.mt6 .hm3 .h1Grayson Enterprises Ltd. Reprint Rights .h2Page # 1,116 words CUSTO-MAD KALEIDOSCOPES Writte b Jun Grayson I yo wan t giv presen tha wil b remembere lon afte th part i over giv custo-mad kaleidoscop b Caroly Bennett Bennet i painte an forme hig schoo ar teache turne scop artist "Adult lov kaleidoscopes, Bennet says "Mayb i i becaus whe the loo throug scopes i take the bac t th wonder o thei childhood o mayb i i jus th deligh o bein abl t mak constantl changin designs Adult ar buyin mor o m scope fo themselve tha fo thei children. He kaleidoscope rang fro tin $15.0 "magi wands t gian wal-i kaleidoscop fo children' pla park Sh ha approximatel 2 design o productio scope an als make limite edition o contemporar sculptura scope wit th hig tec loo whic ar sol i ar gallerie an craft shops On o he mos popula model i th on-o--kin custo scope As fo messag i i an sh call i "kaleidogram" kaleidoscop i mirrore tub tha let th ligh shin throug a objec cas a on end Tur th tub o th cas an creat constantl changin an breathtakingl beautifu design fro an jumbl o mundan objects Smal wonde tha committe kaleidoscop collector attac a almos mystica significanc t thes fleetin glimpse o a ordere univers i fracture world Davi Brewster Scottis scientis esteeme fo hi researc o polarize light accidentall invente th firs kaleidoscop i 1816 thu precipitatin th firs wav o mirro mania Withi fe months eage entrepreneur sol thousand o scope throughou Europe Scope continue t flouris a parlo entertainmen durin th Victoria ag onl t languis wit th adven o radi an television Th resurrectio o th kaleidoscop bega wit th America hom craf movemen o th 1960 an 1970s Talente artist starte thei ow cottag industrie an sol thei scop interpretation a craf fair an fle markets Perhap onl fiv t te crafter coul suppor themselve thi wa unti th SMITHSONIA MAGAZIN publishe a articl i 198 abou th scop resurgence No ther ar mor tha 5 seriou artist workin ful tim t suppl th fiv millio scope sol annually i th Unite States Bennet wa on o th firs craftperson t tur t ful tim busines te year ago Sh starte b makin scope b han i he livin roo a night No sh ha ne corporat headquarter i Media Philadelphi suburb wher sh designs manufactures an ship 50,00 scope yearl t he 1,50 worldwid accounts Eve thoug sh ha hi th bi time sh stil revel i comin u wit ne idea fo he custo scopes Ca| he an describ you need an sh wil com u wit th perfec variatio fo an occasion He favorit stor concern th sh suito wh wa afrai t po th question " mad scop tha di i fo him, Bennet explains " use romanti pape o th outsid o th tube Th objec cas hel pin hearts whit pearls an th word Carol wil yo marr me H tol m tha i worked. 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