Indoor patterns

You know I love my teleidoscopes.

Teleidoscopic salad

I've used a teleidoscope to generate a wide range of subtle geometric patterns... which was a great way to learn that my friends don't really like subtle geometric patterns.  (Haha!)  For my friends who like conventional postcard topics (sunsets, tropical flowers, famous landmarks), these images are a bit busy AND too abstract for them.  So I'll just post them here.

Teleidoscope 3

From the imaginary series, Images Made in My Living Room while Working From Home with Bronchitis.

Teleidoscope 2

The lace leaves show well in this image, with the sun shining through both layers of curtains...

Teleidoscope 1

This was produced opticially, rather than by software; it is a teleidoscopic image of light shining through a curtain, with the ball lens placed up against the weave of the fabric.

Kaleidoscopes are popular with children and artists, and contain colorful objects that create patterns inside the device; teleidoscopes are outward looking, and mirror a snippet of the real world within three mirrors.  The teleidoscope was patented in the 1970s, and isn't as common as much older and more established kaleidoscopes, but interest me from a pattern-making point of view.  Also, working with a ball lens is novel...

I found my toy teleidoscope!

I found my toy teleidoscope!

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