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The
Best of Talbert Briar in 2000
I
look back on 2000 as the year that I finally started to get decent with
my work. I started improving a lot once I made pipemaking my full-time
job, and I finally had the time to build some sort of organized
approach out of all the myriad techniques and philosophies that I had
been exposed to. 2000 is also important because it's the first year I
did a series of Halloween pipes and they were incredibly fun. I didn't
think a single one of them would sell since they were all so bizarre,
but I enjoyed making them and was gratified at how popular they became.
I think that in general, 2000 was the year that I stopped worrying
about making pipes that would look good (or sell to) other people and
just made work that I personally enjoyed.
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Talbert Briar 
