A History Lesson About Paint pensler

1. A History Lesson About Paint Brushes Did you Know? Dating back to prehistoric times and discovered in Egypt, they were made from split palm leaves, pensler were used by the ancient Romans & Greek. Legend tell some form of brush were used on wall and cave drawings yes that’s right. Nowadays the process of grading hairs and making handles is carried out by a machine, while the actual building up of hair and placing in the ferrules is done manually, the hair bristle are carefully arranged. Bristle comes from hogs, pigs and boars, and from no other sources. It has many desirable properties which make it ideal for use in brushes, but is expensive to manufacture. The are naturally curved, so it must be straightened prior to actually using it. The length of bristle is around 2 to 7 inches. One common feature in all types of brushes is the fine tapering along it's length, and split ends called flag. Its really useful because it helps in evenly spreading paint, and more paint can be used in the brush. Pensler classified as “soft hair” are used in the furnishing industry. Many are often from small furry animals, such as the tails of the squirrel, badger, polecat and pony. Another soft hair that’s used is taken from the inside the ears of a cattle, known as “Ox Hair.” The black and red sable is obtained from Siberian sable and other members of the weasel family. And are mainly used for graining, sign-writing, guilding and art work, and so on. Furthermore, the search for substitutes to bristle led to the using artificial silk fibers such as rayon and nylon. Despite being hard wearing they are smooth and non-absorbent they could carry paint but very less. This is not possible with nylon. The use of horse hair, which comes from the mane or tail is normally used to make jamb dusters and cheap retail brushes. Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/history-lesson-paint-brushes-stelling-art