A precious mirror, wedged between two acrylic blocks.  14 pictures, always arranged in pairs, merge in the mirror and allow you to experience a wealth of new images.  This fragile object (placed on a desk, for example) should be uniformly lit.  

Mirror: 50% reflection and 50% transmission 100 x 150 x 1 mm; acrylic glass:  100 x 150 x 20 mm; 7 pairs of pictures, printed on both sides in offset

Design: Hans Knuchel

Mirage consists of two parabolic mirrors.  Place an object in the lower bowl and its real image will appear above the opening of the upper bowl.

Dimensions: Ø 220 mm, focus 78 mm, height 76 mm
Dimensions: Ø 55 cm --> on request

Plexiglass prism 90 °

Dimensions: 7 cm

Glass prism
Art. 120.19

CHF 26.00        each

Dimensions:  length 50mm, edge 25 mm
Supplied without a stand

When the sun shines on a prism, the light is broken.  On the opposite wall, you will see a segment of a rainbow, moving through the room in the opposite direction to the sun.  If you hold the prism close to your eyes, coloured rims will appear at every change from light to dark.

Dimensions:  length 50 mm, edge 15 mm
Dimensions:  length 100 mm, edge 28 mm
Includes wooden stand

When the sun shines on a prism, the light is broken.  On the opposite wall, you will see a segment of a rainbow, moving through the room in the opposite direction to the sun.  If you hold the prism close to your eyes, coloured rims will appear at every change from light to dark.

Dimensions:  length 50 mm, edge 15 mm
Dimensions:  length 100 mm, edge 28 mm
Includes wooden stand

Prism in acrylic glass with a synthetic base Dimensions:  length 10 cm, edge 4.2 cm

Glass pyramid
Art. 64.05

CHF 25.00        each

Dimensions: height 40 mm

Rainbow Glasses
Art. 157.38

CHF 5.00        each

With these glasses you can see a rainbow in any weather.
 

Masse: Höhe 40 mm

Pentakis is a three-sided mirror kaleidoscope – a simple but ingeniously formed sheet of metal. Incident light creates a twelve-rayed Kepler star and opens up an astonishing optical microcosm.

Dimensions: 11 cm
Design:  Caspar Schwabe

Gyrowheel
(Spiral top)
Art. 157.70

CHF 18.00        each

Create optical illusions by rotating the discs.

Dimensions: 15 cm

Optical colour blender
Art. 03.07

CHF 53.00        each 

à  Tops

Op-Tric Set
Art. 03.105

CHF 92.00           set

à Tops

The eye sees, the mind thinks – black and white is not always black and white.  Rotate the top and observe it carefully.  Five tops on a black board. 

Dimensions: board: 24,5 x 6 x 5 cm
Design: Heiko Hillig; „Original Naef“

The electricity generated by the  Rainbow Maker’s solar cells powers a visible motor.  Its motion turns a genuine Swarowski crystal which magics beautiful rainbow patterns onto the walls and ceiling.  Easy to mount on a window.

Dimensions:  height 14.5 cm

Jules is unique in that it combines a cylindrical mirror and a polarisation effect.  This results in a colour swirl with delicate variations which evoke certain works of art from the 70s.  A favourite with artists and graphic designers.

Dimensions:  Ø 33 mm, length 145 mm

Discrete is made of coated. brass and has a turning chamber.

Dimensions: Ø 25 mm, length 125 mm

Kaleidoscope “The World  Around Us” 
Art. 280.04

CHF 125.00        each

A kaleidoscope can produce an infinite number of artistic images.  Even the smallest movement is sufficient to transform the beautiful mirror image into a new composition of light, shape and colour.  Derived from the Greek kalos = beautiful,  eidos = image, skopein = to  look it should really be called the viewer of beautiful images.

Dimensions:  length 13 cm, Ø 1.5 cm
Material: coated brass

Kaleidoscope Pierre
Art. 280.06

CHF 480.00      each

The “table models“ have a particular turning device, rest on a wooden cradle and are presented in a blue case.

 Dimensions: length 240 mm, Ø 42mm

Thaumascope
Art. 122.15

CHF 58.00        each

The idea of a thaumascope had already been considered by Brewster.  The underlying principle is to replace the individual elements forming an image with an optical system which reflects the surroundings within a kaleidoscope.  This small thaumascope is made from coated brass and comes in a velvet bag.

Dimensions: length 17 cm, Ø 2.5 cm

Kaleidoscope with Murano glass marbles
Art. 120.07

CHF 98.00        each

A kaleidoscope can produce an infinite number of artistic images.  Even the smallest movement is sufficient to transform the beautiful mirror image into a new composition of light, shape and colour.  Derived from the Greek kalos = beautiful,  eidos = image, skopein = to  look it should really be called the viewer of beautiful images.

Dragon’s Eye Merlin                  
Art. 11.07

CHF 10.00        each

A kaleidoscope can produce an infinite number of artistic images.  Even the smallest movement is sufficient to transform the beautiful mirror image into a new composition of light, shape and colour.  Derived from the Greek kalos = beautiful, eidos = image, skopein = to look, it should really be called “the viewer of beautiful images”.

Material: wood in various colours and shapes
Size: length 50 mm, Ø 40mm

Classic Kaleidoscope
Art. 42.02

CHF 175.00      each

A kaleidoscope can produce an infinite number of artistic images.  Even the smallest movement is sufficient to transform the beautiful mirror image into a new composition of light, shape and colour.  Derived from the Greek kalos = beautiful, eidos = image, skopein = to look, it should really be called “the viewer of beautiful images”.

Material: brass (can be opened)
Length: 24 cm, Ø 5 cm