• ID Code: M8-13
  • Purpose: Art using optically active materials.
  • Description: The above art work contains the following layers, from rear to front: a fluorescent light, a rotating polaroid, a diffuser, a collage of optically active materials, and a polarized sheet. The POLAGE consists of the collage and the polaroid sheet mounted together. When the rear polaroid rotates, the picture changes between a butterfly and a cocoon (as shown in the photographs above), while the caterpiller at the lower right changes color.
  • Availability: Available
  • References: http://www.physics.umd.edu/deptinfo/facilities/lecdem/services/refs/refsm.htm#M8-13
  • Videos-1: http://www.austine.com/