JEAN MASSON (Ma Colombe)

We have already featured many pipe makers on our website who came to the art of pipe-making from what were, at times, completely unexpected fields of human endeavour — engineers, diplomats, and military personnel. French welder Jean Masson took up woodworking in his thirties; in 1971, he took over the Jules Guichon pipe workshop, from whom he received his first lessons in crafting classic shapes, whilst Denis Vincent taught him the finer points of sculptural carving. Di seguito la traduzione in italiano / Italian translation is below