Making Xuan brushes is a lot of hard work and does not make much money: there are over 200 steps in the process of making a Xuan brush and all the steps have to be done by hand. Because of this, very few young people would like to learn this skill now. Master Xu has been making Xuan Brushes since 1976 and has made over one million brushes since then. He is very proud of making brushes because the brushes facilitate people’s creativity and have been used by so many artists to produce so much artwork. Like all chinese brushes, Xuan brushes feature a fine point and a thick middle section which holds ink and allows master artists to produce a wide variety of strokes and textures from the same brush. Xuan brushes are recorded in history since at least 23BC and were sent as tribute to the imperial courts since the Tang dynasty. They are called Xuan because they are made in Xuan Cheng, the same area as Xuan paper, so naturally the two are often mentioned and used together. Xuan brushes (宣笔 Xuān bǐ) are one of the most famous Chinese brush types used for both Calligraphy and Chinese painting. What is a Xuan Brush? Brushes in use at studio of Wang Hui
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