Galaxy - Northstar
Details
NS152 Galaxy is the first collaborative effort between Northstar Glass & Trautman Art Glass to produce a new color in rod. This color was formulated from the iconic NS125 Jet Black base along with the amazing sparkle from the Trautman Stardust family. Very durable & easy to use with a beautiful balance of dense black and heavy sparkle. Safe for encasement, though not recommended for millefiori or deep encasement. Use an oxidizing flame to prevent any gray streaks caused from reductive environment.
Ratings & Reviews
71 reviews
Love it
by Moge -
Super easy to work with a killer sparkle
The best black!!
by Kamp Glass
My favorite black. Really workable and gives a cool sparkle too it as bonus.
Stardust we are
by Erik Anders
Galaxy is a great black with a stardust type sparkle. I use it a ton in vac stacks without any issues.
New favorite
by Justin -
Buttery smooth sparkle
Fabulous color
by Travis
Northstar Galaxy is my new favorite backing color for pendants. Melts like butter and doesn't reduce easily and looks great.
Black but better
by Kross Glass
The perfect black sparkle color
Awesome color
by Theglassturner
One of my favorite colors! Melts buttery and smooth. Use higher oxy to avoid blue haze/streaks
Galaxy
by Kylou.glass
Love galaxy, why use black when you can use sparkle black?
One of my favorites
by Phil
A great color for backing marbles and pendants. The sparkle goes great with silver fume. Easy to work too.
So much sparkling!!!
by Jen
I LOVE this color!!! Who doesn’t love sparkles?
Forever Glass
by Steve Klein
After using one time this became a forever glass for the arsenal. Works so smooth and of course it sparkles ✨️
<br>LOVE IT
Get a couple pounds at least
by John -
My go to backer for marbles. Really helps the dichro pop!
No more stardust over black for me 😂
by senOiH
Stable black with sparkles for many different applications. Holds some of its density when thinned out and I have been able to implode it with no issues! Part of my permanent pallet now.
Easy to work and sparkly!
by Burgerboyglass
This is a staple in my arsenal. Hands down my most favorite black and it’s sparkly! For such a dense color it works like butter… or a taffy lol.
this is an amazing color
by BlackDragonIronandglass
Absolutly amazing to work with easy melt in and encasing and looks amazing under bright light with the sparkle!
Buttery sparkles
by Joseph
What’s not to love about this buttery goodness of sparkles!
Black with sparkles my favorite!
by C Williams -
Galaxy is my favorite black, plus it has sparkles. You can’t beat it for using in marbles or to get a dense black with some shimmer in your next piece
Incredible black
by GlassCreatedByJessi
This is my absolute favorite black! I love how even pulled down into stringers stays black and sparkly!
Can’t go wrong!!
by Keith
My favorite color for marble backers!
Great for almost any application
by Dane
I will use galaxy in place of black for almost anything unless I want a pure black. Also looks amazing when backing pendants or marbles.
It's so good!!!
by Joey -
One of my all time favorites! Looks like black w/crushed opal when used in an oxidizing flame, but has some really cool fumey/spacey effects when reduced or encased in clear!
Good black
by Jodi
Galaxy black is a nice, dark, sparkly, easy to work black, that holds a crisp equator line when used to back marbles.
Sparkles up any situation
by Flowstate
Great color, easy to work as long as you keep the oxygen up. Sparkles up any situation.
Awesome color
by 7ftglass
Love this color! Works really easily and nice and buttery for being sparkly. Also encased pretty well if it’s not too deep!
Ideal colour
by Glenn
Such an ideal colour! It will go slight blue-grey if you really overwork it and reduce it, but even then it still looks good. I use stacks of Jet black and I'm switching to this as that little extra sparkle just adds to anything I'm making