Unison pastels are the creation of artist John Hersey. From a converted coach house in Northumberland, England, John and a small band of artisans lovingly make Unison pastels by hand, cutting no corners. They make small batches of 100 to 200 pastels at a time and each stick is hand-rolled and allowed to air dry. This produces a soft pastel which embraces the tooth of your drawing paper and leaves great results. There is a richness, a smoothness and an intensity that is unique to Unison.
John Hersey developed Unison's colour scheme in unified cycles of 18 colours. He observed from nature that a single colour takes on endless variations of hue depending on the quality of light that strikes it. After 15 years of experimentation, his pastels reflect the true nature of colour.
Colours: Red 12, Red 10, Red 9, Red 8, Red 7, Red 13, Red 16, Red 17, Red 18, Red Earth 7, Red Earth 8, Red Earth 10, Red Earth 11, Red Earth 12, Blue Earth 30, Blue Earth 28, Blue Earth 26, Blue Earth 25, Yellow 12, Yellow 10, Yellow 8, Yellow 7, Yellow 1, Yellow Green Earth 11, Yellow Green Earth 9, Yellow Green Earth 8, Yellow Green Earth 7, Green 12, Green 9, Green 8, Green 1, Additional 43, Blue Green Earth 11, Blue Green Earth 9, Blue Green Earth 8, Blue Green Earth 7, Blue Green 12, Blue Green 11, Blue Green 9, Blue Green 8, Blue Green 7, Blue Violet 12, Blue Violet 11, Blue Violet 10, Blue Violet 9, Blue Green 18, Blue Green 17, Blue Green 15, Blue Green 12, Additional 49, Additional 50, Additional 51, Additional 52, Additiional 54, Grey 30, Grey 32, Grey 34, Grey 35, Grey 36, Additional 53, Blue Violet 8, Blue Violet 7, Grey 28.
Sticks vary slightly due to the hand-making process.
