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[[Image:Joao Reis.jpg|thumb|Joao Reis]] | |||
What do [[Kai Nielsen]], [[Jørgen Nielsen]], [[Poul Ilsted]], and [[Tom Eltang]] have in common? | |||
Well, young pipe carver [[Joao Reis]] studied various aspects of the art of pipe carving under all four Danish pipe masters. | |||
At the ripe "old" age of 27, you could almost consider Joao Reis one of the princes of pipe carving. | |||
Joao started carved his first pipes in 1998, using very few tools, but it was evident at the beginning that Mr. Reis had talent. | |||
At this point in time, Joao was working primarily as a cabinet-maker, having always been skilled in woodworking. | |||
From there, his evolution has been rocketing skyward. | |||
Mr. Reis surely belongs in an exclusive pantheon which includes some of the best young pipe carvers in the world. | |||
His potential is unlimited, and title of Grand Master is only a matter of time... | |||
Joao Reis was born in '''Lisbon''', '''Portugal''' on June 22 of 1978. | |||
As many pipe aficionados will tell you, there are very few, if any, pipe carvers resident in Portugal. | |||
So how did Mr. Reis and pipe carving join to make such a perfect bond? | |||
For one, woodworking was a passion that Joao obtained at a very early age. | |||
He started his career as a cabinet-maker at the age of fifteen. | |||
It was also about this time that Joao's love and fascination with pipe collecting began to materialize. | |||
He became a member of the Pipe Club of Portugal. | |||
From there, it was only a matter of time. | |||
It was in 1998 that he first made a pipe for a friend of his at the Portugal Pipe Club and continued from there making pipes, although without a vast majority of tools of the pipemakers trade. | |||
In 2003 he came to the World Cup in Slow Smoking in Barcelona, Spain. | |||
Here he displayed some of the innovative design work that he was soon destined to perfect. | |||
At the show he met and befriended [[Kai Nielsen]], famed Danish pipe artisan. | |||
Soon thereafter, he came to Denmark where he stayed and studied pipe making under Kai and his brother, [[Jørgen Nielsen]]. | |||
He also studied pipemaking under a number of revered and highly respected artisans in Denmark such as [[Poul Ilsted]] and [[Tom Eltang]]. | |||
In 2004, Joao's work first appeared at the Chicago Pipe Show where his meteoric talent was in full display. | |||
After word spread and Joao's skills continued to be refined under superior tutelage, it was only a matter of time before this artisan could be called one of the best young pipe carvers working today. | |||
Today, Joao carves about 150 pipes a year in just about any shape, freehand derivitave, or wholly unique creation. | |||
He also uses a number of inserts on his work as well as a variety of different finishes and different stains. | |||
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== Gallery == | |||
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[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | |||
[[Category: Portugal]] |