Symmetricon Images

Paul, with a technical assist from 2 physicists, created a kaleidoscopic projector named the Symmetricon. The Symmetricon can produce countless symmetrical configurations as stimulation for Paul’s wall sculptures. A 35mm slide of one of Paul’s sculptures was placed in the Symmetricon. A section of the art was selected and projected in 4-fold symmetry on a screen, in other words, virtual sculpture, long before computers made that possible. Paul kept the designs he liked and filed them for future use. An important feature of the Symmetricon was how it supplemented Paul’s imagination, making a gamut of design possibilities accessible to him.