Brandy Worsfold | Kaleidoscope Ring

Artist: Brandy Worsfold, CaliforniaMaterials: brass, glass, acrylicSize: 8.8 Artist Statement: My last battle, I created a ring with a working maze game, and I wanted to create something interactive this time, too. I took inspiration from a glass marble, and how it creates an entirely different view of reality. The world feels very different depending on the day and your perspective, and I wanted to create a ring that reflected that idea. So on this ring a bird soars over brushed clouds and a starry sky band; very different from our grounded worldview, but we humans can seek a different perspective by looking through the functioning kaleidoscope on this ring. I have wasted many hours figuring out the smallest kaleidoscope I could make by hand and still see through with my naked eye, and delighted in many *more* hours of looking at my surroundings as a mandala of colors and pattern. This ring one-of-a-kind ring was created from brass, acrylic, and glass. Artist Bio:  Brandy Worsfold is