Kolinsky sable
Encyclopedia
A Kolinsky sable
-hair brush (also known as red sable or sable hair brush) is a fine artist
s' paintbrush.
The hair is obtained from the tail of the kolinsky
(Mustela sibirica), a species of weasel
rather than an actual sable
; The finest brushes are made from the male hair only, but most brushes have a mix of about 60/40 male-to-female hair. Kolinsky bristles tend to be pale red in colour with darker tips. The weasel is not an animal that is raised well in captivity, and is generally isolated to the geographical region of Siberia. Due to this difficulty in harvesting the hair, and the fact that other natural and artificial bristles are not comparable in quality, makes these bristles extremely valuable and consequently expensive. Those who use the kolinsky sable brush claim it has superior strength, slenderness, and resilience when compared with other sable brushes.
The finest Kolinsky Sables are usually used in Watercolor brushes. Lesser grades of Kolinsky Sables are also frequently used in oil painting, and sometimes for glazing in acrylics.
Due to their exceptional ability to be finely shaped, kolinsky sable brushes are highly priced in the dental ceramics
industry, where they are used to hand-tint the ceramic appliances for a realistic appearance.
Siberian Weasel
The Siberian weasel , also known as the Kolonok, is a medium-sized species of weasel native to Asia. It is classed as Least Concern for extinction by the IUCN, due to its wide distribution and presumably large numbers....
-hair brush (also known as red sable or sable hair brush) is a fine artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
s' paintbrush.
The hair is obtained from the tail of the kolinsky
Siberian Weasel
The Siberian weasel , also known as the Kolonok, is a medium-sized species of weasel native to Asia. It is classed as Least Concern for extinction by the IUCN, due to its wide distribution and presumably large numbers....
(Mustela sibirica), a species of weasel
Weasel
Weasels are mammals forming the genus Mustela of the Mustelidae family. They are small, active predators, long and slender with short legs....
rather than an actual sable
Sable
The sable is a species of marten which inhabits forest environments, primarily in Russia from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, in northern Mongolia and China and on Hokkaidō in Japan. Its range in the wild originally extended through European Russia to Poland and Scandinavia...
; The finest brushes are made from the male hair only, but most brushes have a mix of about 60/40 male-to-female hair. Kolinsky bristles tend to be pale red in colour with darker tips. The weasel is not an animal that is raised well in captivity, and is generally isolated to the geographical region of Siberia. Due to this difficulty in harvesting the hair, and the fact that other natural and artificial bristles are not comparable in quality, makes these bristles extremely valuable and consequently expensive. Those who use the kolinsky sable brush claim it has superior strength, slenderness, and resilience when compared with other sable brushes.
The finest Kolinsky Sables are usually used in Watercolor brushes. Lesser grades of Kolinsky Sables are also frequently used in oil painting, and sometimes for glazing in acrylics.
Due to their exceptional ability to be finely shaped, kolinsky sable brushes are highly priced in the dental ceramics
Dental porcelain
Dental porcelain is a porcelain used by a dental technician to create biocompatible lifelike crowns, bridges, and veneers for the patient...
industry, where they are used to hand-tint the ceramic appliances for a realistic appearance.