thirdly, wool is neither soft nor hard.secondly, the top of wool hair is round.Pure wool without impurities makes a naturally soft brush. Goat hair is widely used since Yuan Dynasty as a perfect material for making brushes. Therefore, it is more difficult than weasel hair brush for beginners to control. Wool brush requires good control of wrist and strength. It performs very well for painting flowers, leaves, water, animals, etc A good soft wool brush with a fat head holds a lot of ink, it is easy to use, durable and convenient for painting and calligraphy. Premium wool brushes are made from aged hair which has lost fat and become even more absorbent. Wool brushes are made from soft absorbent Goat hair and can hold a lot of ink. Different hairs normally have different effects and, therefore, are used for different purposes, for example, Hair: The most important element for a brush is the hair. Brushes are made from a wide variety of hair types
Xuan Brush is made with very strictly controlled raw materials which are individually selected. Master Xu is very proud to have been making brushes for 40 years, we salute his dedication to his craft and we are very proud to be able to bring them to you. Making Xuan brushes is a lot of hard work and does not make much money: there are over 200 steps in the process of making a Xuan brush and all the steps have to be done by hand. Because of this, very few young people would like to learn this skill now. Master Xu has been making Xuan Brushes since 1976 and has made over one million brushes since then. He is very proud of making brushes because the brushes facilitate people’s creativity and have been used by so many artists to produce so much artwork. Like all chinese brushes, Xuan brushes feature a fine point and a thick middle section which holds ink and allows master artists to produce a wide variety of strokes and textures from the same brush. Xuan brushes are recorded in history since at least 23BC and were sent as tribute to the imperial courts since the Tang dynasty. They are called Xuan because they are made in Xuan Cheng, the same area as Xuan paper, so naturally the two are often mentioned and used together.
Xuan brushes (宣笔 Xuān bǐ) are one of the most famous Chinese brush types used for both Calligraphy and Chinese painting. What is a Xuan Brush? Brushes in use at studio of Wang Hui
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