![[Update 3 bundle 1.jpg]] Looking at tools and the paraphernalia of production also made me want to include some of the crafts that form part of the wider industry associated with ceramics. Liao Liao, a local artist and educator, who is part of the team for this project, suggested we visit a small, family run workshop, where brushes continue to be made entirely by hand - and from where she buys many of her brushes, given their quality and durability. Over the course of two visits I managed to take several hundred shots of the team at work. This update includes a few examples. ![[Update 3 desk 1.jpg]] --- Where I might stick on some music whilst working at the computer, here the constantly charged phone provides the opportunity to stream a historical drama, or such like. I didn't ask what was happening on screen... ![[Update 3 desk 2.jpg]] --- What we did discuss however, was the strange wall of hanging wires and suspended bricks. The latter provides the weight that, over time, steadily tightens the knot which holds brush hairs together inside a handle. Apparently, leaving these hanging over several days or weeks has always been the most effective way to secure the tightest knot. ![[Update 3 hanging.jpg]] --- For Liao Liao, these are some of the best brushes she can find to work with. And it was not a conversation that I ever expected to have: discussing the pros and cons of different animal hairs and why one is better suited to one style of brush over another. I need to go back and check my notes, but if I remember correctly, some of these here are weasel and rabbit hair. ![[Update 3 hairs 1.jpg]] ![[Update 3 hairs 4.jpg]] ![[Update 3 hairs 3.jpg]] --- ![[Update 3 trimming.jpg]] ![[Update 3 brush bundle.jpg]] ![[Update 3 final pot of brushes.jpg]] ___ Tim Singapore | 14-02 [[Update 2]] | [[Update 4]]