Handmade Stained Glass

About kaleidoscopes

Did you have a kaleidoscope when you were young? If you did it was most likely made from plastic, cardboard or tin and was a very simple 3 mirror system with some bits of plastic in a rotating chamber at the end. simple but very effective.
Although the modern kaleidoscope was invented by Sir David Brewster [...]

Ornate stained glass kaleidoscope

Here’s my latest kaleidoscope in very attractive green wispy glass. It has a tapered three mirror system hence the overall shape, it is decorated with glass nuggets and decorative soldering. It sits on a small stand again decorated with glass nuggets and decorative soldering. It makes me think of something Jules Vernes Captain Nemo might [...]

Latest stained glass kaleidoscope

Here’s my latest kaleidoscope made using the copper foil stained glass technique. It’s very ornate, it’s a two mirror system. It’s approx 10 inches long.

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