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March 31, 2008
Boiled Black Bristles
While wandering around a sculptor’s workshop in Norfolk I found this most excellent box, which had come from China, many moons ago by the look of it.
The Boiled Black Bristles had long gone to barbers' brushes in Bristol, only the old worn box remained with a story to tell, though of course, being from China, no-one could understand a word of it.
The workshop belongs to one William Fairbank, sculptor and woodworker.
He built the studio and the house himself, with fantastic attention to detail and all too often forgotten building techniques.
He had a novel way of stacking his fire wood too.
Posted by john at March 31, 2008 10:34 AM