KALEIDOSCOPES
TELLICO TURNINGS
Everyone loves a Kaleidoscope.
These fun, hand turned, little Kaleidoscopes are about 2-3/4 inch in length by approx
1-1/2 inch diameter and sparkle with color and changing patterns.  
The little toy kaleidoscopes will add pizzazz to your decor or for a short break and
stress relief.  Take a moment and watch all the changing colors when you take a
peek through the Kaleidoscope eye piece.

New  kaleidoscopes are available

Watch this page for new arrivals.
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COLORWOOD "FLAMING ASH"
Red and Black mini egg kaleidosocope
2 1/2" High X 1 3/4" Diameter
Colorwood is manufactured of layers of dyed
hardwood veneers pressed together under very high
pressure.  The veneers can then be cut at an angle
across the grain to create a unique looping pattern,
or cut straight with the grain to create the "eyes" as
seen on this piece.  Colorwood are produced in many
varieties of colors    Colorwood is drilled, turned and
finished the same as natural wood.
The egg cup is turned from the same wood blank as
the kaleidoscope

Item Nr: 23-595        
 SOLD
COLORWOOD " GREY SHADOWS"
Black and Grey mini egg kaleidosocope
2 1/2" High X 1 3/4" Diameter
Colorwood is manufactured of layers of dyed
hardwood veneers pressed together under very
high pressure.  The veneers can then be cut at
an angle across the grain to create a unique
looping pattern, or cut straight with the grain to
create the "eyes" as seen on this piece.  
Colorwood are produced in many varieties of
colors    Colorwood is drilled, turned and finished
the same as natural wood.
The egg cup is turned from the same wood
blank as the kaleidoscope

Item Nr:  23-594           
SOLD
SPALTED MAPLE
Natural wood mini egg kaleidoscope
with egg stand
The egg is 2 1/2" High x 1 3/4" Diameter
Maple (Acer saccharum)Spalting is a dark vein caused
by a pattern of bacterial rot in dead wood that once
stabalized often looks like a black ink line of varying
thickness and great irregularity drawn through the
wood.

Item Nr:  23-592       $35.00
TELLICO RIVER BIRCH
Natural wood mini egg kaleidoscope
2 1/2" High x 1 3/4" Diameter
Birch (Betula alleghaniensis) American birch, Birch,
Gray birch, Silver birch, Swamp birch, and Yellow
birch.  This piece of wood was found on a river beach
and appeared to have been part of a beaver dam.  It
has some fantastic grain lines throughout the egg.
The egg stand is also from the same river birch.

Item Nr:  23-596              $35.00
PADUAK
Natural wood mini egg kaleidoscope
with Egg Stand
The egg is  2 1/2" High x 1 3/4" Diameter
Padauk: (Pterocarpus soyauxii) (Mbe, Mbil, Mututi,
Ngula, Bosulu) Medium to hard wood, heartwood is
deep orange red that will age to a deeper orange
brown.  From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola,
Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.

Item Nr:  23-593        $35.00
THUYA BURL
Natural wood mini ege kaleidoscope
with egg stand
The egg is 2 1/2" High x 1 1/2" Diameter
Thuya Burl: (Tetraclinis articulata) A golden reddish
brown wood with heavy small dark 'eyes'. A native
wood of Morocco this is a hard, heavy and slightly
aromatic wood.  The wood is rare and expensive.

Item Nr:  23-591     
SOLD
ELM WOOD
Natural wood mini kaleidoscope
2 1/2" High x 1 1/2" Diameter

Elm, American (Ulmus americana) (American elm, Elm,
Florida elm, Soft elm, Swamp elm, Water elm, and White
elm) Elm wood is commonly used for crates, barrels,
plywood, pallets, veneer, mill work, machinery, factory
floors, and wheels. The American Elm was formerly found
throughout the US and Canada. The formerly common
and decorative tree is dying out as a result of the Dutch
Elm disease.

Item Nr:  23-590            $25.00
Tulipwood mini egg kaleidoscope
Bocote mini egg kaleidoscope
MEXICAN BOCOTE
Mini egg kaleidoscope
2 1/2" High

Bocote (Cordia Elaegnoides)
(Anachuite,  Bois de Rose, Canalete,
Cordia, Laurel, Peterebi, Salmwood,
Siricote) Spectacular background
colors of dark brown to red with
multicolored stripes that vary from
yellow to orange to dark brown.   This
wood is sometimes called Mexican
Rosewood and is somewhat hard to
find.  A native wood of Central
America, Mexico, parts of the
Caribbean and Jamaica.

Item Nr: 23-521             $25.00
TULIPWOOD
Mini egg kaleidoscope
2 1/2" High

Tulipwood (Dalbergia Frutescens)
(Pau Rosa, Bois de Rose,
Pinkwood, Pau de Fuso,
Jacaranda Rosa) A hard dense
wood with a pinkish to yellowish
hearwood with pronounced
stripes of violet, salmon and rose
with a medium to fine texture
and a pleasantly mild fragrance. A
native wood of Central and Latin
America, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana
and Venezuela

Item Nr: 23-520       $25.00
Natural wood Elm mini kaleidoscope
Grey shadows laminated mini egg kaleidoscope
Laminated
Natural wood mini egg kaleidoscope
Paduak natural wood mini egg kaleidoscope
spalted Maple Natural wood mini egg kaleidoscope
Thuya Burl Natural wood mini egg kaleidoscope