Fire and Ice
The evening featured works of fire art, including the Pyrograph, by Earl Stirling. Like a fiery version of the Exploratorium’s classic Drawing Board exhibit, Pyrograph lets you swing a pendulum across a sandy, flaming cauldron and trace out oscillating patterns in fire. Burning sculptures, flaming experiments, and other sizzling delights rounded out the high-temperature portion of the evening. At the opposite end of the thermometer, award-winning ice sculptor David Fong carved a 300-pound block of ice into a frosty work of art as visitors watched. And our insulation demonstration showed how to ward off the chill of winter. Hovering between these extremes was Fog Pool, an artwork by Charles Sowers, with swirling, turbulent clouds that visitors could touch. Fire and Ice also offered special exhibit demonstrations and floorwalks that delved into temperature extremes.