Moonscope

This was my 'final' for casting. I reused my basket from my textiles final from last semester and inverted a sand casted glass dome into it so that you could look through the bottom of the basket as if it was a telescope or a kaleidoscope. I then made another basket to accompany the telescope but instead had the dome protruding and inserted a light on the inside of the basket. The lit one was less successful than the telescope so I'm not going to show it. It was very satisfying to hold and look at different light sources. The texture of the sand casted glass created a sun or moon scape depending on the strength of the light source. I think people enjoyed it and they encouraged me to go bigger with different lenses and different materials. I'm really excited about continuing the idea and surprised myself by looking through a sketchbook from last year and finding a similar construction/idea that I had wanted to make. I'm glad my head tricks me into thinking something I think I haven't thought before.