GOLDSMITH KALEIDOSCOPE 9\" ART DECO DICHROIC & IRID. STAINED GLASS, 2 AXLES,DISKS For Sale

This is a beautiful handmade dichroic and iridescent art deco/art nouveau kiln fused stained glass kaleidoscope, designed and made by us, Lawrence and Audrey Goldsmith.

To create the kaleidoscope\'s decorative fused glass top piece, we cut pieces of dichroic stained glass, engraved many of them with a hand held engraving tool, and kiln fused them onto black fusible glass at approximately 1400 degrees. It was then annealed (slowly cooled in the kiln) for many hours.

The \"slumped glass\" black piece on the bottom with the signature and date has been carefully formed by being cut by us and then kiln fused in multiple stages at approximately 1400 degrees over a prepared form that we made. We then soldered the kiln fused top piece and 2 pieces of iridescent stained glassto the black stained glass bottom.We used non-lead solder for your safety and ours.

The kaleidoscope is signed and dated on the bottom. Our kaleidoscopes are original and no two are exactly the same. It does not need a stand as it sits on the edge of the bottom piece and on the 2 disks.

It is approximately 9 inches long counting the disks. The sides are approximately 1 1/4 inches wide.

It has 2 solid brass axles and 2 kiln fused glass disks with many pieces of transparent stained glass and dichroic pieces. The disks spin independently. It has three excellent quality front surface mirrors inside and clear glass ends to keep out dust.

We are a husband and wife team working together in glass and separately on individual art pieces for over 40 years and our work is found in galleries, museum shops and gift shops. We have made kaleidoscopes since the 1980\'s when our kaleidoscopes were selected by the governor of Ohio as gifts for all the U.S. governors at the National Governors\' Conference. We are members of Ohio Designer Craftsmen. Over the years, our work has been purchased by individuals throughout the United States and many foreign countries, and has been featured in museum shops, galleries, charity sales and used as corporate gifts.

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