Dieci Kaleidocycles

 

"Berry" Kaleidocycle (form 1)

A fantastic time-killer!

Here you see photographs of one of ten kaleidocycles that I have designed. As the kaleidocycles feature kaleidoscope patterns, the kaleidocycles mimic the changing patterns of the kaleidoscope.

The patterns on the kaleidocycles were created by taking photographs of inside the ‘Dieci Kaleidoscope’. Then I took sections from the photographs and fitted them into a kaleidocycle grid I had drawn out with new specification to the kaleidocycles I built from the book I had bought featuring the designs of M.C.Escher.

I made the triangles within my new kaleidocycle grid less elongated than those of the Escher Kaleidocycles. This effected the overall design of the ‘Dieci Kaleidocycle’ to become more flexible, easier to move and enable us to see an extra face of the kaleidocycle. The ‘Dieci Kaleidocycle’ features 3 faces compared the 2 faces of the original kaleidocycles I had worked with.

Below you can the second and third faces of the “Berry Kaleidocycle”.

There is also a video to see of me demonstrating the kaleidocycles in action. 

 

"Berry" Kaleidocycle (form 2)

"Berry" Kaleidocycle (form 3)