March 1, 2010 marks the 60th anniversary of Silly Putty's debut!
It was an accident... In 1943, James Wright (a Scottish engineer for General Electric) combined boric acid and silicone in an attempt to make synthetic rubber. When marketing consultant Peter Hodgson saw it, he purchased the idea and packaged 1 ounce clumps of it in plastic eggs.
A writer for The New Yorker bought some in a bookstore and wrote a short article about it. Within three days Hodgson received 125,000 orders for Silly Putty!
In 2001, Silly Putty was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame.
I bought a couple newspapers today thinking I'd use the Silly Putty on one of the images from a March 1 news story. Unfortunately, most of the interesting photos seemed to be in color and the Silly Putty didn't pick it up very well.
SO! I drew my self-portrait today in pencil, picked it up with Silly Putty and asked Rick to hold it for a test shot. I took some photos of myself holding the putty, but decided I liked the test shot best. And...well, it's still a self-portrait, right?I drew myself AND took the photo! OH! AND you can see me in the reflection in Rick's ring. Sweet. :D
Go get some Silly Putty. It's fun! And cheap!
It was an accident... In 1943, James Wright (a Scottish engineer for General Electric) combined boric acid and silicone in an attempt to make synthetic rubber. When marketing consultant Peter Hodgson saw it, he purchased the idea and packaged 1 ounce clumps of it in plastic eggs.
A writer for The New Yorker bought some in a bookstore and wrote a short article about it. Within three days Hodgson received 125,000 orders for Silly Putty!
In 2001, Silly Putty was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame.
I bought a couple newspapers today thinking I'd use the Silly Putty on one of the images from a March 1 news story. Unfortunately, most of the interesting photos seemed to be in color and the Silly Putty didn't pick it up very well.
SO! I drew my self-portrait today in pencil, picked it up with Silly Putty and asked Rick to hold it for a test shot. I took some photos of myself holding the putty, but decided I liked the test shot best. And...well, it's still a self-portrait, right?I drew myself AND took the photo! OH! AND you can see me in the reflection in Rick's ring. Sweet. :D
Go get some Silly Putty. It's fun! And cheap!
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