Sphere of Water, Prototype 1

First prototype for sphere of water, a tapered kaleidoscope to create the sphere effect. The final piece will be suspended above eye-level with a mirror on the ceiling so that the viewer will look up at the sphere. Water will be lit from below and there will a fountain mechanism (instead of the water being poured from above as in the video).

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Parameters for this prototype: 2″ side length for viewing window. 20 degree incline (from vertical) for the incline of the mirrors. 12″ height. 10 3/4″ side length for opening.

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2 Comments

  1. bryan says:
    February 11, 2011 at 4:25 pm

    Nice! In a similar vein you could use ferro fluid or oobleck with a speaker to generate a strange surface.

  2. Toby says:
    February 11, 2011 at 4:55 pm

    I like the oobleck idea!

    Ferrofluid is awesome but is mostly cooler at a smaller scale than I’m imagining. And it can already be a sphere without mirrors.

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