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Handmade kaleidoscopes that open tiny portals into dreamlike mini universes

Boing Boing·Popkin·24 days ago
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Jirik V/shutterstock.com Budderscopes is the creative world of artist Kaleb Weber, who makes handmade kaleidoscopes built from glass, mirrors, and found materials. Look through one, and color and shape break apart into endlessly changing patterns — each scope a different mini-universe. The handmade quality makes them addictive to peer into, because no two views are alike. Weber's slow videos show light moving through the scopes as if you're looking directly through one yourself. Shapes bloom, dissolve, and return in new forms. I've found a great new way to procrastinate. This page is one I know I'll return to whenever I need a calming distraction. These are the most stunning kaleidoscopes I've seen, and I wish I could look into them in person. Previously: Why does Cincinnati's Smale Park have kaleidoscopes aimed at flowers?…

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