The Best Brushes Are the Ones You Make Yourself

Wanting to get away from manufactured perfection, artist Wang Mansheng makes his own paint brushes.

Manufactured things are, you know, have a certain form. Like a manufactured brush; they’re all really fine. The factory trying to make as fine as they could, but when you use it, all the lines come out smooth and beautiful. But sometimes, I think it’s too perfect, because I really love the rough surface of a rock or the big tree trunk.

Wang’s work is currently on display at The Huntington near LA in San Marino, CA.

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