.mt6 .hm3 .h1Grayson Enterprises Ltd. Reprint Rights .h2Page # 1,231 words MIRROR MAGIC THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS Written by June Grayson Photographed by Richard Grayson Ar yo tire o readin abou famil violence street crime worl terrorism and universa chaos D yo year for som semblanc o orde i disorderl world The conside th kaleidoscope. Th kaleidoscop i mirrore tub tha let th ligh shin through B thi simpl ac i create suc beautifu gemetri design fro an jumbl o mundan object tha eve th mos jade adul ma gas wit delight Smal wonde tha committe kaleidoscop collector attac a almos mystica significanc t thes fleetin glimpse o heave i fracture world. Davi Brewster Scottis scientis esteeme fo hi researc o polarize light accidentall invente th kaleidoscop i 1816 thu precipitatin th firs wav o mirro madness. Withi fe months aggressiv entrepreneur sol hundred o thousand o kaleidoscope throughou Europe On magazin reporte i 1818 "I th memor o man n inventio an n work whethe addresse t th imaginatio o t th understanding eve produce suc a effect universa mani fo th instrumen seize al classes fro th lowes t th highest fro th mos ignoran t th mos learned an ever perso no onl felt bu expresse th feeling tha ne pleasur ha bee adde t thei existence." Throughou th Victoria Age th kaleidoscop provide parlo entertainmen fo th whol family. Wit th adven o radi an television suc parlo fancie disappeared Scope wer forgotte excep a child' Christma stockin stuffer. 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 o th kaleidoscop i 1982. No ther ar almos 10 designer workin ful-tim t suppl th millio scope sol annuall i th Unite States Th SMITHSONIA MUSEU conclude mont-lon exhibitio o kaleidoscope i January 1987 I an on perso ca b considere th inspiratio o th presen renaissance tha perso i Coz Baker write an phiosophe fro Maryland Althoug sh onl bega t collec kaleidoscope i 1983 sh i alread considere a internationa authority I 198 sh di al o th following 1 sh wrot an publishe th firs boo o kaleidoscopes THROUG TH KALEIDOSCOPE sinc Brewste publishe hi origina thesi i 1816 2 sh arrange th firs majo America exhibitio o kaleidoscope i Maryland an 3 sh founde TH BREWSTE SOCIET fo designers collectors an lover o kaleidoscopes No sh write an publishe th society' quarterl newsletter Sh als seek t establis museu i a ol bar nea Washington D.C. a permanen hom fo he extensiv scop collection. "Yo can' loo throug kaleidoscop withou smiling, Coz says "I i jus impossibl t frown." Th scientifi principle b whic th kaleidoscop work ar simple Th image ar forme b two three o fou incline mirror tha creat th reflection o reflections Th mirror ar enclose i tub tha ha a eyepiec a on en an a objec bo containin colore glas o othe trinket a th othe end Th numbe o image produce depend o th numbe o mirror and th angles betwee them 9 degre angl produce fou images 6 degre angl si images an 4 degre angl eigh image an s on Th excitemen i i ho differen designer var th material an techniques usin wood metal plastics an textiles. Th bes scope us "firs-surface mirror wher th silverin i o th to surfac o th glas rathe tha o th botto a i chea mirrors Thi make th image unbelievabl cris an brillian a compare wit thos i child' inexpensiv scope Som designer us glyceri o oi i th objec bo wit th bit o glas o marbles makin th object rol seductivel fro on desig t another. Som objec boxe contai preciou gem o valuabl antiqu staine glass Other scope hav a objec bo t whic yo ca ad you ow whimsies eve pape clip an rubbe band creat breathtakin designs Som scope ar package wit severa interchangeabl objec boxes Th kaleidoscop ha eve gon hig-tech creatin soun-activate design wit polarize light Th "teleidoscope" als know a th "thalmoscope" dispense wit a objec bo altogethe an use len o crysta spher t thro image o th environmen o th mirrors Us i a wan t creat you ow magic Caroly Bennett o C Bennet SCOPES i typica o designer workin today Bennet wa traine a painte an taugh hig schoo ar classe whol designin kaleidoscope i he fre time No sh own he ow compan employin seve people Sh produce 50,00 scope yea t servic he 1,50 nationwid accounts He scope rang i pric fro $1 t $500 Sh als produce custo scope ordere a promotiona device fo bi business Sh recentl di on fo CB t promot Cind Laupe record Sh mad th 3 scope tha wer gift t Russia dinitarie o stat visi t Pennsylvania Th cas wa red white an yellow bearin th words Partner fo Peac an displaye th America eagl an th Russia hammer sickle an star sh clien commissione on-o--kin scop wit th words "Carol wil yo marr me? i th objec box "H sai i worked, Bennet reports. Chicag ha tw store tha carr extensiv kaleidoscop co#lections. Th Mindscop Galler l Evansto sol ou it entir suppl o scope a Christma an ha ordere mor fo Valentine' Da an Easte gifts Accordin t Carri Betly o th Fabril Gallery Chicago th qualit o th material th optics mirrors lenses an housin distinguishe grea scop fro mediocr scope "W ordere ou firs scope fo Father Da las yea an sol ou severa doze immediately W als sol man fo Christma gifts Wome d th mos buyin bu me ar gettin the a gifts." Betly says " lov t watc peopl a the reac t th beaut whe the firs loo int th scope The al sa "My ha on o thes whe wa kid. An the n matte ho tire o sa the firs seemed the becom youn an happ agai righ befor you eyes." #######  (Fo Sidebar) MOR LIGH O TH SUBJECT T examin o bu collecto scopes visi th Mindscop Galler i Evansto o th Fabril Gallery Nort Michiga Avenue Chicago T sho you childre th WAL-I KALEIDOSCOPE visi th Museu o Scienc an Industry. Bu th book THROUG TH KALEIDOSCOPE a th Fabril o Mindscop Gallery O orde i throug th Brewste Society. Joi TH BREWSTE SOCIET b writin t 10 Sever Avenue Suit 605 Annapolis M 21403. Fo direction t mak simpl kaleidoscope rea MOTHE EART NEWS November December 1983 pag 8-81 T orde you ow on-o--kind custo-mad scope (allo - weeks) writ o cal C Bennet SCOPES Inc. 10 Eas Ol Stat Road Media PA 19063 21-56-3532 I yo g t Sa Francisco se th kaleidoscop displa a th Ligh Oper Gallery Ghiradell Square. T orde mai orde catalo o kaleidoscopes writ th Ligh Oper Gallery Ghiradell Square SF. #######