The Brush-offs came about as a result of the inevitable pile of ruined paint brushes after years of home renovations.  Soaking them in lacquer thinner and then forgetting about them caused all the bristles to fall out completely.  Since I never seem to be able to throw anything away, I decided I could do something creative with them, so I made pieces of art depicting useless paint brushes.  It was so much fun I made 8 of them, and have 8 more planned.