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== Design Language == | == Design Language == | ||
[[File:C002 Workshop.jpg|thumb|Vermont Basement Workshop, 1997 (Courtesy ''Pipes & Tobacos'' magazine)]] | [[File:C002 Workshop.jpg|thumb|Vermont Basement Workshop, 1997 (Courtesy ''Pipes & Tobacos'' magazine)]] | ||
J. T.’s design language can be understood as based in part on classic English shapes—particularly the Dunhill Shell and Barling Fossils—and in part on his own interpretations of current and past popular shapes, or what French pipe critic Erwin Van Hove calls “contemporary classicism.” <ref>Erwin Van Hove, “Go West!” reprinted in ''Pipes & Tobaccos,'' Spring 2004, 14-19.</ref> It is perhaps convenient to consider Cooke’s work as three organically evolving stages, similar to that routinely used by classical music critics. | J. T.’s design language can be understood as based in part on classic English shapes—particularly the [[Dunhill Shell]] and [[Barling]] Fossils—and in part on his own interpretations of current and past popular shapes, or what French pipe critic Erwin Van Hove calls “contemporary classicism.” <ref>Erwin Van Hove, “Go West!” reprinted in ''Pipes & Tobaccos,'' Spring 2004, 14-19.</ref> It is perhaps convenient to consider Cooke’s work as three organically evolving stages, similar to that routinely used by classical music critics. | ||
The Early Period runs from Cooke's departure as Art Director for WCAX-TV in 1976 through about 1999. He pursued both pipe repair and pipe making first with The Briar Workshop and then with Levin Pipes International. | The Early Period runs from Cooke's departure as Art Director for WCAX-TV in 1976 through about 1999. He pursued both pipe repair and pipe making first with The [[Briar Workshop]] and then with Levin Pipes International. | ||
In the transitional Middle Period, J. T. set up under his own name, abandoned repair work and hung up his shingle as an artisan increasingly dedicated to sandblasting, which he has called “the bastard child” of pipe making. It ran from his first Pipe of the Year for ''Pipes & Tobaccos'' magazine in 1999 until around the time of his second Pipe of the Year for that magazine in 2008. | In the transitional Middle Period, J. T. set up under his own name, abandoned repair work and hung up his shingle as an artisan increasingly dedicated to sandblasting, which he has called “the bastard child” of pipe making. It ran from his first Pipe of the Year for ''Pipes & Tobaccos'' magazine in 1999 until around the time of his second Pipe of the Year for that magazine in 2008. | ||
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'''J. T. Cooke'''—on pipes after 1996. </blockquote> | '''J. T. Cooke'''—on pipes after 1996. </blockquote> | ||
[[File:C004 Nomenclature JT&D 2008 stamp.jpg|left|thumb|Cooke's nomenclature shank stamp and the year stamp placement]] | [[File:C004 Nomenclature JT&D 2008 stamp.jpg|left|thumb|Cooke's nomenclature shank stamp and the year stamp placement]] | ||
Cooke has disavowed the authenticity of pipes with the '''LPI''' shank stamp as contract work, well-made but not ''genuine'' Cooke pipes. <ref>“Tesla.”</ref> | Cooke has disavowed the authenticity of pipes with the '''LPI''' shank stamp (for Levin Pipes International) as contract work, well-made but not ''genuine'' Cooke pipes. <ref>“Tesla.”</ref> | ||
In addition, Cooke's pipes have always used the Chinese Yin and Yang for stem identification, appropriate since it symbolizes how opposites may actually be interconnected, complementary and interdependent: a non-dualistic understanding in which thesis and antithesis are united. | In addition, Cooke's pipes have always used the Chinese Yin and Yang for stem identification, appropriate since it symbolizes how opposites may actually be interconnected, complementary and interdependent: a non-dualistic understanding in which thesis and antithesis are united. | ||