the stylization that is essential, indeed inherent, within the Japanese artistic tradition. | "His style is eminently Japanese. Though he did learn from the greatest of Danish masters, it is the Japanese aesthetic and artistic tradition that seems to most influence his pipes. His style is organic and yet the organic designs are tempered within the stylization that is essential, indeed inherent, within the Japanese artistic tradition. | ||
A pipe craftsman creates pipes and may even create novel or interesting shapes. A pipe artist creates a composition. Tokutomis work is best understood compositionally. His pipes have an internally coherent aesthetic and far more than the sum of their individual components. They are an expression of an artistic vision. Truly great pipes are works of art, and art cannot be created with a checklist of components. An artist must so completely understand his medium and his method that he can simply focus on the creation. Hiroyuki Tokutomi is one of the very few pipe makers in the world that possesses this level of artistry." | [[File:TokutomiPipes-Rex.JPG|thumb|Tokutomi Pipes, from the collection of J. Rex Poggenpohl]]A pipe craftsman creates pipes and may even create novel or interesting shapes. A pipe artist creates a composition. Tokutomis work is best understood compositionally. His pipes have an internally coherent aesthetic and far more than the sum of their individual components. They are an expression of an artistic vision. Truly great pipes are works of art, and art cannot be created with a checklist of components. An artist must so completely understand his medium and his method that he can simply focus on the creation. Hiroyuki Tokutomi is one of the very few pipe makers in the world that possesses this level of artistry." | ||
See also, [[An Analysis of the Artistry of Hiroyuki Tokutomi]] - By F. Sykes Wilford | See also, [[An Analysis of the Artistry of Hiroyuki Tokutomi]] - By F. Sykes Wilford | ||