Fire is our single most important tool for survival.

Offering our art up to the flames seems a natural progression.

If you do not find the pipe you require we will do our best to source it for you.

The first people to smoke tobacco in pipes were the Native Americans who lived in the eastern woodlands of North America between 500 BCE and 500 CE.

Thousands of pipe makers sprang up in England and Holland.

The ample lady in the picture opposite could well be the oldest piece of clay art sculpture in the world. On this page we look at how human beings have used clay to make art from caveman to modern times.

The technical definition of pottery used by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) is "all fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed, except technical, structural, and refractory products." Pottery is one of the oldest human inventions, originating before the Neolithic period, with ceramic objects like the Gravettian culture Venus of Dolní Věstonice figurine discovered in the Czech Republic date back to 29,000–25,000 BC, Sub-Saharan Africa and South America.Today, there is still a sense of mystique even though we might take the complex technology and craft for granted somewhat.Major types of potterywares include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain.Clearly, getting our hands dirty with clay is important, evolving with our development of more sophisticated tools (which experts say started around 50,000 years ago).So working with clay is primeval, one of the earliest forms of artistic expression.Pipes is not held responsible for any of the Buying, Selling, and Trading that goes on in this forum.The responsibility falls solely on the individuals that are doing the transaction.