Tom & Carol Paretti


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Scope name: Wood Turner
Year:
Limited edition: Production
Signed: Etched
Scope type: Cell(handheld)
Exterior material: Wood(solid)
Object cell type: Oil-filled
Objects: Glass
Mirror system: 3 mirror
Symmetry:
Special features: Wood exterior has a finely finished feel. Large 3-mirror image of assorted glass pieces.

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Scope name: Feather and Leather
Year: 1996
Limited edition: Production
Signed: Yes
Scope type: Cell(handheld)
Exterior material: Leather
Object cell type: Dry
Objects: Feathers
Mirror system: 2 mirror
Symmetry: 5-point
Special features: This is an immensely popular model by the Parettis. Various colored bright and patterned feathers in object tube. You change the interior image by squeezing the attached atomizer. Images are very textured. Side-lit. Bubinga wood on base.

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Scope name: Starfield
Year: 1997
Limited edition: Production
Signed: Etched
Scope type: Cell(handheld)
Exterior material: Brass/wood
Object cell type: Dry
Objects: Beads
Mirror system: 2 mirror
Symmetry: 5-point
Special features: Tiny gold beads interact with one another, creating static electricity and motion - flow like water. Amid the beads, thin lampworked glass and found objects. Side-lit acrylic chamber backed with black velvet, on which some of the beads attach themselves creating the starfield effect.