Polar Artwork
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This diagram shows sunlight entering from behind while the artwork is sandwiched between two polarizing filters. The front filter is slowly rotated.
The cover filter fits snugly onto the art frame. The artwork changes color by manually rotating the cover filter ninety degrees.
Magazine Articles About Polarizing Filter Art
These old articles describe the origin of polarizing filter art first appearing with filter innovations by Polaroid. I find the earlier articles most entertaining with their accounts of the Kinetichrome and, of course, the Abstractoscope.
1968 Friscia - Kinetichrome and Polarized Light
1968 Martinoya - Chromatic Abstractoscope
1977 Brown - Figurative Polarized Paintings Static and Kinetic
1977 Brown Polarized Light Paintings
1979 Edwards - Colours in Cellophane
1981 Edwards - On Producing Colors
1984 Semenoff - Photographic Images and Optical Birefringent Material
1968 Martinoya - Chromatic Abstractoscope
1977 Brown - Figurative Polarized Paintings Static and Kinetic
1977 Brown Polarized Light Paintings
1979 Edwards - Colours in Cellophane
1981 Edwards - On Producing Colors
1984 Semenoff - Photographic Images and Optical Birefringent Material
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The below collection of art is photographed through the hand viewer.