Blue
Dreams is
a very Victorian parlor/handheld kaleidoscope (it is light
enough to be hand held, but it can be viewed as a parlor
as well). It is my way of traveling back in time to when
as a little boy. I used to spend hours during my lazy summer
afternoons at my maternal grandmothers home, cruising through
the objects on her bedroom chest of drawers. I was fascinated
by her cut glass blue powder box with the matching eau de
perfume bottle and jewelry box.
The kaleidoscope is made using
2 cut glass oil lamp fonts that I decorated with Swarovski
crystal and mounted together. The mirror system is 2 mirrors
with 8 point mandala and the cell contains Swarovski crystal,
semi-precious stones, and lamp worked Murano glass.
6" long
by 8.5" tall
by 5" wide.
It is an edition of 40. |
