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A water lens that flips the vase
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
The workSuspended Axis (Jonathan Sapir), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlOther sources
- OpenStax College Physics 2e, 26.1 Physics of the Eye openstax.org
- OpenStax College Physics 2e, 25.6 openstax.org
- Ddw26 kazerne design lab (dutchdesigndaily.com) dutchdesigndaily.com
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- A pale wheel-thrown ceramic form with a clear water-filled glass globe in its middle; inside the globe a small cone shows upside down, and a shadow falls on the wallImage: Jonathan SapirMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- A ceramic and glass piece in warm light: a clear glass neck on top, a water globe with a gold-lit inner form, ceramic below, and a soft shadow behindImage: Jonathan SapirMuseum or journal record
- Slide 3
- Diagram comparing two converging lenses: water in blown glass, and the cornea and lens of the eyeImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax College Physics 2e, 25.6 Image Formation by Lenses and 26.1 Physics of the Eye (openstax.org); Suspended Axis, DDW press kit 1960
- Slide 4
- A darker ceramic and glass piece on a warm ground, its water globe glowing around a small gold formImage: Jonathan SapirMuseum or journal record
- Slide 5
- Three ceramic and blown glass pieces on a glass table in front of a dark red curtain, lit from inside their water globesImage: Jonathan SapirMuseum or journal record
- Ring frame
- Waterlens, Rijksmuseum (BK-BR-284)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record