one day i will get me a wonderful round (prolly size 6,7, or 8) in this kolinsky sable brush from winsor and newton... i can only imagine the amount of pigment and water one of those babies can hold.
Once upon a time sable brushes may have had a definite advantage over other brushes, but by now there are synthetic fibers that will hold just as much water, come to just as good of a point, have a comparable amount of spring (is that the right word? you know what I mean, I am sure), and so on. The truth is that people seem to want sable brushes mostly so that they can say that they own a sable brush. If the actual painting results are all that you are concerned with, there are good synthetic brushes that will get you just as far. It's disgusting that animals are killed (and this in a very cruel manner) for a product that is of no real advantage to anybody, except of course the seller.
There once was 9 brush makers. They were great friends, so everything they did, they did together. After a bet on who could make the best brush, they each made a comoany if their own. It all started as harmless fun. But soon discord appeard. The once best friends turned into feared enemies. The companies turned into great empires. Now, the person who made the bet woke up from their slumber. Realizing what happened, they are now on a jorney in search of the lost friendship.
Materials might not be the foundation of being a good artist. It is practice and passion. But every artist knows, that the right and nice materials makes the art piece easier to do and more beautiful than using cheap and incorrect materials.
Well I guess because you are not a watercolor artist. Kolinsky, Escoda, Da Vinci, Raphael, Robert Simmons are among the best and high quality watercolor brushes out there but Kolinsky is a top tier brand. And if are aspiring watercolor artist and you don't have the money to buy one you can just buy cheap japanese or Chinese brushes.
Right, like I get why they have to do it, but that's nasty, they need to clean those before they ship them out. 🤢 I remember playing with them as a kid in art class. I would rub them against my hand and my face cuz they were so soft, never again now that I know somebody licked it 🤢😂
@@kaitlynmiller7357 Robbed of their time? What an incredibly privileged take on it. Some people spend their entire lives doing much more menial tasks for much less money.
@princesshoneybee100 honestly shut up, we SEE men work side by side with the women NOWHERE does it show men benefiting from the women's work Why are you assuming that the women cant have a higher rank than men?
@@xxXSemiProXxx You can appreciate the quality without knowing the process behind it. We have no idea how most us of the stuff around us is actually made....
@Fiolai M licking your natural hair brushes help keeps it's shape lol, I do it all the time after washing. I just put the whole thing in my mouth for like a second 😂
When I was a kid i asked my dad for a painting set expecting something small with pans, on Christmas i got a massive wooden box full of W&N tubes, a porcelain mixing pallette and squirrel hair brushes, it was the best set I ever had, still have the box and the mixing pallette 30 years on, the brushes lasted many years, never had anything like it since.
@@mage_r338 Quality matters in everything, people ask why I pay for expensive clothes ($80-100, not that Gucci stuff) but these clothes last me a long time, same with technology.
@@PriusRaj uhh, pretty sure if you take good care of it, it won't fade or tear. also, most expensive stuffs are really durable, not gonna lie. which is why it's expensive.. because it's made to be used a lot of times and still look as good as new.
Im happy with my own $1 lyra synthetic brush. Not because ive tested the series 7 and compare its worthiness but Im just too broke to afford one. Gotta love what you got lol
I'd say you get more value from a really god pair of sneakers than most artist would be able to extract from this brush. A shitty shoe can literally damage you. A cheaper brush made of ethical synthetic materials performs probably just as well as an artifically fancy brush. The brush company is essentially riding the "handmade quality with luxurious material" meme.
@@Sam-vi2ho Actually, kolinsky has a very unique water-holding & point-holding ability that synthetics can't do. Synthetic Squirrel has high water-holding, but doesn't hold a point, golden taklon is the opposite. A lot of synthetic kolinsky is just dyed taklon so, there is a difference.
They can pay very good the ladies if you compare to a normal industry employee. But the owner of the company takes all the profits for himself. And he would be nothing without they.
People are paid based on how good at their job and how replaceable they are. A shelf stacker is relatively easy to replace. An entertainer or artist less so. One of nine brushmakers in the world? I can't imagine they come around very often (hence why they took her back after 11 years off work).
regarding them using weasel hair for these brushes : at 1:55 they mention that these weasels are hunted sustainably every spring, under the CITES guidelines. CITES is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. We don't have any information as to how they're hunted , maybe only chop off their tail hairs man idk , but rest assured these weasels are not endangered by this. of course, its your own choice to purchase synthetic / natural bristled brushes. Synthetic works most of the time but without a doubt natural bristles do work better and also feel better when painting.
@@hinaw0w395 well that really depends on your own morals !! :) i personally think natural hair brushes are worth to invest in since their quality really shows through and would last you yeeaars ! lots of people own natural hair brushes, so i personally think it won't hurt to invest in a select few good ones !!
海盈 I mean if It last as long as it is said to be, it would be better to buy one as you don’t have to buy low quality ones that you just throw away after using them for a while. I hope that the info they give us is actually true so the weasels don’t have to suffer.
Wow so if those 9 brushmakers aren't happy, they can just quit their jobs and the company will suffer big time.... Those brushmakers must be getting paid a lot and treated super well to prevent that from ever happening.
Ooaf I need one of these (in another life where I have money to spend on things like this) For those wondering why anyone would ever need one of these heckin expensive brushes: they carry much more water and pigment, and the application of paint on paper just goes so much better. You don’t have to keep re-dipping your brushes and can paint uninterrupted, have smoother lines, and the brush is durable. If you used the same sized synthetic brush, dipped it in the same watercolor one time and had a piece of paper and painted stripes, the synthetic brush would run out far sooner than this one. Sometimes synthetic brushes can hold the paint just as well, but they don’t let the pigment out of the brush when doing wet on wet application. Also, controlling the thickness of lines is so much easier. It’s difficult to understand the qualities of a natural hair brush until you’ve painted with one of them, even if you are a watercolorist(?) But if you are a watercolor artist just starting out, I’d say quality of paper > brush quality edit: big sigh at the ethical comments :( but that is besides the point, and a completely different discussion. I'm just talking about how the brushes perform. Anyway, if you are looking for a synthetic brush that is equally expensive because it works well, look up polina bright brushes, vegan and cruelty free. But also, consider what petroleum-based synthetic brushes are made of (fossil fuels). Pros and cons, pros and cons. to each their own, just be an informed consumer. have a good day lol
Wow- I never would have thought these were still hand made. I’m so impressed with the level of care and the Company taking time and caring about the preservation of these skills.
@Death Omen Most painters actually do maintenance of their brushes after every use, which, among many other things, means washing and rinsing them properly every time. And after that, on the precision ones, they usually redo the tip just like the lady in the video (you can do it with wet fingertips, but the result doesn't compare)... For expensive brushes, I'd advice against skipping passages in the process, or skipping expensive brushes entirely and stick to synthetics... 😅😅😅
@@nimeryaspawnbrd1049 With natural hair makeup brushes, we use brush guards. That's goat and squirrel though. They make kolinsky makeup brushes, but I don't have any.
Yeah right! And it makes so much sense, because time = money, labour = money, and the type of labour is unique because it has a long history that cannot be replicated and squeezed into a couple years of work by a competitor!
Kolinsky sable brushes are AMAZING. I use the number two round when inking in traditional media, and when using watercolors and guoache. Holds SO much media, and if taken care of, conditioner, cleaned after every single session, they can last for a SUPER long time. 💜
I am a watercolor artist. I have 11 Kolinsky brushes. I have had most of them for 30+ years. They are the best brushes I have ever had. I treasure them.
One of my prize possessions is my #10 Windsor Newton Kolinsky watercolour brush. My second is the WN watercolour travelling case given to me by my teacher, filled with his favourite colours. NOBODY touches my #10.
When you die bury it with you in your casket, I mean I'd do that cause I know no one would take care of it like I would, so might as well take it with you lol🤷🏽♂️
Emin macit that isn’t how ecology works; it would be cruel to the animal. Risk of infection, frostbite, detection by predators, etc. Never forget that as a human you are HUGELY biased towards natural advantages.
It’s a waste of an animals life just for some painting you decorate your house with ... (I’m a artist. Not a professional one tho. And I don’t think animals should be killed for a hobby)
Hvbaxo Yeah I didn’t mention anything about weasels. Just the quality. And unless you live a perfectly saintly life where you NEVER EVER did anything wrong, don’t judge me and mind YOUR own business. Thank you kindly. Good day darling! 😁😘🖤✨
@@英二-y4v whats not wrong about killing a soul just for it hair, are u serious? Imagine someone killing you just because u have smth that they want but they can absolutely live without, how will that make you feel? and there is nothing humane about killing or hunting again if u want to take one for the team and let us know how humane it is then be my guest...animals are just like you but better at least they hunt for survival yall hunt to paint, all that pain to paint? Thats the dumbest shit ever
@@英二-y4v Yall got butthurt and started whining over a comment not me (the weasels still got it way worse) and i'm not trying to change her mind she can stay living in the stone age if she wishes...i will forever speak for those who have no voice and i'm never going to tone it down.
I know a man who is a self-taught sign painter. He trained himself to make the finest natural hair brushes bc he just couldnt afford a good one (like one in this video). Im just fascinated by his enthusiasm. Mean, just looking at how carefully he made the brush, he even show how different the ones he made with the affordable ones he bought, and i can see why is it so important! The strokes are so much better, allowing the artists to have more control with whatever he/she painting. I didn't even know brushes can be that important 🙃
Better than using oil to make synthetic hairs, which will ruin the lives of animals now and for thousands of years to come. Typical vegan virtue signaler. These are the kinds of brushes that will last a lifetime.
@@bucca2 come on, plastic needs 500 yrs to degrade. My brushes are stable af . I can also say " it is not a good idea to get children, because alone their existence is harmful to our planet" . Go eat your parrot!
Alexey Shvetsov you’re talking about animal cruelty but not giving a damn about their environment? Plastic harms their habitat. If you gave enough crap about those animals then you wouldn’t even support plastic. 😒
@@Kyandiix96 alright, as if you would know how I am living my Life. First of all I own a few plastic things , it is hard too live plastic free as some aspects of our Life aren't possible without this material. One of my brushes has less plastic than a drink straw. R u using these? R u using cosmetics packaged in plastic, ladies pads or tampons( if you are a female)? coffee to go? Me not. I am buying food in non package stores in Berlin and at lokal markets organic all my Life. Even my toothpaste comes in glass! I use my brushes for more than 10 years almost every day!!
Only artist will understand why they need so many brushes and so many paints and so many art supplies like if you know what I'm talking about and if you're an artist yourself like me (lol I'm not an artist idk what I'm talking about here XD) or a person who do a lot of art
A good watercolor brush is key when painting. My own brushes are pretty okay, but a good brush is something that will change your paintings. It will retain a lot more water, and makes your pieces look good.
you don’t always need a lot of art supplies to make good art, masterpieces can be made with only 5 colours of paint, a few decent brushes and a skilled and experienced artist! of course the quality of the art supplies matter, skills definitely matter more! A skilled artist can make something great with just children’s crayons but a beginner probably can’t do a lot with all the good art supplies in the world
@@chocobombs yes but a lot of people work with different art supplies and like me and other people we work with a lot of art supplies so that why we need a lot of them
No you don’t need one. Is an expensive brush really worth the pain of an animal? Nope. Not at all. I’d prefer a good quality synthetic brush that can pick up and execute products and acts like a real haired brush. It’s amazing what you can do with some creativity and innovation with creating brushes.
It is absolutely beautiful to see how something so basic can be made with such attention to detail. These people are amazing and the tradition is fantastic.
I imagine after everything said in this video. A Yuppie decides to buy a brush set costing $3000 for their 5 year old child. In what the equivalent of using a Ming Dynasty porcelain Jar as a Urinal.
A BIG Thank you to Sandra - I have many of your name cards that comes with the certificate of authenticity in each one of the boxes that contains my beautiful W&N Series 7 Sable brushes, sizes from 1 to Size 8 (number 7 is my favourite brush as was Queen Victoria’s size 7 brush which I have seen at Osbourne House) so I am very pleased to see you here and thank you big time for providing me with the most fabulous range of sable brushes that give me the perfect strokes each and every times. I L❤️ve my series 7 brushes and get as much pleasure looking at them as I do using them. Your skills are a treasure you should be proud of as these brushes are beautifully made. Each brush holds a lot of water so that the paint lasts a long time before I need to re load the the brush and with one flick of the wrist the brush immediately comes to a beautiful fine point. I have had my set of Winsor and Newton Series 7 brushes for a couple of years now and they are still as good as new, I would use nothing else. I am proud to own brushes hand made by you. xx 🌹
Not really. These brushes have an actual physical difference on the way a paint is applied or used but Stradivarius violins actually have no physical quality on the sound (it was tested, this chanel also has a video about those violins). Stradivarius are more of a historical items valued mainly for the history and the lineage of highly skilled professionals that passed them from one to another.
The craft is amazing!... I'm always impressed how experience makes someone's hands almost perfect,,, Handcrafts are the best,,, I hope one I could afford to appreciate different types of crafts
Harvest Moon princeton makes synthetic brushes that are almost at the same caliber as hog. Although i would say, if you’ve tried sable brushes, its is very hard to find anything like it.
Many populations of animals need culled from time to time to benefit the ecosystem. Maybe it isn't the case that it's necessary, but alternative and synthetic materials have consequences as well. The only way to make sure no one gets hurt from anything is to never do anything and just shrivel up and die.
@@charimara4705 that's why it's an average. On average they have 27 years of experience each. That doesn't mean each has 27 years of experience, one might have 20 and another 34, but that's still an average of 27 years each. Also it's on average, not in average.
What's sustainable about trapping a clever beautiful animal for its tail hair. How does this figure into the no hunting/trophy/ fox hunt ect. policies the royal family has been adopting recently.
My dad gave me his No. 7 brush, Queen Victoria’s favorite, that he’d had for over 20 years and it still works amazingly compared to the synthetic brushes I used to use that barely lasts a few months.
Money Laundering is why modern art is so expensive. How much cost goes into a Banana Duct Taped to a Canvas? Apparently it is worth $120,000 to $150,000 and it's shelf life is only a few weeks 🤣
There's a big difference between valuing art for skill and valuing art for its concept. That's what I learned studying art in uni. Unfortunately concept is where contemporary art tends to make more money but I'd rather be appreciated for my skills
It seems like a lot of weasels would have to be killed just for the fur on their tail? I have found synthetic brushes that work great for my painting without killing an animal.
1. Shaving them and releasing them into the wild would give them a risk of hypothermia because they live in the tundra. 2. They cannot be kept in captivity because they are not biologically suited for it, which is why zebras have not been domesticated. 3. This brush is literally the best in the world. They’ve tried synthetic hairs and hairs from different animals, but due to the structure of a sable’s scaled hair, nothing compared.
Synthetic hairs don't hold on to as much liquid since the surface doesn't contain deep pores. This is a well known property of synthetic bristles. Some people prefer synthetic hairs in travel shaving brushes since they dry so quickly compared to their natural counterparts.
@@zoravar.k7904 Thank you for the information. But then they can take the hair and leave the animal to the natural habitant. Killing just for the tail hair is not fair for nature and animals.
@@watchesonly Most small creatures need to be culled to maintain a healthy ecosystem (especially for winter foraging) since we have destroyed their predators. Don't know about the weasel specifically, but I guess it falls under this category.
I came to post an angry comment, and I leave with a profound respect for the craftsmanship of these artisans. My only concern are the poor sables, I hope they stop hunting them for their furr. I'm not an angry vegan, I just feel compassion for all the creatures we share this world with.
We've been killing animals for ages for food and fur, but now it's not ok to hunt animals for their fur to make brushes. These brushes need to be high quality so they'll have to use the highest quality materials. There's not much harm in killing a few animals for fur. They are brutally hunted to exitinction, so you know, let them make their brushes.
I’d hate to accidentally turn on the fan in there
Well...shit
Imagine that ..... lol 😂
Or sudden sneeze !
Do YoU kNoW tHE fAn pERsOnAlLy?!?!!!??
Or let in a cat lol
I never understand how somebody with such long nails can do such precise work.
I figured they would constantly be getting in the way.
and she licked it 😳😳😳
@shi. LOL my sister always cut herself with her nails.
Boniface Banta That's an extremely common practice when using an art brush.
@@bonifacebanta4590 I mean, you are not eating the brush, so I don't really see the issue
She's probably very used to them.
I've had the pleasure of using one of these brushes, they are remarkable and totally light years better than any other watercolor brush on the market.
4:37 she is using her spit to make it stick- no way she is still doing this in 2020..
one day i will get me a wonderful round (prolly size 6,7, or 8) in this kolinsky sable brush from winsor and newton... i can only imagine the amount of pigment and water one of those babies can hold.
Once upon a time sable brushes may have had a definite advantage over other brushes, but by now there are synthetic fibers that will hold just as much water, come to just as good of a point, have a comparable amount of spring (is that the right word? you know what I mean, I am sure), and so on. The truth is that people seem to want sable brushes mostly so that they can say that they own a sable brush. If the actual painting results are all that you are concerned with, there are good synthetic brushes that will get you just as far. It's disgusting that animals are killed (and this in a very cruel manner) for a product that is of no real advantage to anybody, except of course the seller.
Wow this is amazing
Beautiful craft
spoiler: it's expensive because it'e made by hands not machines
By 9 pairs of hands that are the best in the world at what they do
@shi. Why? Due to synthetic everyone can be a painter now and it is just as good as original.
@@superkingarmaan9875 it is not 'just as good' but good enough
Also because they hunt the weasels sustainably, instead of farming or using harmful hunting practices
@yoga pangestu okay boomer. Go be racist somewhere else.
"The 9 Brush Makers" sound like a movie title.
The fellowship of the Brush
The Brush Chronicles
There once was 9 brush makers. They were great friends, so everything they did, they did together. After a bet on who could make the best brush, they each made a comoany if their own. It all started as harmless fun. But soon discord appeard. The once best friends turned into feared enemies. The companies turned into great empires.
Now, the person who made the bet woke up from their slumber. Realizing what happened, they are now on a jorney in search of the lost friendship.
@@floral2743 I would watch that
time to write a book
When you're watching these kinda videos it's time for you to go to sleep
Shehryar Kaleem i feel attacked
@@trapnest9 I can't even read your name xd
Buts it’s only 1 am
hahahaha this is so true
😂 but it is in my salebus
spoiler: It wont make you a better artist
Materials might not be the foundation of being a good artist. It is practice and passion. But every artist knows, that the right and nice materials makes the art piece easier to do and more beautiful than using cheap and incorrect materials.
Thanks Captain obvious are you going to tell me a good camera won't turn me into Alfred Hitchcock too
@@knightwalker2824 shhhh let them be ignorant, its less competition anyways
That is 100% true, but if you have 3 artists with the same skill/ability, the edge will go to the one with the better tools of the trade.
Lol someone hit a nerve
Am I the only one who has never heard of this brush and probably never would if this wasn’t on my recommended? Just me ok
Same same. Art and I don't agree. So wasn't really interested but glad I did.😀
Me too
Well you’re not an water color artist so that’s why
Well I guess because you are not a watercolor artist. Kolinsky, Escoda, Da Vinci, Raphael, Robert Simmons are among the best and high quality watercolor brushes out there but Kolinsky is a top tier brand. And if are aspiring watercolor artist and you don't have the money to buy one you can just buy cheap japanese or Chinese brushes.
I’m a nail tech and use these brushes 😁
Every brushes you use, an old lady had her lips on it first.
Just the way i like it.
😂😂😂
Right, like I get why they have to do it, but that's nasty, they need to clean those before they ship them out. 🤢
I remember playing with them as a kid in art class. I would rub them against my hand and my face cuz they were so soft, never again now that I know somebody licked it 🤢😂
Ikr, I keep replying that part just to make sure.
@@anonymous1hahaa your username may be anonymous but now we know you like old lady spit 😂😂😂
Imagine having allergies and enter the room.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Exactly...
@@rayne8757 same
🥴🥱😖
That'd be a living hell for me--
They must pay their people quite well, any amount of turnover would be ruinus.
This was my concern as well. To be such a rare skill, they must be compensated well. Anything else and these women are just being robbed of their time
They earn about 140-200k a year
@@kaitlynmiller7357 Robbed of their time? What an incredibly privileged take on it.
Some people spend their entire lives doing much more menial tasks for much less money.
@@user-tz9jh6pv2j Don’t want to do menial tasks your entire life earning less money? Learn a valuable skill then!
@@stoneagearcher3477 and how can one do that?Not everyone lives in good countries.
It's nice to see old school craftsmanship and where quality and attention to detail are THE most important parts of production.
Dr. Matt Pavlic yeah
Dr. Matt Pavlic yeah for 300 dollars, I better be getting quality
We should also be glad that brushes aren’t always made like these anymore. Having cheaper brushes allows more people to express and venture into art.
China can't relate
I’m just glad there’s variety
Spoiler:it is sooo expensive because the saliva of the old lady is magical
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I like this theory
*were do you think us artists gain our powers?*
@@user-me8fm5yf4n lmao
@@user-me8fm5yf4n Does that mean if I get a £300 brush I'll finally be good at art???
@@UtterQueerNightmare no but the saliva of the old lady can!!! Lols
what I have learned from this episode: every new paintbrush has already been in someone else's mouth
Added value
@@JazzToTheTwo perhaps a covid or 2
My thoughts exactly!!!
Guess these people would never be replaced by robots 😂😂
AI is still a myth will take 25 years till that time u will be done
Or, a robot for this purpose hasnt been created yet.
@@ujjwalsood3963 AI is still a myth 4u?....are you living under a rock or something... Am so done with noobs like u😂😂
@@ujjwalsood3963 "AI is still a myth" KEK
everything is replacable
these brushes are treated with more care than I have ever treated my own hair in my thirteen years of existence
*_sad hair noises_*
BAHAHAAHAH
including the lick?
@@sost.4388 oh hell no🤣
*Brad Mondo has entered the chat room*
If my hair were worth 300 dollars, I'd consider treating it as careful. But it grows back so I don't care as much
It's so satisfying to see how they seperate hair based on length so easily
I wonder how well these workers are paid when the company relies on them and they have all the skill it takes to make all their products.
If they have worked there so long, I suspect the pay is good and they are valued by the company.
@@karldelavigne8134 yeah, that makes sense
@@karldelavigne8134 They are the company asset!!!!
@princesshoneybee100 seriously.... You have to turn this into a gender issue..... Disgusting, get a life
@princesshoneybee100 honestly shut up,
we SEE men work side by side with the women
NOWHERE does it show men benefiting from the women's work
Why are you assuming that the women cant have a higher rank than men?
I have been buying these brushes for twenty years, and never had a clue how much effort went into creating them.
JChase7452 lol you’ve just been paying 300 dollars for 20 years and no clue why?
@@xxXSemiProXxx You can appreciate the quality without knowing the process behind it. We have no idea how most us of the stuff around us is actually made....
@@xxXSemiProXxx literally wtf lol
But are you any good at painting?
Bruh who tf pays 300 bucks for a brush, high quality or not lmao
4:36 So this is why my brushes tasted weird
@Fiolai M "Ye shall lick thy brushes" -Leonardo da Vinci
AHAHAHAHHAHAHH
So all this brush is tasted...so no poison and safe to use..
@Fiolai M licking your natural hair brushes help keeps it's shape lol, I do it all the time after washing. I just put the whole thing in my mouth for like a second 😂
NOOOOO
When I was a kid i asked my dad for a painting set expecting something small with pans, on Christmas i got a massive wooden box full of W&N tubes, a porcelain mixing pallette and squirrel hair brushes, it was the best set I ever had, still have the box and the mixing pallette 30 years on, the brushes lasted many years, never had anything like it since.
Sun Wukong thank you for sharing, what a lovely gift your father gave you.
@@mage_r338 Quality matters in everything, people ask why I pay for expensive clothes ($80-100, not that Gucci stuff) but these clothes last me a long time, same with technology.
@@ejhc9628 do you never stain or snag your clothes on things?!? Do they never stretch out or fade?!?
Where do you find these clothes?
Dayum thats so awesome!
@@PriusRaj uhh, pretty sure if you take good care of it, it won't fade or tear. also, most expensive stuffs are really durable, not gonna lie. which is why it's expensive.. because it's made to be used a lot of times and still look as good as new.
Im happy with my own $1 lyra synthetic brush. Not because ive tested the series 7 and compare its worthiness but Im just too broke to afford one. Gotta love what you got lol
tbh lyra still expensive for me
"I'm using my own hair"
- Vegan
Go for at least a $20 brush if you can, way less fussy than a $1. Imagine how good these are tho 😍
Is nobody gonna talk about the animal they get the hair from its tail ? Nobody ? Just me.. OK!
I bought some 10-20 € worth brushes and theyre hella good but I thought they were pricey haha :”dd
I’m more impressed by the way she tied the string around the brush
All of them have nice manicure
What is a mancure
@@shravangupta4828 when they give their nails treatement and polish
I bet they went and got manicures specifically for the filming lol
@@geministargazer9830 either way they'd need to maintain their hands and nails for a job like this
@@oliverdai7822 yeah i thought that too lol
Me as trainee: Accidentally sneezed*
Other seniors: 👁👄👁
This is my favorite comment
Everyone there: held up a gun that sprays hand sanitizer
I was the 667 comment you are welcome😁
@@nivearoper989 tq btw 😆
@@nivearoper989 won’t do you mean "667 like"?
This will feel like a Harry Potter wand unboxing
Ikr lol
Thats what it felt like lmao
You have no idea opening the box was magical
I’d honestly cry
I just want a handmade brush like this and not $300 sneakers that cost 5 cents to make.
I'd say you get more value from a really god pair of sneakers than most artist would be able to extract from this brush.
A shitty shoe can literally damage you. A cheaper brush made of ethical synthetic materials performs probably just as well as an artifically fancy brush. The brush company is essentially riding the "handmade quality with luxurious material" meme.
Ok and?
Sam i think the person was being sarcastic..
@@Sam-vi2ho Actually, kolinsky has a very unique water-holding & point-holding ability that synthetics can't do. Synthetic Squirrel has high water-holding, but doesn't hold a point, golden taklon is the opposite. A lot of synthetic kolinsky is just dyed taklon so, there is a difference.
@@Hugglebuns Is it a 3000% price difference?
I remember the time I accidentally snapped one of these brushes, my mom was so mad, now I know why.
Ouch..
Oof
This 9 women must be paid very good since their attention to detail, craftsmanship, skills and experience is not easy to obtain and nonetheless rare.
Well there's probably a reason to why they stayed for 27+ years
They can pay very good the ladies if you compare to a normal industry employee. But the owner of the company takes all the profits for himself. And he would be nothing without they.
Gu Viana it wouldn’t be a company if it didn’t keep the profits
People are paid based on how good at their job and how replaceable they are. A shelf stacker is relatively easy to replace. An entertainer or artist less so. One of nine brushmakers in the world? I can't imagine they come around very often (hence why they took her back after 11 years off work).
I’ve wanted one of these brushes for so long but they are so expensive
Lettuce For life what do they do?
TraumaER it’s for watercolor painting.
Now you know why
There are cheaper options dude. Buying them is like having an iphone
@@CA-xz7mv iphone 👎
It's all fun and games until someone turns on the fan.
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Then people start using the other end of the brush.
Lolol
Calm down satan
I just snorted from laughing so hard 🤣🐿🌬
regarding them using weasel hair for these brushes : at 1:55 they mention that these weasels are hunted sustainably every spring, under the CITES guidelines. CITES is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. We don't have any information as to how they're hunted , maybe only chop off their tail hairs man idk , but rest assured these weasels are not endangered by this.
of course, its your own choice to purchase synthetic / natural bristled brushes. Synthetic works most of the time but without a doubt natural bristles do work better and also feel better when painting.
Would it be cruel of me to get one?
i wanna get me some of these brushes but im b r o k e
@@hinaw0w395 well that really depends on your own morals !! :) i personally think natural hair brushes are worth to invest in since their quality really shows through and would last you yeeaars !
lots of people own natural hair brushes, so i personally think it won't hurt to invest in a select few good ones !!
海盈 I mean if It last as long as it is said to be, it would be better to buy one as you don’t have to buy low quality ones that you just throw away after using them for a while. I hope that the info they give us is actually true so the weasels don’t have to suffer.
Maybe they don't kill them you can just shave their hair you don't have to kill them for that.
The skill to separate hair with different length is godlike.
I'm super impress by that
Girlfriend: OMG, you spent $100 on more Warhammer stuff? Ugh!
Me: *stares nervously at new brush set* uh, yeah, t-the Warhammer stuff. Right.
Ikr
ME
Wow so if those 9 brushmakers aren't happy, they can just quit their jobs and the company will suffer big time.... Those brushmakers must be getting paid a lot and treated super well to prevent that from ever happening.
Ooaf I need one of these (in another life where I have money to spend on things like this)
For those wondering why anyone would ever need one of these heckin expensive brushes: they carry much more water and pigment, and the application of paint on paper just goes so much better. You don’t have to keep re-dipping your brushes and can paint uninterrupted, have smoother lines, and the brush is durable. If you used the same sized synthetic brush, dipped it in the same watercolor one time and had a piece of paper and painted stripes, the synthetic brush would run out far sooner than this one. Sometimes synthetic brushes can hold the paint just as well, but they don’t let the pigment out of the brush when doing wet on wet application. Also, controlling the thickness of lines is so much easier. It’s difficult to understand the qualities of a natural hair brush until you’ve painted with one of them, even if you are a watercolorist(?) But if you are a watercolor artist just starting out, I’d say quality of paper > brush quality
edit: big sigh at the ethical comments :( but that is besides the point, and a completely different discussion. I'm just talking about how the brushes perform. Anyway, if you are looking for a synthetic brush that is equally expensive because it works well, look up polina bright brushes, vegan and cruelty free. But also, consider what petroleum-based synthetic brushes are made of (fossil fuels). Pros and cons, pros and cons.
to each their own, just be an informed consumer. have a good day lol
Thanks for the explanation!!😊
Maybe you reconsider your purchase. By buying a brush you are paying for the horrible abuse and unethical slaughter of cute noodle dogs.
MountainGoaat it said ethical and never said they were killed
@@prabeshgurung1067 Just because they weren't killed doesn't mean it's ethical. Have you seen the cages they live in?
@@goathead5073 Have you?
Narrator: "Why so expensive?"
Also narrator: "They've been made the same way since the 1800s"
300 dollar is a bargain for this kind of work/quality. They spend almost a week on each one.
Ádám Schlesinger that’s their problem. They need to speed up the process.
@@TraumaER yeah bro they are just lazy
TraumaER hahahahahaha ha ha
@@TraumaER lol loved this one
Sustainably hunted.
Thank you very much.
Wow- I never would have thought these were still hand made. I’m so impressed with the level of care and the Company taking time and caring about the preservation of these skills.
Spoiler: they lick the brushes.
I was all for it until the lady licked the brush hair
Death Omen especially if you use oil. I wouldn’t dare get my brushes close to my face.
Did you miss the part where they wash them afterwards??
@Death Omen Most painters actually do maintenance of their brushes after every use, which, among many other things, means washing and rinsing them properly every time.
And after that, on the precision ones, they usually redo the tip just like the lady in the video (you can do it with wet fingertips, but the result doesn't compare)...
For expensive brushes, I'd advice against skipping passages in the process, or skipping expensive brushes entirely and stick to synthetics... 😅😅😅
@@nimeryaspawnbrd1049 With natural hair makeup brushes, we use brush guards. That's goat and squirrel though. They make kolinsky makeup brushes, but I don't have any.
When
Every So expensive episode be like:
* Labour intense or Time consuming
* Unique
* and a great History
*
Very valuable teaching
Yeah right! And it makes so much sense, because time = money, labour = money, and the type of labour is unique because it has a long history that cannot be replicated and squeezed into a couple years of work by a competitor!
Not the red soul one
3:11 Imagine accidentally sneezing
Max Perry that has to have had happened before at least once :”Dd
I thought iphone was expensive
😂
There are many things expensive than iPhones 😂you must live in a small world
Cost $20 dollars to make a iPhone .. we as consumers put value on stuff that isn’t worth much
Watching from Huawei 😂😂
Pvblx 1 The screen costs 200$
Kolinsky sable brushes are AMAZING. I use the number two round when inking in traditional media, and when using watercolors and guoache. Holds SO much media, and if taken care of, conditioner, cleaned after every single session, they can last for a SUPER long time. 💜
I am a watercolor artist. I have 11 Kolinsky brushes. I have had most of them for 30+ years. They are the best brushes I have ever had. I treasure them.
son: dad, instead of continuing the legacy of brush making, I’m gonna be a doctor instead
dad: O_o
Imagine if someone passes away before passing down the knowledge- yikes
Oop.. Now that was dark.. 😅
I must know..
Around how much is their salary?
Google
20k a month
@@rises889 whaaaaaaatt??!!!
Andrei M really ???
@@rises889 it better be this or more bc they do an amazing and hard work...
just wow ❤️
One of my prize possessions is my #10 Windsor Newton Kolinsky watercolour brush. My second is the WN watercolour travelling case given to me by my teacher, filled with his favourite colours. NOBODY touches my #10.
When you die bury it with you in your casket, I mean I'd do that cause I know no one would take care of it like I would, so might as well take it with you lol🤷🏽♂️
@@l.d.m9560 nah maybe he'll give it away to someone worthy of it
Why do they have to hunt them, just shave the tail.
Ikr
Emin macit that isn’t how ecology works; it would be cruel to the animal. Risk of infection, frostbite, detection by predators, etc. Never forget that as a human you are HUGELY biased towards natural advantages.
Plus it would be super difficult to literally capture, shave the animal, and then let it free again..
So its just easier to kill it?
It’s a waste of an animals life just for some painting you decorate your house with ... (I’m a artist. Not a professional one tho. And I don’t think animals should be killed for a hobby)
I’m an illustrator and own many kolinsky sable watercolor brushes. They’re superb. I love seeing how they’re made. Thanks!
They had to kill an animal to make them, i dont know what so superb about that...
Hvbaxo Yeah I didn’t mention anything about weasels. Just the quality. And unless you live a perfectly saintly life where you NEVER EVER did anything wrong, don’t judge me and mind YOUR own business. Thank you kindly. Good day darling! 😁😘🖤✨
@@英二-y4v whats not wrong about killing a soul just for it hair, are u serious? Imagine someone killing you just because u have smth that they want but they can absolutely live without, how will that make you feel? and there is nothing humane about killing or hunting again if u want to take one for the team and let us know how humane it is then be my guest...animals are just like you but better at least they hunt for survival yall hunt to paint, all that pain to paint? Thats the dumbest shit ever
@@magnolia2 change ur twitter bio and then come talk to me, i can't believe animals die so u can illustrate spongebob lmao girl bye.
@@英二-y4v Yall got butthurt and started whining over a comment not me (the weasels still got it way worse) and i'm not trying to change her mind she can stay living in the stone age if she wishes...i will forever speak for those who have no voice and i'm never going to tone it down.
*When there's more thought in brushes than some actual art.*
😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is incredibly impressive
This is amazing. I would have never guessed something that came so simple to us would have this great of effort put into making them.
Fun fact
You aren't watching the video full screen
DESTINO
Nice.
How dare you call me put like this?
@•Little Miss Infinity• u 2000 iq
@destinolol telegram
I get that it’s cleaned but.....the thought of an animal’s tail fur in a mouth isn’t very pleasant..
It’s fine when boiled
I live with a constantly shedding dog. Every meal comes with a side of fur.
It might be, but it’s standard procedure even for artist. Saliva creates the sharpest point.
@@evilClive21 it’s not standard at all. never lick your paint brushes.
@@arnold2428 you might need to look more, lots of artists especially watercolor artists lick their brushes to maintain the shape before using it again
I know a man who is a self-taught sign painter. He trained himself to make the finest natural hair brushes bc he just couldnt afford a good one (like one in this video). Im just fascinated by his enthusiasm. Mean, just looking at how carefully he made the brush, he even show how different the ones he made with the affordable ones he bought, and i can see why is it so important! The strokes are so much better, allowing the artists to have more control with whatever he/she painting.
I didn't even know brushes can be that important 🙃
do you remember what kind of hair he used?
Brushes with blood on them. Killing animals sucks!!!!
Let's play Find The Rabid Vegan!
Better than using oil to make synthetic hairs, which will ruin the lives of animals now and for thousands of years to come. Typical vegan virtue signaler. These are the kinds of brushes that will last a lifetime.
@@bucca2 come on, plastic needs 500 yrs to degrade. My brushes are stable af . I can also say " it is not a good idea to get children, because alone their existence is harmful to our planet" . Go eat your parrot!
Alexey Shvetsov you’re talking about animal cruelty but not giving a damn about their environment? Plastic harms their habitat. If you gave enough crap about those animals then you wouldn’t even support plastic. 😒
@@Kyandiix96 alright, as if you would know how I am living my Life. First of all I own a few plastic things , it is hard too live plastic free as some aspects of our Life aren't possible without this material. One of my brushes has less plastic than a drink straw. R u using these? R u using cosmetics packaged in plastic, ladies pads or tampons( if you are a female)? coffee to go? Me not. I am buying food in non package stores in Berlin and at lokal markets organic all my Life. Even my toothpaste comes in glass! I use my brushes for more than 10 years almost every day!!
Only artist will understand why they need so many brushes and so many paints and so many art supplies like if you know what I'm talking about and if you're an artist yourself like me (lol I'm not an artist idk what I'm talking about here XD) or a person who do a lot of art
A good watercolor brush is key when painting. My own brushes are pretty okay, but a good brush is something that will change your paintings. It will retain a lot more water, and makes your pieces look good.
@@innuwu152 yep that true and sometime I got yelled at by my parents because I made them buy so many art supplies and they don't understand why 🤣
@Captain okay dude
you don’t always need a lot of art supplies to make good art, masterpieces can be made with only 5 colours of paint, a few decent brushes and a skilled and experienced artist! of course the quality of the art supplies matter, skills definitely matter more! A skilled artist can make something great with just children’s crayons but a beginner probably can’t do a lot with all the good art supplies in the world
@@chocobombs yes but a lot of people work with different art supplies and like me and other people we work with a lot of art supplies so that why we need a lot of them
I want these brushes and I don’t even paint 😭
You can paint :) just use your imagination :D
You'll just use them as makeup brushes smh.
No you don’t need one. Is an expensive brush really worth the pain of an animal? Nope. Not at all. I’d prefer a good quality synthetic brush that can pick up and execute products and acts like a real haired brush. It’s amazing what you can do with some creativity and innovation with creating brushes.
You can use them for acrylic nails if you're into that
I want these brushes even though watercolour is my worst medium
It is absolutely beautiful to see how something so basic can be made with such attention to detail.
These people are amazing and the tradition is fantastic.
No one's talking about weasels here.
I imagine after everything said in this video.
A Yuppie decides to buy a brush set costing $3000 for their 5 year old child.
In what the equivalent of using a Ming Dynasty porcelain Jar as a Urinal.
So...
Mohamed Salman
Roberto Allende WTF?
@@boballende So you're telling us your father was a republican.
Are you and the 50+ ppl who liked your comment high? Wth you talking about????
4:37 did she put it in her mouth
A BIG Thank you to Sandra - I have many of your name cards that comes with the certificate of authenticity in each one of the boxes that contains my beautiful W&N Series 7 Sable brushes, sizes from 1 to Size 8 (number 7 is my favourite brush as was Queen Victoria’s size 7 brush which I have seen at Osbourne House) so I am very pleased to see you here and thank you big time for providing me with the most fabulous range of sable brushes that give me the perfect strokes each and every times. I L❤️ve my series 7 brushes and get as much pleasure looking at them as I do using them. Your skills are a treasure you should be proud of as these brushes are beautifully made. Each brush holds a lot of water so that the paint lasts a long time before I need to re load the the brush and with one flick of the wrist the brush immediately comes to a beautiful fine point. I have had my set of Winsor and Newton Series 7 brushes for a couple of years now and they are still as good as new, I would use nothing else. I am proud to own brushes hand made by you. xx 🌹
Wait WHAT I GOT ONE OF THESE FOR FREE AT A THRIFT STORE ONCE I DIDNT KNOW THEY WERE EXPENSIVE
jazzy jay uhhhh I think they could be knock offs
they had me until they said that it was from an animal.))):
bruh
3:35 What this factory has is a “very particular set of skills”.
We will find you. And we will make brushes out of tiny hairs. 😐😂
It's amazing seeing a workforce like this, the experience, and time in service for this kind of product.
I love things that are expensive because of the craftmanship and skill of the makers.
these are basically the Stradivarius of watercolour brushes... amazing
Not really. These brushes have an actual physical difference on the way a paint is applied or used but Stradivarius violins actually have no physical quality on the sound (it was tested, this chanel also has a video about those violins). Stradivarius are more of a historical items valued mainly for the history and the lineage of highly skilled professionals that passed them from one to another.
That's craftmanship! I spent most of my ceramist life using your product and you made it so much easier because of your quality brush.
Can you make "why alcohol markers are so expensive"
Trollismi !¡ because of the alcohol
Probably old ladies licking the markers. 😉
The craft is amazing!... I'm always impressed how experience makes someone's hands almost perfect,,,
Handcrafts are the best,,, I hope one I could afford to appreciate different types of crafts
I want one, but I like weasels so no
Weasels aren’t endangered and are pests in some locales, I hunt and trap weasels from time to time, and those fuckers can be destructive as wild hog.
Exactly. Killed for some tail hairs so a human can paint
@@thegeneralissimo470 it's your fault for living in their home
@@ShadowRealmZ373 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
ShadowRealmZ If we're going there, then you better move from your home so that those animals whom lived there before you get the shelter
Poor animals that die for these brushes.
Harvest Moon it’s already mentioned that they’re hunted sustainably. Maybe it’s from the old or ill sables
@@TryinaD Regardless, if synthetics come close or simply get the job done, it's a shame they die for the sake of making these brushes.
Harvest Moon princeton makes synthetic brushes that are almost at the same caliber as hog. Although i would say, if you’ve tried sable brushes, its is very hard to find anything like it.
Many populations of animals need culled from time to time to benefit the ecosystem. Maybe it isn't the case that it's necessary, but alternative and synthetic materials have consequences as well. The only way to make sure no one gets hurt from anything is to never do anything and just shrivel up and die.
@@EhurtAfy sure. ok.
300$ for an animal tail. It would be better you practice your art rather than acting fancy.
I don't paint but this makes me wanna buy just to support the craft
Steve Austin gift them to a friend that works with watercolors if you have one :D
For miniature painting, these are some of my favourites. I do have some synthetics but they just don't have the same snap and flow of sable.
Yeah I mainly use synthetic for my models but for characters and higher detail models I get the not synthetic brushes out and it’s just so much better
‘Each has got 27 years of experience in average?!’ .... someone should review the writing. Great video though!
Why...? What's wrong with that sentence?
@@MistressKatari Why would *each* of them have 27 years of experience in average? It's either 27 years or not
@@charimara4705 that's why it's an average. On average they have 27 years of experience each. That doesn't mean each has 27 years of experience, one might have 20 and another 34, but that's still an average of 27 years each.
Also it's on average, not in average.
There's nothing wrong with that sentence
The brushes look so soft
Plot-twist: the brushes are wizard wands in disguise
What's sustainable about trapping a clever beautiful animal for its tail hair. How does this figure into the no hunting/trophy/ fox hunt ect. policies the royal family has been adopting recently.
only hunting a small period of the year, sustainable does not mean its nice to the animals, just makes sure there still more later.
Whoever says this is a waste of money is honestly wrong any artist can tell you cheap brushes usually go used twice and after that they are useless
My dad gave me his No. 7 brush, Queen Victoria’s favorite, that he’d had for over 20 years and it still works amazingly compared to the synthetic brushes I used to use that barely lasts a few months.
Anyone had the urge to sneeze when watching the separation of the lengths of hairs!? 😂😅
Is This Part of the reason why Modern Art is So Expensive
NO!!!
Money Laundering is why modern art is so expensive. How much cost goes into a Banana Duct Taped to a Canvas? Apparently it is worth $120,000 to $150,000 and it's shelf life is only a few weeks 🤣
No
There's a big difference between valuing art for skill and valuing art for its concept. That's what I learned studying art in uni. Unfortunately concept is where contemporary art tends to make more money but I'd rather be appreciated for my skills
The Nine Brushmakers seems so much cooler now than the Nine from the Lord of the Rings. I'm so blown away why their abilities and dedication
Ha! Thanks for the giggle this morning!
I full heartedly agree... these ladies are WAY cooler than the LOTR 9. 😆❤️
It seems like a lot of weasels would have to be killed just for the fur on their tail? I have found synthetic brushes that work great for my painting without killing an animal.
Can't they just catch the weasel, sedate it, and then shave off the fur?
Surely the fur will grow back.
@kill me why not just keep it indoors instead of just killing it, and the weasels will prefer being cold then being dead.
1. Shaving them and releasing them into the wild would give them a risk of hypothermia because they live in the tundra.
2. They cannot be kept in captivity because they are not biologically suited for it, which is why zebras have not been domesticated.
3. This brush is literally the best in the world. They’ve tried synthetic hairs and hairs from different animals, but due to the structure of a sable’s scaled hair, nothing compared.
Nice advertisement, I am not convinced that modern day science can't replicate the quality of natural hair of the animal. Its all gimmick tbh!
Synthetic hairs don't hold on to as much liquid since the surface doesn't contain deep pores. This is a well known property of synthetic bristles. Some people prefer synthetic hairs in travel shaving brushes since they dry so quickly compared to their natural
counterparts.
@@zoravar.k7904 Thank you for the information. But then they can take the hair and leave the animal to the natural habitant. Killing just for the tail hair is not fair for nature and animals.
@@watchesonly Most small creatures need to be culled to maintain a healthy ecosystem (especially for winter foraging) since we have destroyed their predators. Don't know about the weasel specifically, but I guess it falls under this category.
I came to post an angry comment, and I leave with a profound respect for the craftsmanship of these artisans. My only concern are the poor sables, I hope they stop hunting them for their furr. I'm not an angry vegan, I just feel compassion for all the creatures we share this world with.
It was all magical until I heard the bristles come from hunted dead animals.
They’re hunted ethically though.
Phew. Ethically killing animals makes it alright. Thanks for clarifying.
@Isha Biswas bruh idk maybe the price point means not that many need to be killed but i have no idea.
We've been killing animals for ages for food and fur, but now it's not ok to hunt animals for their fur to make brushes. These brushes need to be high quality so they'll have to use the highest quality materials. There's not much harm in killing a few animals for fur. They are brutally hunted to exitinction, so you know, let them make their brushes.
@Isha Biswas If it is unethical, why don't you just not eat meat? You don't actually need meat to survive.
I wish that more companies had this level of skill, care and attention to detail.
These weasels are hunted sustainably 🙄 humans are so creepy