We have a lot of snow in Vermont, so thought this was a good week to introduce one of our own- Wilson A. Bentley, better known as “Snowflake” Bentley.
A farmer by trade, Bentley lived his entire life in Jericho VT. While some of his prints of snowflakes are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, his pioneering work in photomicrography, showed that no two snowflakes are alike.
What magic is there in the rule of six that compels the snowflake to conform so rigidly to its laws? Here is a gem bestrewn realm of nature possessing the charm of mystery, of the unknown, sure richly to reward the investigator. For something over a quarter of a century I have been studying it and the work has proved to be wonderfully fascinating, for each favorable snowfall, during all these years has brought things that were new and beautiful to my hand. I have never yet found a time when I could entertain an idea of relinquishing it. During the time that I have carried on the work, I have secured sixteen hundred photo-micrographs of snow crystals alone, and no two are alike. Is there room for enthusiasm here? Doubtless these pictures serve to represent with some fairness almost every type and variety of snow that occurs in nature, but they show scarcely an infinitesimal fraction of the individual variation of form and interior design among the countless myriads of crystals comprising each type. Snow Beauties by Wilson A. Bentley https://snowflakebentley.com/snow-beauties
Watch the following video to learn more about him.
Study snowflake prints made by Bentley.
Make your own Snowflake Bentley Prints inspired by Mary Azarian
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