Glass Scopes

"Mesmer-Rising" is a handheld kaleidoscope by Marc Tickle. The body is glass over hand-painted art paper, it has a non-turning, oil-filled, side-lit object chamber that includes lampworked glass, with a black background. This scope is a 2-mirror syst…

"Lower Antelope Canyon" is a glass kaleidoscope sculpture by Allison Borgschulte. The design for this scope was inspired by Allison's trip to Arizona, where she toured the Lower Antelope Canyon in Page, AZ. This piece displays a look reminicent of th…

"Silent Night in Silver" is a handheld kaleidoscope by Chikako Ishida.  This scope body is clear glass over a textured silver-tone wrap.  This scope has a non-turning, side-lit, fluid-filled object cell with a black background.  This s…

"Silent Night in Blue" is a handheld kaleidoscope by Chikako Ishida.  This scope body is blue glass with decorative soldering and it has a non-turning, side-lit, fluid-filled object cell with a black background.  This scope has a 2-mirror..…

"Kimono" kaleidoscopes are made by Yasuko Nakazato using upcycled, traditional Kimono fabrics. They are non-turning and oil-filled, come in either 2 or 3 mirror systems. The dichroic glass pieces in the cell are vibrant and correlate with the colors.…

"Purple Haze" is a parlor kaleidoscope by Sue Rioux. The body was created with textured dichroic stained glass, decorative blue glass ros, and a blue dichroic glass base. This scope has three different mirror systems, a 2-mirrror, a 3-mirror and a...

"Crystal Flower" is a stained glass, double parlor kaleidoscope sculpture by Yasuko Nakazato. This scope has an 8"L x 1-6/8" in diameter turning, 1/2 dry and 1/2 oil-filled, object cylinder that contains beautiful, handmade lampworked glass. There ar…

"Birds of Summer" is an increadible parlor kaleidoscope by Sue Rioux. The scope body features birds on a blue stained glass background with tree branches and leaves, all four side show stained glass art. Blue glass rods and decorative soldering embel…

"Frozen" is a handheld kaleidoscope by artist, Sue Rioux. The body is made of is clear, textured, iridescent stained glass, with two decorative clear glass rods. The oil-filled, turning object barrel contains beads and glass pieces in shades of blue …

"Echo's Reply" is a handheld kaleidoscope by Sue Rioux. The body is made of stained glass which contains both 2-mirror and 3-mirror systems. There is a colorful turning object barrel which features glass and dichoric glass pieces. Measures approximat…

"World in a Tube" is a handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chikako Ishida. It is a wonderfully simple design in acrylic that comes with an acrylic stand.  There is a visible, tapered, 3-mirror system that captures light refelcted from dichr…

"Parlor" by Marc Tickle is a beautiful kaleidoscope with an oil-filled, turning, object cylinder containing lampworked glass, dichroic glass, millefiori, beads and other glittery objects. This scope comes in either a 2-mirror or 3-mirror system, both…