Most people remember the kaleidoscope as a childhood novelty, as something you’d pick up at a gift shop, spin a few times, and forget about. But the history behind it is a lot more interesting than that, and the question of what it’s made from turns out to matter more…
The range of prices in the artisan kaleidoscope market surprises most people when they first encounter it. Fine handcrafted pieces start around $300 and the upper end of the market runs well into the thousands, with historically significant examples at auction achieving prices that put them firmly in the company…
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…
