Kaleidoscope Art Experimentation

This post documents the process of my experimentation to make kaleidoscope art.

If you follow this blog and other social media platforms I regularly post to – like Facebook and Instagram you’ll be aware that some of my artwork practice includes the mirroring of images.

The experiment started with a black-and-white photograph of the number eight. I chose to work with this image, as I believed the shape would make for an interesting kaleidoscope effect.

The curated photographs demonstrate the progression of working with this single image, mirroring photographs to achieve a pleasing kaleidoscope pattern.

In conclusion, the use of this particular subject matter ‘the number 8’  for the kaleidoscope experiment was not the best choice.

However, as it’s my first attempt at mirroring an image multiple times to achieve a kaleidoscope pattern, I decided to record the experiment as a blog entry.

In this case, there was a natural endpoint, the realisation that the pattern had reached its end. Furthermore, eventually, boredom set in and I no longer wanted to work with the subject matter.

How do you Make a Kaleidoscope Design?

Megan Kennedy has written a thorough Photoshop tutorial explaining her process to achieve Kaleidoscope patterns.

For the crafty photographers’ who wish to experiment with making kaleidoscope patterns in camera check out Jim Zuckerman’s article.