Milon Townsend

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Using Northstar Frit and Powder

        'Using Northstar Frit and Powder' is the second in the series of five videotapes featuring glass artist Milon Townsend. Here we find out about some of the health and saftey issues important to the artist using frit and powder; how to make and sort your own frit; making cane with different frit and powder effects; how to create a solid sphere with different layers of colored frit; and several sculptural applications for frit and powder pickups.

Interspersed with interviews with the artist, a new feature of this tape is the images of finished pieces, illustrating some of the ways that the artist can incorporate these techniques into his or her artwork.

This series of tapes has been created as a partnership between Milon Townsend's Blue Moon Press, Glassworks Video Productions, and Northstar Glassworks, and is a tribute to the fruit of teamwork and collaboration. Once again, Northstar Glassworks visibly demonstrates their commitment to quality educational materials that are designed to serve the interests of the artists working in borosilicate glass today.