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September 16, 2008
Framing
To begin:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Geraet_beim_Optiker.jpg
Partially the idea I referred to in the last discussion - a device that allows for the layering of frames. While the idea of concentric circles (frames within frames) is a good one, it is incomplete since it is a vertical observation. The phoropter type of machine allows for horizontal observation, where frames can be alternated between in layers - more like being able to removed a slice of bread from the middle of the loaf, rather than having to open up an entire Russian doll, quirky metaphor though that be.
In truth, that wasn't actually the machine I was envisioning. I've yet to figure out how to properly describe it though - perhaps I may sketch a quick diagram but I'm rather poor at that artistry.
Posted by mikage at September 16, 2008 03:19 PM