Rosemary & Co. Kolinsky Sable Brushes

Well, I’m a total traditional art convert. I hate being tethered to my computer now; it’s so freeing to once again be able to do my work anywhere it might strike my fancy. My new obsession is buying art supplies. Sweet, sweet art supplies.

I just bought a bunch of Kolinsky Sables from Rosemary & Co. A friend of mine, Kiel West, introduced me to Rosemary’s brushes. She’s a woman in England who hand-makes all her brushes at a fraction of the cost of other manufacturers. Manufacturers who seem to have an inverse quality to price ratio of late – I’m looking at you, Windsor & Newton.

This will be my first order. I can’t recommend them from personal experience yet. She comes so highly recommended, and with prices so affordable, it’s hard not to get excited. Just look at how much brush I got for so little dough:

1 x Series 22. Pure Kolinsky Designer. Size: 1 = $6.41
3 x Series 22. Pure Kolinsky Designer. Size: 2 = $20.91
3 x Series 22. Pure Kolinsky Designer. Size: 3 = $25.28
1 x Series 22. Pure Kolinsky Designer. Size: 4 = $9.80

1 x Series 33. Pure Kolinsky Sable. Size: 1 = $4.58
3 x Series 33. Pure Kolinsky Sable. Size: 2 = $14.14
3 x Series 33. Pure Kolinsky Sable. Size: 3 = $15.87
1 x Series 33. Pure Kolinsky Sable. Size: 4 = $5.82

1 x Bamboo Brush Roll. = $7.36

Sub-Total: $110.17
Shipping to the USA: $8.48
Total: $118.65

$118 for 16 Kolinsky brushes with shipping. Wowee. Unless these are the single most atypically useless Kolinsky Sable brushes ever made, that’s a miniscule amount of money.