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watercolor brushes, research initiative
The best and most expensive watercolor brushes are claimed by their manufacturers and sellers to be made from the tail hairs of a male kolinsky, mustela sibirica, collected during the Siberian winter....
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Kolinsky watercolor brushes: visit to American Museum of Natural History
the drawers with Kolinksy skins what's in the drawers the one I choose to examine Here's his tag. Male, collected in winter, 2-11-1930 (80 years ago this coming February) in Siberia north west of North...
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origin of term “KOLINSKY”
I’ve been puzzled about the term “Kolinsky” used in the brush and fur coat industry for the Siberian Weasel, Mustela siberica. At first I thought that it had been invented to find a more acceptable...
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Alternatives to Kolinsky brushes
But is there a decent alternative to Kolinsky brushes? There is a tendency for the fur business to make up names for fur, and in the US there are very strict laws preventing this. In the US all fur...
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