Silly Putty

Silly Putty • this painting is sold

Silly Putty was invented by James Wright of General Elecric when he dropped boric acid into silicone oil. He was looking for a substitute for artificial rubber. GE supplied the newly discovered dilatant compound to researchers around the world. None found a use for it, but they all loved playing with it.

In 1943, Dr. Earl Warrick left the Mellon Institute of industrial Research to join the newly formed Dow Corning Corporation. His research was refocused: help the war effort by developing a synthetic rubber substitute. Although he failed to produce a suitable rubber before the end of the war, one result of his experiments was a silicone bouncing putty.

The product was then commercialized by Peter Hodgson in 1949 after the marketing expert attended an informal "nutty putty" party where chemists were playing with the substance after hours. Renamed "Silly Putty" because of its main ingredient, Silicone, the product was a smash hit.

A tip of the hat to Charles Schultz for the 'Peanuts' cartoon that I included with this painting. I love 'Charlie Brown'.... and all of the 'Vince Guaraldi' compositions. Thank You so much!!!

If you would like to purchase this 6" x 6" oil painting on stretched canvas, please email me. This painting is priced at $100.00 plus s/h.
info@annelizabethschlegel.com

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