Ernest Trova 1974 Museum of Modern Art Falling Man "Trovascope" Kaleidoscope master mason certificate a pretty cool thing

a pretty cool thing

but I think it would really fun to host a party and serve daisy-shaped ice cream treats

and also with a tiny dowel under it to prop it up

Signed by a Mary Austen

making me think that whoever made it was perhaps just using whatever they had on hand

Ernest Trova 1974 Museum of Modern Art Falling Man "Trovascope" Kaleidoscope master mason certificate a pretty cool thingI'd never seen one of these "Trovascopes" designed by artist Ernest Trova (1927 2009) for the Museum of Modern Art in 1974 and think it's way cool; more artists should design kaleidoscopes, I'd say! Trova, though, was especially well suited to creating a very graphically satisfying one, with his "falling man" silhouettes lending themselves to all sorts of interesting kaleidoscopic permutations! With an array of other smaller shapes in primary colors,