Chitoshi Takabayashi ”Phenomenal/Blue 2mirror”

Chitoshi Takabayashi is a wood kaleidoscope artist.　He trained with Randy and Shelley Knapp and uses their experience to create his own unique pieces.　He has the woodworking skills to express many types of wood and applies his attention to glass objects in his kaleidoscope production.
This is one of his new series, "Phenomenal/Blue".  Combination of polarizing filter and his original dark blue glass object creates unique images.  
The wood used for the body is Zelkova with beautiful grains.
Height 96 mm, maximum diameter 40 mm.