This post is for Ann, who recalled the anodysed tumblers that her mum made the family use "when we wanted our Kool-Aid al fresco".
Anodizing, or anodising, is an electrolytic passivation process used to increase the thickness and density of the natural oxide layer on the surface of metal parts.
Well, so says Wikipedia.
But that doesn't go anywhere near explaining the romance and nostalgia that comes from owning andoysed aluminium kitchenalia. For those of us who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, this was the epitome of chic, style and practicality.
Perhaps someone will feel the same way about 1980s acrylic glasses, but somehow, we don't think so.
Coming in a rainbow of colours, these mugs are the very promise of spring and summer picnics and everyone had 'their' favourite. For Nora's it's lavender.
This set spend the bulk of its life in the glovebox of Nora's grandad's car, just in the right place for an impromptu Sunday drive down to the Northern New South Wales beach town of Hastings Point.
2 comments:
I remember those anodysed tumblers when we were kids. My favorite was a deep blue. I wonder what happened to them...
BTW here via Caz and her Avatar Briefs.
Hi Cube,
Thank you for visiting.
It's the question Nick and I ask a lot - 'whatever happened to'.
Like a lot common household objects, we recognise them at the time for their utility but it's only much later that we appreciate their aesthetic.
-- Nora
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