The idea of the “omini” (little men) was born from the request of a stand for a Gioacchino’s pipe from Mr. Hamed Owlanj, the creator of the Pipes art website. So, after a study of profiles, on inspiration of “Guernica”, the first “Marion’s Little Man”was born (my husband calls me Marion), made in black painted wood and it bears the name of PICASSO.
Afterwards, inspired by the famous investigator of the Conan Doyle stories, the SHERLOCK Holmes shape was born, also in wood
The subsequent shapes were made of plexiglass. CHARLESTON, with straw hat in vogue in the ’30s
Magritte, with the typical “bowler”
COPPOLA, a tribute to Sicily and its most popular hat
BOHEMIEN, with the French beret
The last creation: little sicilian men
Today my pipe stands are present in Beijing, Paris (a la Pipe du Nord), Palermo (Riggio tobacconist), Copenaghen (Danish pipes shop) and Parabiago (Toto13 tobacconist), and, although they are “Sauro pipe”productions, they have a specific logo, mine.
