Product Details
'Pacioli' is a stunning COLLECTORS parlor kaleidoscope by British/American artists Marc & Susan Tickle. 'Pacioli' was named after the great renaissance teacher of sacred geometry and accounting. The sides of this scope are hand-cut single piece glass over the artist's own hand-painted abstract art in stunning, shimmery, alcohol ink. The outside of the scope is highlighted with slumped dichroic glass window panels allowing extra light to illuminate the turning, black-backed, oil-filled, domed glass object cell. The object cell contains Marc's handmade lampwork glass pieces, millefiori bits, kiln formed dichroic glass pieces, and other interesting items.
The internal image is a combination of two past award-winning Tickle kaleidoscopes; 'Fibonacci' and 'Eye of the Soul'. Central to the image this scope creates is a three-dimensional elliptical shape of dichroic (color shifting) glass, and an 'Eye of the Soul' image, only "hovering" and repeating, which creates an incredible feeling of depth, and a spectacular kaleidoscopic mandala tops each of these repeating elliptical shapes. These repeating shapes are infinite (as in his 'Fibonacci' scope) and extending away from the viewer, to the sides, and even beyond them in every direction in a perfectly symmetrical form. Additionally, by moving a light source around the dichroic glass panels, you will see the entire imagery shift and change colors, without having to turn the object cell. Some of the internal photos in this listing show this fun little way to play with this kaleidoscope. This is a limited edition of only 15 made and at 25 years old it's a fantastic piece any collector would be proud to own. Measures approximately 11.25"T x 13.5"D x 4.5"W, object cell is 3" Diameter. Dated ('01), titled (Pacioli), numbered (13/15), and signed (M+S Tickle) by the artists.
Note: The viewing lens is smooth, curved glass and the internal imagery is quite large so taking completely "full-view" photos was a challenge. While your eyes can see the entire view of the gorgeous infinite imagery this scope produces, the camera can't curve it's view and these photos only show portions of the spectacular workings inside. The LAST set of 4 internal photos show how NOT turning the object cell but instead moving the light source will greatly change the kaleidoscopic imagery you see, like magic.
