Amber Light

The surprise of spun sugar heros an unmistakable caramel glow.
Silken strands, frozen into stiff formations mirror sculptures of ambiguous shaped birds' nests, domes or cupped bowls. But why not delight in the unexpected by creating shapes that correspond to the holidays or seasonal events.

The recent snowfall inspired my amber creation! Boiling sugar and Karo began quite a production, and soon I was drizzling molten sugar into distinctive shapes of a variety of snowflakes. Challenged by its quick return to rock-hard glass, working as the confection cooled was an amazing obstacle. Shimmering blond tendrils stretched glaciated from the pan to parchment paper. (“Expect a messy kitchen.” should be written in the fine print!)

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Syrup's sweet mystery is beholden only to nature. Sap crystallized overtime within the trunks of trees is amber-esque and acts as a time capsule mummifying insects from ages ago.




Amazingly, amber is fossilized tree resin and was minded for its gemstone qualities since Neolithic times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber

A larger than life jewel box was the gift from Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm I to Russia's Peter the Great, when amber walls were given to form the 11 ft. chamber in what is dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World". The Amber Room in Saint Petersburg once boasted an entire room made of the gemstone.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/world-history/brief_amber.html


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