I thought I would put them together new years eve, but the handles needed another coat of varnish.
When the glue dries I will still be able to try them with my first painitng of the new year.
Three times boiled /
Three boilings did it. I was left with enough for two brushes. Next to devise some handles.
Hard Hair /
Not hard so much as oily, and not oily so much as wax. I boild the hair and tried to comb it out. Wow the wax. I complained to my sheep sister and another sister answered back tht it was lanolin. These sheep were origionally from Scotland. It seems they are well protected aginst weather.
I boiled the hair again, this time with dish detergent, and then again with laundry detergent. I think I m making a dent in the lanolin.
If it combs out OK I will go on to the next step of the brush making.
Christmas Presents /
I opened my presents from America and found an envelope full of hair. One of my sister's no wool sheep was sheding. She grabbed a handfull of winter hair for me to make a brush.
I wonder should I make two long very thin ones or one long sort of thin one? I wonder how it will work with ink?
I guess I have a project for the new year. But first to give it all a good boil.
Thanks Anton /
I'm a little slow, but I just noticed a nice post by Anton, after a very pleasant visit.
washed away /
Three rainy weekends and two typhoons in a row. i will admit that this was the worst October for an exhibition in my 29 years in Japan.
I do want to thank the valliant few that made it thru the storms to visit. And I'm not saying it wasn't fun. It was. I got to fire up my hibachi two weekens in a row and that always makes for a good time.
I did a live painting too. I had planed to do a live painting for 5 weeks, adding a little each Sunday. But i quickly found that when people were visiting the show that there was no room to paint. And when no one was visiting there was no reason.
so I decided to do my live painting live on facebook every week when no one was around. the videos are still there on my facebook page.
