Also called boot in Korean, is made of hair or fur of animals: fur of
sheep, rabbit, and weasel. Rarely is made brush of human mustache. Main
body of a brush is usually made of thin bamboo which has hard hollow stem.
Occasionally the body part is made of gold, silver, or ivory.
Multiple of multiple pieces of Asian brush resembles of a flower bud.
It may be seen as petals in a flower that covers a stigma and other
reproducing organs. When absorbed in enough ink, it forms an oval-like
figure of a flower as though a flower fully blossom.
The Asian brush is designed in an oval-like figure to help the middle
part of brush hair absorb enough of ink and evenly spread out ink on
paper. As tip of a brush goes in the middle of every blot and stroke,
it spreads out ink in even density throughout blots and strokes on paper.
This marks a clear distinction from the way western painting uses brush.
Asian or Chinese paper is very absorbent made from mulberry tree.
Made of stone, crystal, gold, silver, or jade, it usually weighs enough
to keep balance when rubbed down by ink stick.
Our forefather of calligraphy produced ink stick using glue and soot
from burned pine tree. However, this has been a rare scene today. Due
to commercial benefit, carbon black or gasoline is most commonly used
to produce ink stick.
Referred from:
Principle of Calligraphy at www.naruart.co.kr
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