About Us
Andrew and Robyn Leary at Scopes New Zealand have been making Kaleidoscopes for more than 45 years. And loved every minute of it !
The Scopes are all made of sustainable wood, during the early years sourced from the demolition of old buildings, but now from non native timbers .
Being so far from regular sources of Kaleidoscope components led Andrew to build coating machines for the Front Surface Mirror required for Kaleidoscopes, and lately, installing a machine to make Dichroic Glass.
Then, after Andrew had the idea of viewing the interference patterns you see on a soap bubble ( coming from making huge bubbles with the kids ) through a Kaleidoscope, the Scopes became ever more intricate, becoming true works of Mixed Media Art.
His obsession with symmetry in his favoured 2 mirror Kaleidoscope design meant designing a new patented optic array for the Kaleidoscopes, and this in turn led to some of the most innovative Kaleidoscopes in the world, from the Bubble Scopes to 2 mirror Teleidoscopes and Kaleidoscopes that respond to Music.
