Ancient art: How to make a feather paintbrush
By woodlandstv
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Caroline Nicolay guides you through the ancient technique of how to make your very
own paintbrush using just a feather.
A film for woodlands.co.uk by Rose Dunster and Emily George
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Waste of a good feather, most of that could be used for fletching!
I'd love to see the video making pigments tbh. Finding ANY tutorial online without gum arabique is impossible, and I am quite certain that prior to the 1700's we had ink and paints, but damned if I can find a modern example using early European methods.
Fletching is made by first stripping the thicker sections of a feather (not the tip) from the pinna. Done carefully, this technique could yield both.
Excellent. Thank you. I will keep watching as you put up more teachings.
Lovely * 🙂
Love this idea. Simple and brilliant!
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