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This set of pages has been designed with the end-user in mind, and is intended to impart information - clearly, quickly, and with few impediments.

Statements of intent and guarantees:
Although I can provide everything anyone might need to produce high-quality metalpoint drawings, and at prices which I sincerely believe are the most reasonable one might find anywhere, "Do-it-yourself"-ers are encouraged to look at the "Alternatives" section - I am an artist providing a service, not a capitialist trying to "get rich quick." (well, maybe.) There are other supplies providers "out there" - you are welcome to examine their offerings and make your choice. You can also make your own instruments and grounds - for those who have more time than money (beginning students, generally), look at the "alternatives" section after you have gone through the "workshop", then go forth and do battle armed with knowledge.

Materials and supplies which I provide are unconditionally guaranteed - return undamaged items to me postpaid within 30 days, and I will refund the purchase price, no questions asked. Unused portions of expendable materials (grounds, pigments, sizes and the like) will be prorated by weight. (Ground which is determined to have been "cooked", i.e., heated above the recommended temperatures, will not be accepted for return. Ground which has been left in the noonday sun for two weeks and smells like western Pennsylvania roadkill should be discarded in an appropriate fashion - if it isn't your fault, contact me and we'll talk)) Resources obtained from others through links on this site are the responsibility of those others; contact them directly.

Artists working in the medium are encouraged to contact me for inclusion in the "Galleries" section of this site; there are no obligations or purchase requirements whatsoever, and I will gladly provide a link to galleries which represent your work. But also keep in mind that I accept no responsibility for accuracy, active links, image quality, load time, or anything else for which I am not being specifically compensated - but I promise to do my best.

Questions and/or comments may be directed to me as well, but first check the "FAQs" - in the five years I have been putting information out on the 'Web, someone else may already have asked. For your information, a few people I have assisted over the years have also developed sites on the Internet and are marketing materials and supplies. I wish them well, and encourage all to visit them also; together we will revive the medium! - and besides, competition in general is a good thing. (But I draw the line at linking to my competitors...!)

The Internet changes constantly - please report any "bad links" so I can keep this site current. Enjoy your visit!

--James M. Glenn, MFA, MLS

Preferred contact is via the Silverpoint Web Contact Form.

About James Glenn

James M. Glenn is an award-winning* practicing artist with an MFA from Ohio University (1985), and an academic reference librarian (MLS, SUNY Albany, 1990). He has worked at several major institutions of higher education, including the University of Florida in the Architecture and Fine Arts Library, at Syracuse University (User Education Librarian), and as the web site designer for the Libraries at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He currently resides in a quiet little town in the rolling hills of western Pennsylvania

James has a great deal of interest in doing things himself, including digging out information on archaic artistic practices and then using them to create his artwork. The photo to the right shows James in his "testing facility" trying out yet another ground formula. In his spare time (hah!) he works on his aging 1985 BMW 535i which always seems to need yet another expensive German-made part, takes his children to the museums, bookstores and other cultural attractions of Pittsburgh, or works in his garden.