DIAMOND
A simple geometric design which creates subtle gradations of colour while spinning. A very popular top.
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CHROMATIC
In the days of black and white television a Japanese educational program conducted a visual experiment. A disc of black and white designs was electrically spinning creating a subtle rainbow of hardly imperceptible colours. Did the audience catch the delicate colours? Not everyone it seems, but yes I caught them. |
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FINGER
With delicacy and refined gestures, this top recalls a live movie.What a spectacular vision! |
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RAINBOW
Subtle nuances of rainbow colours rise and float in the air. Gentle whisperings of love. |
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CRESCENT MOON
Primary colours become secondary colours, everything mixed and slightly off. Spin the top and monochromatic gradations seem to float above the secondary colours. In flourescent light the colours turn silver.
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BLUE CHECKER
Some people say "I love this one"! The eye chases a pale enigmatic rainbow as it spins around and around. Just as the top is slowing to a stop the blue and white checkered pattern separates into a gentle rhythm reminiscent of ancient images of photo decomposition. |
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WIND
The Japanese character for "wind" is written into the design. A blue spiral becomes visible as the top spins.Whether spinning to the right or the left the patterns differ. Spinning slowly creates a gentle soft breeze, while a forceful spin creates a tornado. |
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PRISM
This symbol of an international radioactive trefoil transformed into a rainbow prism motif. The spinning top spins out into an immense rainbow. Caution! Radiating Rainbow! |
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OCEAN
The Japanese character for "ocean" is written into the design. A green spiral becomes visible as the top spins. Whether spinning to the right or the left, the patterns differ. Spinning slowly creates a gentle eddy , while a forceful spin creates a wild whirlpool. |
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SPIRAL
Patterns derived from daily phenomena emerge from a spiraling vortex. The carrot you sliced this morning, the intricate swirling colours of the little flower outside your window, these ordinary patterns might seem just "ordinary"to most people but they become something else if you let them. A world of galactic wonder spinning out a compositional structure of the universe, a mandala to the mind. |
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PROFILE
The feminine profile speaks out in segmented tones of grey, concentrations of darkness /brightness spiral out in a stratum of circular rings, a hierarchy of monochromatic dispersion. A simple yet intricately elegant vision. |
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VIOLET
Blue and red fade into subtle tones of violet. Exquisite haze of otherwordly beauty. |
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