What's New? Featured Artist Pages Order Page NKE Page Davlins Stores

Scope System Guide Price Guide Kaleidoscope Resources Scope F.A.Q.'s Brewster Society

What's New
December 02, 2007
(Newest items appear at the top.)
 

Our Scope System Guide page now has a linked list at the top of the page to enable you to quickly find a particular mirror system/object cell combination. This page is also updated with every new scope that we add to an individual artist's page, so it's another great place to scope out what's new!

If you're a true connoisseur of the kaleidoscope image, you won't want to miss our new article, It's All in the Image, on some of the talented scope makers who hide incredible images behind subtle exteriors.

I've actually put up some new images and scopes on the Imagine the Image Game on the Games Page! I know, I know, it's been a while. But we have so many new scopes that I just had to update it!

TEACHERS AND STUDENTS:  See our F.A.Q.'s page (Frequently Asked Questions) for information on how scope and mirror systems work, and our Resources page for books on making your own scopes. NOTE:  We do not have any more information than you see on the F.A.Q.'s page or our Resources page.

BEGINNING ARTISTS:  See our Resources page for books and suppliers. NOTE:  We do not have any more information than you see on the Resources page.

Previously New (but still relevant) Items!

Visit our new DavlinsWoods Events page to find out what's happening at our stores!

If you're in the mood for a little fun, try out our new Scope Artist Crossword Puzzle. There's a Java version and a printable version!

Interested in photographing the interiors of your scopes? We've added a page under the heading of Scope Photography F.A.Q.'s to address all of your questions in this area. Not that we'll be able to answer them all, mind you. But we've included an excerpt from an article by Dave Moser and a few tips of our own on taking digital scope photographs to help you along as best we can. (It should be obvious, though, from some of the fuzzy photos on this site that we don't know everything about Scope Photography...yet!)

We've created a page that shows some of the Limited Editions which are available to us. Now as the name implies, these scopes will be available for a limited time only, but we hope to keep adding new Editions as artists introduce them. We're thrilled to show these incredible works. Take a look!

I recently found an excellent article in an old Brewster Society Newsletter written by Judith Paul. She is an art conservator by profession, in addition to being a scope collector and artist, so she gives a few insights into all these fields in "Modern Kaleidoscopes -- Collecting and Investing." We've reprinted the article with permission as part of our F.A.Q.'s area.

Want to turn a picture of your kids into some kaleidoscopic wallpaper for your computer? A new shareware program called Silicon Mirror (free download, $21.00 registration fee) can turn any digital image into a 4-, 6-, 8-, or 12-point image tile. You can then use the tile as a picture in its own right, or tile it across your screen or web page as wallpaper. In the sample above I used a picture of Judith Paul's Vegetarian Scope (far left in the scope photo) as my starting point. Then I made a 6-point tile from the part of the photo that features a bright red tomato. (Other tiles made from this same photo: Veggie-12 pt, 'Spring Romance' Flowers.)

If you know what you want to see on the INSIDE of a scope visit our new Scope System Guide. It breaks down our selection into Two- and Three-Mirror scopes, Oil-Filled or Free-Fall Cells, etc. Of course, there are plenty of image pictures, too!

Our Price Guide has now been extended to include a list of scopes in the $150.00 - $200.00 range (For all you big spenders out there!)

Our Game Page has a new offering for all you scope addicts out there. Can you guess all the artists whose scope images are featured on the front of Cozy Baker's new book, Kaleidoscopes, Wonders of Wonder? Unfortunately, we do not employ Dick Clark or Ed McMahon, so your prize options (if you guess them all correctly) are limited to our hearty congratulations on a job well done, and, uh...that's about it. But we're sure you'll be able to impress all your friends and neighbors in the scope community, though!

Are you an artist who'd like to show some scopes in our stores? Your best bet is to enter some in our National Kaleidoscope Exhibit in August. We'll take entries right up until the end of July! (We would like them sooner, however, so we can promote you!) Go to our new Artist Info Page for more details and an Entry Form.

Looking for a scope in a certain price range? Our new Price Guide gives you a helping hand, listing most of our scopes by price, with links to the artist pages.

For our latest ideas on taking pictures of the images inside of a scope, visit our F.A.Q.'s page.

I'd like to ORDER a scope!
(You will be routed to our secure server on our Davlinswoods web site.)

Back to Home Page

Kaleidoscopes of America
Your access to the largest selection of scopes in the world.