Odamaki Yoshio Suzuki
This kaleidoscope is named Odamaki – The Japanese name for the Columbine plant.Ā This scope probably represents a Miyama Odamaki, the dwarf Fan Columbine, which is a domesticated version of an alpine Columbine found in Japan.Ā The artist unveiled a parlor kaleidoscope at the 2017 Kyoto convention that was a wood scope with carved flowers (see picture in gallery).Ā He also had a variety of small handheld scopes with hand carved flowers.Ā We saw this scope and had to have it as my wife’s middle name is Columbine.Ā There is a picture in the gallery of a Miyama Odamaki that Karen and I happened to find growing out of a rock wallĀ in a small village in the mountains above Kyoto.Ā The scope is not signed. The scopes are hand carved and it appeared that they were each one of a kind.
Kaleidoscope Sub Type: Handheld
Type of Edition: One Of A Kind
Kaleidoscope Construction: Carved Wood
Number of Mirror Systems: 1
2 Mirror, 6 Point
Cell/Object Type
- Turning
- Liquid Filled Cell
- Puck
Object Cell Contents
- Glass
- Small Glass Beads
Image features: Mandala
Lighting features
- End-lit
- Side-lit
Background features: The Turning Cell Has A Clear Faceted Center With A Translucent Blue Perimeter
Retail Price: 45000
Yen, roughly equivalent to $450.00
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