#first day of winter
Happy Winter Solstice ❄️ I’ve had the idea for this drawing for forever and was finally able to turn it into a fully-fledged illustration! I’ll also be doing a behind-the-scenes look at this drawing, though that may go up after Christmas :,)
We’re commemorating the first day of winter with this frosty aspersorium. There are two ways to achieve this effect. The first method calls for a parison of hot glass to be plunged into cold water and withdrawn quickly. The thermal shock creates fissures in the surface, and these impart a frosted appearance after the parison has been reheated to allow the forming process to continue. In the second method, chips of colorless glass, picked up on a gather (a gob of molten glass) as it is rolled across a flat surface, fuse to the bubble as it is reheated. Ice glass was first made in 16th-century Venice, where it was often blown into a mold and decorated with colored trails.
Aspersorium, Venice, Italy, 1600-1699. 2000.3.5.
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Happy first day of winter!
Across the country America’s public lands are being transformed into winter wonderlands. The days may be colder and shorter, but they are still full of adventure. We hope you find time to explore!
Photo of Yosemite National Park by Jason Hoffmann (sharetheexperience.org). Photo description: A tall waterfall cascades off a steep cliff. The tall stone cliff is surrounded by misty fog and snow.
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