scope

I found this scope in a Good Will store in California about twenty years ago. Its called Odyssey and was made in 1979 by a company called Magnif. It used oil and colored water for effect enclosed in a plastic cap. The reflectors were chrome plated tin. The oil and water had dried up over the years and the reflectors had turned to rust. I restored the scope by removing the old parts and continued with a good cleaning. I added new front silvered mirrors. I pressed flowers from my Mothers garden between two rounds, soldered and glued in place and wallah a new scope!. Came out quit nice.

I love to make these stained glass scopes. They look much like all the other artists who make them except for the objects added to the front of the scope. This one has flowers pressed between two rounds for effect. You can use almost anything thing you can think of as long as it reflects light.

This is the first scope I made from a kit I ordered from a stained glass book. I tried to pattern after another artists work. It has a lot of flaws in it but works fine. The two wheels of beads and cut glass keep you looking for the same pattern, but you will never find it!.

This scope is what I call a "Mini Wheel". Its made from parts I have found here and there. The mirrors are held by a four inch window shade rod and a hole drilled in the cap to hold a lens from a old toy microscope. The wheel is a mason jar ring cut down to fit a round of clear glass and beads held together with clear epoxy, and all attached to a piece of wood from an old trophy base.

This piece was made by Kelly Swauger. I think this was her first real artistic endeavor with stained glass. It shows up nice as a night light, good choice of colors

I call this item "Nuke Preacher". Its kind a like a ghost of nuclear forces suspended in a polished prism, saying "if you let me out I shall take over the world" and of coarse I would spare your life.

Bobs and Beads. I took a class on East India jewelry to see if I could make this type of art. This is the only piece I made and it took me forever. Just casting the brass took me three months. Its about two by two square inlaid with thirty jewels and two rolls of bells.

This is a Mini glass unit I made for my mother who by the way has love for art and kaleidoscopes is at the top of the list or at least right up there with crocheting. I had fun making this piece. Of coarse all the good stuff is inside including the four front plated mirrors. At the time of this photo I had made just one wheel but added another latter.

I made this "Star of David" 30 years ago. It just seems to go where ever I go. As you can tell, its one of my firstpieces. No parting with this one.