Llewellyn Kouba on sat 30 apr 05
A while back there was a post from a fellow ceramist on good quality
brushes with the ceramist in mind. I thought I had saved the post but
can't seem to locate it in my files. Recommendations on a really good
brush product would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Llewellyn
--
http://www.assumptionabbey.com/Pottery/index.html
Llewellyn Kouba
ABBEY POTTERY
Stoneware, Porcelain, Terra Cotta, and
Native Clays.
Assumption Abbey, Richardton ND USA
Paul Lewing on sun 1 may 05
on 5/1/05 5:34 PM, Ingeborg Foco at ifoco@EARTHLINK.NET wrote:
> Keith Lebreson (spelling?) of Oregon used to be a potter turned brush maker.
> He makes beautiful brushes for potters and anyone needing a brush.
It's Keith Lebenzon, if you're looking for him in a search engine. His
handmade brushes are indeed exquisite.....IF that's the kind of lines you
want to make. I have one of his kolinskey brushes, and it's the absolute
best for long free-flowing loopy lines, like you need if you're drawing
wisteria vines, for instance. But it doesn't work well at all for drawing
the flowers or the leaves, but then I have another brush for each of those.
Keith also imports a line of sume brushes made to his specifications in
China. I bought one of the larger size ones two years ago, and it's the
best sume brush I've owned since I wore the tip off that wolf-hair
long-handled one that my mother in law paid $75 in Hong Kong for in 1979,
and gave me. Keith's was about $12 or so- best $12 I've spent in years.
But then, I went through a whole [pack of 25 of those brushes at the time
and picked out the best one. They al look alike, but if you drop them on
their tips, the higher they bounce, the better they are. This is only a
test for sume brushes, and only works if they are free of starch and dry.
Again, these are wonderful for sume painting, but they're not at all what
you'd want if you were doing Old English lettering, or washing in
backgrounds, or laying down thick layers of glaze.
Paul Lewing, Seattle
Hank Murrow on sun 1 may 05
On May 1, 2005, at 5:34 PM, Ingeborg Foco wrote:
> Llewellyn,
>
> Keith Lebreson (spelling?) of Oregon used to be a potter turned brush
> maker.
> He makes beautiful brushes for potters and anyone needing a brush. I
> own
> one of his brushes. Do a google search and you'll find him and be
> able to
> order them on line. He lives in I forget now but I think it is
> Beaverton,
> Oregon. They are a piece of art as well as functional. Not
> inexpensive
> though.
That would be Keith Lebenzon @ www.brushman.net
Cheers, Hank
www.murrow.biz/hank
Gayle Bair on sun 1 may 05
Don't forget our own
Clayart potter and brush maker extraordinaire
Karen Sullivan aka Bamboo Karen
she makes beautiful and wonderful brushes.
You can contact her at
xkwinnies@earthlink.net
gayle bair
-----Original Message-----
From: Foco
Llewellyn,
Keith Lebreson (spelling?) of Oregon used to be a potter turned brush maker.
He makes beautiful brushes for potters and anyone needing a brush. I own
one of his brushes. Do a google search and you'll find him and be able to
order them on line. He lives in I forget now but I think it is Beaverton,
Oregon. They are a piece of art as well as functional. Not inexpensive
though.
Sincerely,
Ingeborg
the Potter's Workshop & Gallery
P.O. Box 510
3058 Stringfellow Road
St. James City, Florida 33956
239-283-2775
____________________________________________________________________________
__
Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at
melpots@pclink.com.
--
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.0 - Release Date: 4/29/2005
Jane Murray-Smith on sun 1 may 05
We had a great workshop from Paul Davis and he makes his brushes using deer
tail (from a fly fishing supply place)...bind the tufts with braided fishing
line, then glue them into a bamboo handles with epxoy. He says that they
last for years..unlike the chinese ones which eventually come apart as the
glue in them disintegrates..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Llewellyn Kouba"
To:
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 9:02 PM
Subject: Can you recommend a good brush
>A while back there was a post from a fellow ceramist on good quality
> brushes with the ceramist in mind. I thought I had saved the post but
> can't seem to locate it in my files. Recommendations on a really good
> brush product would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
>
> Llewellyn
>
> --
> http://www.assumptionabbey.com/Pottery/index.html
>
> Llewellyn Kouba
> ABBEY POTTERY
> Stoneware, Porcelain, Terra Cotta, and
> Native Clays.
> Assumption Abbey, Richardton ND USA
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
> You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
> settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
> Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at
> melpots@pclink.com.
>
Paul Lewing on sun 1 may 05
on 4/30/05 9:02 PM, Llewellyn Kouba at lkouba@ASSUMPTIONABBEY.COM wrote:
> Recommendations on a really good
> brush product would be appreciated.
I love brushes- I have hundreds of them, and use perhaps 20 or 30 of them a
lot. I always find this question mystifying. Where do you start? It's
like asking what's a really good building material? Or even what's a really
good clay? For what?
Brushes make marks. Every brush makes a different mark. If it's the kind
of mark you want to make, it's a good brush- if it doesn't it's not.
Someone said deer hair makes good brushes. Yes, if you want to make large,
loose, floppy marks. If you want to do sume painting or lettering, or
smooth washes, no. There's a reason why, if you look in a brush catalogue,
there are hundreds of different shapes, sizes, and materials. They're all a
"really good brush product" for some purpose. But a #10 sable rigger just
isn't going to make the same mark as a #2 hog bristle fitch.
What you want to paint may require a $100 handmade Kalinsky sume brush, or
it may require a bunny tail tied to a stick.
These days, I'm associating as much with china painters as I am with
potters. One big difference I see is that the china painters know their
brushes. I can't believe the number of potters I see who don't know how to
prime or load or hold a brush. They buy brushes that are too cheap and too
small and wonder why they can't paint.
Get a variety of brushes, and try different strokes with them. The ones
that make the marks you like the best are the best ones.
Paul Lewing, Seattle
Ingeborg Foco on sun 1 may 05
Llewellyn,
Keith Lebreson (spelling?) of Oregon used to be a potter turned brush maker.
He makes beautiful brushes for potters and anyone needing a brush. I own
one of his brushes. Do a google search and you'll find him and be able to
order them on line. He lives in I forget now but I think it is Beaverton,
Oregon. They are a piece of art as well as functional. Not inexpensive
though.
Sincerely,
Ingeborg
the Potter's Workshop & Gallery
P.O. Box 510
3058 Stringfellow Road
St. James City, Florida 33956
239-283-2775
Bob Huskey on sun 1 may 05
Here are a couple of links for you . I've used brushes from OAS and they
are quite good . The other site has quite good prices on large brushes , but
I hav'nt tried them .
http://www.orientalartsupply.com/
http://www.acornplanet.com/
hope
this helps , Bob Huskey -- Tallahassee , Fl.
-----
> A while back there was a post from a fellow ceramist on good quality
> brushes with the ceramist in mind. I thought I had saved the post but
> can't seem to locate it in my files. Recommendations on a really good
> brush product would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
>
> Llewellyn
>
> --
Jocelyn McAuley on mon 2 may 05
sorry if this correction has already been posted:
http://www.brushman.net/
neither of the following websites are Keiths!
> Keith Lebenzon of oregon makes wonderful brushes. He was at NCECA and gave me a new goat hair one that makes a line as fine as a hair and can drip a precise line on dots. wow. His info: Keith Lebenzon Brushes 13195 SW Glenn Ct. Beaverton, OR 97008
> brushman@teleport.com, www.brushman.com, www.brushmanonline.com.
Jocelyn in Eugene
--
food: http://www.BrowniePointsBlog.com
art: http://www.LucentArts.com
Elizabeth Priddy on mon 2 may 05
http://www.orientalartsupply.com/products/brushes.cfm
If you read through the descriptions here, you wil get a guage of what brush you need.
I use almost all of the ones listed for various things. The most general use brush
would probably be the combination flow, 1/2 inch.
You really need to be more specific about what you are going to use it for.
Elizabeth Priddy
252-504-2622
1273 Hwy 101
Beaufort, NC 28516
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com
Judy Nelson-Moore on mon 2 may 05
Speaking of brushes, last week when in Denver, I stopped by Mile Hi Ceramics
supplier, and they had some brushes for sale that look interesting. It was
a packet of about 4 brushes that were soft glaze brushes with about half of
the bristles cut out about halfway up the brush, so it looked sort of like
the representation below:
|||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||
||| || || |||
||| || || |||
||| || || |||
||| || || |||
They had a fan brush, too. Since I love my fan brush, I am thinking maybe
this one would have a nice light touch, but would have plenty of glaze/stain
behind it in the full part of the brush, and the strokes might last longer.
Maybe I can just take my e-xact knife and cut out some of the bristles
about half-way down?
Has anyone used these brushes? How do they work?
Judy Nelson-Moore
judy@nelsonmoore.com
www.nelsonmoore.com/art
j e motzkin on mon 2 may 05
Keith Lebenzon of oregon makes wonderful brushes. He was at NCECA and gave me a new goat hair one that makes a line as fine as a hair and can drip a precise line on dots. wow. His info: Keith Lebenzon Brushes 13195 SW Glenn Ct. Beaverton, OR 97008
brushman@teleport.com, www.brushman.com, www.brushmanonline.com.
jemotzkin
Judith Motzkin
Motzkin/Studio
7 Tufts Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-547-5513
jmotzkin@yahoo.com
www.motzkin.com
http://spiritkeeper-urns.com
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com
| |
|
