Bruce and Linda, 

YES! Rosemary and Co brushes are wonderful! I was introduced to them by a botanical illustrator in BEnd, OR, Jeanne Debons who "makes" you use them in her workshops. You quickly become an addict for them, and I ordered some really tiny detail brushes, series 55? I'm not recalling right now. They are really very economical and her website does let you get US prices and they come very quickly and are well worth the (short) wait, which I think was maybe 10 days.

I heartily recommend them as being better than even more recent series 7 ones...

Barbara



Date:    Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:22:17 -0500
From:    Bruce Bartrug <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Watercolor brushes


Linda,

You might look at Rosemary & Co:  http://www.rosemaryandco.com/  .
Rosemary rolls her own, so to speak, and gets good reviews.  Her prices are
reasonable.  I haven't ordered anything from her yet (my day job is taking
105% of my time lately) but was planning on doing so today.  It's snowing
and I have a day off -- thank whoever.

Look at Rosemary's Kolinsky sable series 55, which are flat one-strokes.
Her 3/4 inch size sells for Sterling51.  She also has red sable flats and
one strokes for about 2/3 the price of Kolinsky.  Here's her website:
http://www.rosemaryandco.com/ , and she also supplies a printed catalog one
can mull, and drool, over at leisure.

I once repaired a loose feral by making three grooves in the wooden handle
around the circumference of the ferrule.  I used a V-groove wood gouge to
do so -- don't try this with an Exacto knife unless you have a crush on
someone in your local emergency room :).  Then I pushed very small
finishing nails into the grooves and sealed the back of the ferrule with --
I think -- rubber cement. Or an epoxy sealant with similar properties, I
forget.  Still works.

Best of luck,
b
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On Dec 28, 2012, at 1:01 AM, SCIART-L automatic digest system wrote:

> 
> Date:    Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:22:17 -0500
> From:    Bruce Bartrug <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Watercolor brushes
> 
> Linda,
> 
> You might look at Rosemary & Co:  http://www.rosemaryandco.com/  .
> Rosemary rolls her own, so to speak, and gets good reviews.  Her prices are
> reasonable.  I haven't ordered anything from her yet (my day job is taking
> 105% of my time lately) but was planning on doing so today.  It's snowing
> and I have a day off -- thank whoever.
> 
> Look at Rosemary's Kolinsky sable series 55, which are flat one-strokes.
> Her 3/4 inch size sells for Sterling51.  She also has red sable flats and
> one strokes for about 2/3 the price of Kolinsky.  Here's her website:
> http://www.rosemaryandco.com/ , and she also supplies a printed catalog one
> can mull, and drool, over at leisure.
> 
> I once repaired a loose feral by making three grooves in the wooden handle
> around the circumference of the ferrule.  I used a V-groove wood gouge to
> do so -- don't try this with an Exacto knife unless you have a crush on
> someone in your local emergency room :).  Then I pushed very small
> finishing nails into the grooves and sealed the back of the ferrule with --
> I think -- rubber cement. Or an epoxy sealant with similar properties, I
> forget.  Still works.
> 
> Best of luck,
> b

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