Ryszard Baryliński has learned brush-making from his father and grandfather, and to this day ensures that the family tradition of hand-crafted, natural brushes lives on in his little Warsaw shop.
Of his craft, he says: there is this comeback of things manufactured from natural materials, objects that are crafted by hand, and when people come to me they often need a sort of set of instructions for using a whisk or a shaving brush. Because often, they did not have the opportunity to observe how to use a shaving brush at home – young men have a problem with this – and then it’s necessary to explain to them why one would use a soft or a hard brush, what the habits are, or how to use brushes for dry massage. And that in turn is knowledge that I gain from other people.
Address: Poznańska 26, Warsaw