About Mount Vision Pastels
Mount Vision Pastel Company was started in 2000 in the small upstate New York village of Mount Vision at what used to be the General Store, Gas Station, Barber, and Funeral Home. Today, you can find us in Tampa, Florida, creating the pastels you know and love that has only expanded in color and value since 2000.
Mixing and Extruding
Mixing and Extruding:
We use a small restaurant mixer to mix our pigments with a methyl cellulose binder mixed with Florida rainwater to the consistency of a cookie dough.
Using a small sausage stuffer we extrude the pastels on to boards which then go out in the sunshine to dry a little before they are cut and rolled to size.
After being rolled they go back out in the sun to dry.