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Kuziel Pipes
A small American workshop bearing the name of Connecticut-based painter and photographer Paul Kuziel, who made every pipe from his own drawing; its documented record is limited to 2008-2009.
Kuziel Pipes is a small pipe workshop bearing the name of Paul Kuziel, who worked in East Haven, in the U.S. state of Connecticut. As far as can be traced from the archived version of the brand's official site, its documented output consists of just two small collections from 2008 and 2009; each piece was made individually, and the brand never moved into series production. The total number of pipes produced is unknown.
Its Founder
The name behind the workshop is Paul Kuziel, born in 1968. Settled in East Haven, next to his native New Haven, Kuziel's primary field was not pipes but the visual arts: he trained at Paier College of Art in Hamden, sold watercolor landscapes in his youth, and later focused mainly on photography.
His relationship with pipes was also built through collecting before making. Having gathered pipes from various countries, Kuziel eventually turned to producing his own designs. In this respect the brand represents a maker type that comes not from a craft apprenticeship but from art training and collecting — a profile not uncommon in the American handmade pipe scene.
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