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<small>If for smokers, then almost all of your smoking pipes are not suitable, for one simple reason. They are uncomfortable and impossible to hold in your hand. Look at your ‘Mermaid,’ ‘Goby,’ ‘Orange,’ and so on – these pipes do not have a comfortable position in the hand and therefore the average smoker is unlikely to ever buy them. If you make pipes for collectors, then there are no miracles in the world. First you must earn a name for yourself and become a famous master. Only then can you possibly get to selling pipes to collectors. You must decide for yourself what audience you will work for.”</small> | <small>If for smokers, then almost all of your smoking pipes are not suitable, for one simple reason. They are uncomfortable and impossible to hold in your hand. Look at your ‘Mermaid,’ ‘Goby,’ ‘Orange,’ and so on – these pipes do not have a comfortable position in the hand and therefore the average smoker is unlikely to ever buy them. If you make pipes for collectors, then there are no miracles in the world. First you must earn a name for yourself and become a famous master. Only then can you possibly get to selling pipes to collectors. You must decide for yourself what audience you will work for.”</small> | ||
[[File:Kharitonovearlypipe.jpg|left|thumb|A Kharitonov squat tomato from 2020, showing a transition to a more conservative design ethos following feedback for his earliest pipes. Image courtesy MLariosLMP.]] | |||
This feedback had Kharitonov rethink his approach to pipe design, though it did not completely discourage him from continuing to explore unique and elaborate forms. The pipes Kharitonov made in response to the challenge posed by his new audience were more conservative in their designs, with greater emphasis placed on function. But 'conservative' pipe design in the 21<sup>st</sup> century is not at all like the conservatism of early- to mid- 20<sup>th</sup> European shape charts. Kharitonov's pipes were, instead, more in keeping with the formal conventions of post-Danish artisan pipe making, as most prominently seen today in the United States and Japan. | This feedback had Kharitonov rethink his approach to pipe design, though it did not completely discourage him from continuing to explore unique and elaborate forms. The pipes Kharitonov made in response to the challenge posed by his new audience were more conservative in their designs, with greater emphasis placed on function. But 'conservative' pipe design in the 21<sup>st</sup> century is not at all like the conservatism of early- to mid- 20<sup>th</sup> European shape charts. Kharitonov's pipes were, instead, more in keeping with the formal conventions of post-Danish artisan pipe making, as most prominently seen today in the United States and Japan. | ||