Steve Gray Kaleidoscopes makes objects that reward slow looking. A kaleidoscope is both an optical instrument and a piece of sculptural craft; when made by hand from mixed media and exotic materials it becomes an individual artwork. This article explains what we make, why our pieces are intentionally unique, how…
One antique kaleidoscope sold for close to $75,000 at auction. That is not the kind of number that comes up in conversations about novelty items. It is the kind of number that tells you something is going on in this market that most people are not paying attention to. The…
There is a decision every serious collector eventually has to make: do you display a kaleidoscope as something to be picked up and used, or do you mount it and let it stand on its own as an object? It sounds straightforward, but the choice has more implications than it…
