Ancient art: How to make a feather paintbrush

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

[@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid]

Love this idea. Simple and brilliant!

[@bashkillszombies]

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.

[@BardsWorld]

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[@Makete100]

Excellent. Thank you. I will keep watching as you put up more teachings.

[@fehryn7369]

The tip could be trimmed to a point if desired

[@yourboxbuddy7554]

Thank you so much needed this for a school assignment!

[@joannseno7505]

This is awesome!

[@feegritapan9680]

wow this is so cool!!!!! thank you!

[@c3cinema678]

How do you care for these?

[@nseight]

Lovely * :-)

[@johnguilf9697]

I'd bye that 4a dollar😅 gr8😅

[@bashkillszombies]

Waste of a good feather, most of that could be used for fletching!

[@Tony-Blake]

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.

[@Lo_likes_snow]

It's not a waste if you're using the feather to make a paintbrush it's like saying to a baker who just baked a loaf of bread "oh such a waste of good flour you could've made biscuits! "