What function do kaleidoscopes serve?

Kaleidoscopes are so awesome! Traditional devices are fun to play with, very interesting visually. I have a collection of kaleidoscopes. Now that we have digital kaleidoscopes in the form of filters on a phone or iPad, these have amazing potential for creating art. read more

A kaleidoscope is an optical instrument with two or more reflecting surfaces tilted to each other in an angle, so that one or more (parts of) objects on one end of the mirrors are seen as a regular symmetrical pattern when viewed from the other end, due to repeated reflection. read more

The kaleidoscope described in this section is a simple version, and many of the materials are not itemized in detail. As the sections above suggest, the choice available to budding kaleidoscope designers is almost without limits; and, although some kaleidoscopes (especially toys) are mass-produced, the"manufacturing" of a kaleidoscope is creative and artistic. read more