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croak goes the weasel
07/03/2007 10:34:54 / happy
Here at the Midland Reporter-Telegram, we believe in only the best for our readers.
Or, at least intrepid Craig Campbell, of the paper's creative services department, does.
Campbell, a Big Spring native, sauntered into the lifestyle office today, a well-executed and multi-colored painting in his hand.
It turns out that he painted it with a supernatural (or nearly so) brush.
With the air of Bruce Campbell picking up his shotgun in "Army of Darkness," Craig Campbell intrepidly nibbled the end of the legendary paint-spreader.
"It's a Kolinsky sable brush -- number ten," he said, twirling the end in his mouth.
"It comes from a rat. Or a possum. Or a wolverine or something."
The mythical brush is no longer produced, he explained. And nothing can rival its sleek, aerodynamic shape. Or the hairs that come from ... what again?
"A weasel," says the Internet. "From the tail, where there are fewer hairs to choose from."
Undaunted,Campbell says he will soldier on with the brush he bought half off -- for TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
"It's God's gift to watercolor brushes," he said.
Check out the MRT's lifestyle section in late July for a gander at the painting that weasels, and Craig, built.
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