2012 Chicago Pipe Show poster

A few weeks ago, when I realized that I was doing a lot of drawings with pipes in them, it occurred to me that the Chicagoland Pipe Collectors Club might be interested in having me do the posters for the 2012 show. I sent an email to Craig Cobine, who is responsible for organizing the event, and he answered immediately, very enthusiastic about my offer. Approaching the deadline for his first wave of distribution, at the Pipe Collectors Club of America show in Columbus, Ohio at the end of the month, I discarded most of my concept sketches and asked my good friend Tad Herr, an exceptional graphic designer with whom I've worked for nearly 15 years, if he would help me with it. This is the result of our collaboration, which has already spawned a few other related projects, including a pipe collector's calendar. Tad always makes my work look better. There is a link to his website that you can find by clicking on "links" on the navigation column to the right of this post, along with links to other sites of creative people and their supporters.