I agree, vaporizing is much better for the lungs. ba-zing!

but seriously thank you, it's gratifying that you like it even despite a disinclination to liking such things! did intend for it to be actual art, after all!

to be honest, although I've been sober 7 or 8 months now, and I haven't gotten high for fun in much longer than that, I've long found the much of the brain-dead couch potato culture surrounding "recreational drugs" (oh how I despise that term!) at best irritating and at worst...well I could go on for quite a while about that, but I won't, because now I have to get ready for my job, and wouldn't want to annoy you with issues you probably don't care about anyway! =')

thanks again!

oh you! le blush =')

aw gawsh now it blushes in the dark too! <=')

I have the feeling that it would/shall; as I implied in the description, my days of inhaling the sorts of carbonized material most commonly associated with this class of object seem to be on indefinite postponement, and I rarely utilize such devices for the less common materials, though i'll take the opportunity to mention that there are many very worthwhile such materials that escape common notice. such as perfectly legal to own and use (in the US)dream herb for instance.

anyway, i'll give a little test run with something innocuous soonish and apprise the world of the results, which I'm sure everyone shall find very enlightening ;')

seriously, thanks for commenting person! comments are my favorite thing =')

it's always good to have a respectful attitude, even toward inanimate objects! I think the pervasiveness of disposability is one of the major perpetual problems with western 'culture'. nothing is appreciated because it's all replaceable planned-obsolescence junk.

actually I think this piece is pretty hardy - although dropping it would probably be bad I think polymer is much less delicate that ceramic, and the glaze seems to be pretty tough too. the difficulty in using this particular piece I think is that it's rather cumbersome and too large - as I built the up-pipe I realized I made it way too wide, so the wall of the mouth piece is like an inch thick. well live and learn =')

my problem with using it though is that my relationship with Mother C. declined quite precipitously due to my thoughtless over-use. I was just using it habitually, and continued to long after I realized that it was becoming more of a hinderance than a help and that I wasn't treating it with the respect and gratitude it deserves for what it has done for me. at the moment I'm prone to anxiety whenever I do have even just a little, which tells me that the time isn't right for a reunion - I have work to do on myself yet. and have found that I'm really quite alright with sobriety, though I do miss my old friend. I think I'm finally beginning to integrate the lessons I wasn't quite learning over the past few years. integration is necessary to prevent use from becoming ab-use. I do believe in forming actual relationships with plants, though I haven't done very well at it so far. I get too caught up in my own bullshit and end up neglecting them...thankfully they are patient, being ancient after all, but it is not good to abuse their patience.

thanks for the thoughts dude! I think your art is so effin good, and you seem like such a nice person it really means a lot to me ='D

aw gawsh =')

hey thanks for the kind words!
sorry to disappoint on this particular piece, but I am working on saleable pieces now, though they won't be like this one. this piece took about 60-70 hours (although I'm sure I could reduce that...but not significantly enough) and I'd have to sell it for more than I'd be comfortable asking (though of course I made this particular piece just for me anyways).

yes the danger of breathing polymer particles occurred to me of course, but the bowl extends about an inch and a half past the surface and I'm pretty confident it's safe to use.
From the sculpey website faq:
All Sculpey products have been evaluated by an independent toxicologist and found to contain no known toxic substances in sufficient quantities to be harmful to the human body, even if ingested or inhaled.

and
When used as directed, polymer clays do not give off toxic chemicals in the curing process. There is a slight odor, which in not harmful.

it does address making smoking materials particularly:
Since our clays are made of PVC and other additives, at high temperature greater than 350°F the PVC starts to break down and therefore should not be exposed to an open flame.

making sure I design the pipe in such a way that the flame doesn't come within an inch and a half of the piece itself is one of my personal rules.
If the clay does burn because of a mistake or if the oven malfunctions, a small amount of hydrogen chloride gas could be released, which may cause odor and some eye or nose irritation. The amount of hydrogen chloride gas released from the clay would not cause a health problem because it would be rapidly dispersed into the air.

so, I think it's pretty safe. still, it's a little annoying that I can't make some of the designs I can think of because of that concern. I'd love to be able to fire ceramic pieces. I'm not entirely sure that I couldn't, but I'm too embarrassed of rejection to ask!