Thank you for the nice video. I have been making brushes for several years. Most of my brushes are made from squirrel tail hair and badger hair. They are shorter hair but it works for a number of pottery techniques. I am a fly tier as well so I have a good supply of materials. Besides bamboo I also cut what we call switch grass that has very strong bamboo like stalks. I use fly tying techniques to stack the hair and tie it together. It is interesting to see how you make your brushes. There is always something to learn. It gives me impetuous to make some larger brushes. Thank you. Tom
Wonderful video! As another option instead of the surgeon’s knot, you could use a constrictor knot. The constructor knot is a much tighter knot that doesn’t slip and is virtually impossible to untie. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constrictor_knot
Nice project. Suggest gloves & be careful with that glue - First time I used it one finger went numb for a couple of weeks. Two similar tough slow curing rubbery glues are Shoe Goo & AquaSeal (they have a speed up spray available).
Is it the springy stiffness of deer tail hair that is desirable? I have made brushes from small bundles of horse hair cut from my horse’s mane and tail . Would that work too? Deer hair is also hollow, which makes it extra springy.
I don’t know how horse hair would work, but it’s worth trying! Yes the deer tail hair is quite springy and I think that adds to the pretty strokes that it makes.
Not a criticism, but you might consider wrapping the end of the bamboo with heavy thread then put nail polish on it to set it up. This will keep the bamboo handle from splitting further.
This is just brilliant. Great tutorial. Thank you
Great video as always.
Bravo! I just made 2 brushes, so satisfying to add an additional layer of craftsmanship to my pots. Thank you for the lesson.
Thank you for the nice video. I have been making brushes for several years. Most of my brushes are made from squirrel tail hair and badger hair. They are shorter hair but it works for a number of pottery techniques. I am a fly tier as well so I have a good supply of materials. Besides bamboo I also cut what we call switch grass that has very strong bamboo like stalks. I use fly tying techniques to stack the hair and tie it together. It is interesting to see how you make your brushes. There is always something to learn. It gives me impetuous to make some larger brushes. Thank you. Tom
Love the floral flow
Thanks for your info and your lovely way to explain !!!
Thanks for sharing with us all.
Great video ! Thanks a lot !
Really clever 😊 i would use a hotglue pistol though, i believe it will dry quicker and would hold well too
What a perfect presentation thank you so much for sharing!
Wonderful video! As another option instead of the surgeon’s knot, you could use a constrictor knot. The constructor knot is a much tighter knot that doesn’t slip and is virtually impossible to untie. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constrictor_knot
Nice project. Suggest gloves & be careful with that glue - First time I used it one finger went numb for a couple of weeks. Two similar tough slow curing rubbery glues are Shoe Goo & AquaSeal (they have a speed up spray available).
So cool
Is it the springy stiffness of deer tail hair that is desirable? I have made brushes from small bundles of horse hair cut from my horse’s mane and tail . Would that work too? Deer hair is also hollow, which makes it extra springy.
I don’t know how horse hair would work, but it’s worth trying! Yes the deer tail hair is quite springy and I think that adds to the pretty strokes that it makes.
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Not a criticism, but you might consider wrapping the end of the bamboo with heavy thread then put nail polish on it to set it up. This will keep the bamboo handle from splitting further.
Bravo! I just made 2 brushes, so satisfying to add an additional layer of craftsmanship to my pots. Thank you for the lesson.
Nice! I bet they turned out great!
Great video! Thanks!!