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[[File:DavidEnrique P&T.jpg|thumb|thumb|David Enrique, from [http://pipesandtobaccosmagazine.com/2012/03/the-french-maverick/ Pipes & Tobacco Magazine]]] | |||
First news about '''David Enrique''' spread in April 2005. And the French pipe friends were really amazed about this great talent rising! | |||
<blockquote>"I was born in 1980 in Strasbourg, France and I spent my childhood in Rhinau, a small town near the German border. I have a degree in informatics and until 2005 I worked in the ICT sector. | |||
In 2004, I bought my very first pipe on a flea market. It was old, unsmoked and made by one of the big [[Saint-Claude]] manufacturers. It proved to be unsmokeable! I then discovered the wonderful world of pipes and tobaccos through the French newsgroup Fumeursdepipe and its very informative website. It was love at first sight when I discovered the Danish master carvers, especially [[Tom Eltang]]. When I visited [[Trever Talbert]] in his workshop in August 2004, I admired his passion and craftsmanship. However, I wasn’t planning on becoming a pipe maker myself. Yet. It was only a few months later, when browsing through the [[Dan Pipe]] catalogue and discovering the kits, I felt the urge to give it a try. It took me and my Dremel forty hours to carve my first pipe, but during the process I fell in love with woodcarving and I wanted to find out more about pipe making. | |||
Thanks to Alain Letulier, the president of the Pipe Club of France, I got the chance to visit several Saint-Claude manufacturers. This stay in the capital of the French pipe world was decisive: I wanted to move to Saint-Claude and to become a pipe maker. I quit my job as an informatician and was engaged by the [[Chapuis-Comoy]] group ([[Chacom]], [[Jeantet]], [[Ropp]], …) where I worked for two years. During this period, I bought the necessary machinery and tools to set up my own workshop and I decided I needed to be tutored by foreign pipe makers in order to progress. | |||
In April 2006, Marco Biagini, the artisan who makes the [[Moretti]] pipes, invited me to his workshop and during a week, I learned how to carve pipe shapes by hand. A wonderful experience! When I came back to Saint-Claude, I started to practise, drew sketches, asked questions to established carvers like Trever Talbert. In January 2007, I had the opportunity to spend a few days in the workshop of German maker [[Heiner Nonnenbroich]], who was so kind as to share his knowledge with me. I learned a lot about execution and design. | |||
Among the people who helped me the most, I must quote [[Erwin Van Hove]]. During more than two years, he helped me to develop my sense of aesthetics and he introduced me to pipe makers and collectors. | |||
During the first months of 2007, I felt I was ready to fly on my own wings. I quit my job at the Chacom factory and established my own workshop in Saint-Claude."<ref>Quoted from the homepage</ref></blockquote> | |||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery widths=500 heights=300 mode="packed-hover"> | |||
DavidEnrique SmoothLongShankPoker.jpg|Smooth Long Shanked Poker, from [http://www.enriquepipes.com David's Website] | |||
DavidEnrique lovathavaneblast2.jpg|Blasted Lovat, from [http://www.enriquepipes.com David's Website] | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Contact Information == | |||
DAVID ENRIQUE | DAVID ENRIQUE | ||
258 RUE TREY LA FONTAINE | 258 RUE TREY LA FONTAINE | ||
39360 VAUX-LES-SAINT-CLAUDE | 39360 VAUX-LES-SAINT-CLAUDE | ||
FRANCE | FRANCE | ||
Phone: | |||
Email: | Phone: +33 6 30 55 95 84 | ||
Homepage: [http:// | Email: mailto:david@enriquepipes.com | ||
Homepage: http://www.enriquepipes.com/ (dead link) | |||
Homepage: http://david.enrique.free.fr/en/accueil.htm | |||
== Links == | |||
* Excellent article in [http://pipesandtobaccosmagazine.com/2012/03/the-french-maverick/ Pipes & Tobacco Magazine] | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | ||
[[Category: France]] | [[Category: France]] | ||
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