Brushes, Brushes, Brushes...

Today "the" brush maker came and demoed the way he makes brushes for us. It's all hand done. Brush making has been the family business for something like 4 generations in his family, and he's been doing it for 50 years. So, I'd say he knew what he was doing. He made a few chicken-foot brushes, the kind that are used to fill in blue and white decoration.

The big vase I'm decorating is coming along slowly. I should be able to finish the outline tomorrow. Thursday the girl that has been giving me lessons will be back to hopefully teach me how to fill in the lines with the chicken foot brush! Then, it will be ready to glaze and fire which could possibly happen this weekend or early next week.