At Brush Spirit, our philosophy is about combining natural materials into top quality unique goods that will last a lifetime.

Why?

My whole current thing got started when I got into Chinese brush painting. It was such a colossal pain to find quality brushes with just the right blend of chaotic natural fur quality, and control to make precise strokes.

It took way too much work to find a good brush, because most brushes are machine made to do a middling job and then crumble to dust.

This experience was such miserable suffering, like piloting a shuffling zombie without potential or perseverance.

The revelation came when I bought a particularly high end brush with natural fur, blended to the perfect consistency to get the lines I was looking for. I spent more on that brush than I had on any of the synthetic sets I had fiddled with prior, but the results were more than worth it.

I got into craft accessories by seeing a huge quality void in the up-scale fashion business which sucks for people and it especially sucks for the environment.

By using quality authentic natural materials, it encourages long-term use, maximizes value for local hunters and fishers, and keeps crusty crumbly microplastics out of circulation.

The Hand-Made Difference

What actually makes a hand-made thing all that much better? Depends entirely on the hands making it. I personally make every item entirely by myself in my windowless basement. I select materials out of second hand & antique purchases, or quality commercial purchases with CITES compliant retailers.

Every item is hand stitched in all structurally relevant areas, making them highly durable and easily repairable with simple saddle stitching.

If your item ever needs repair, I do repair. The goal is to set you up with a thing you can enjoy for life.

When future archeologists dig you up they’ll probably think you were some mysterious esoteric royalty with all the cool stuff you had.