A Praxinoscope is an early animation device, a variant of the zoetrope, invented by Charles-Émile Reynaud in 1877. It consists of a drum-like device with a series of mirrors arranged around the inside edge. Inside the drum, a strip of images is placed. When the drum is spun, the mirrors create an illusion of motion by reflecting the images in succession, giving the impression of animation. This was one of the early methods used for creating and viewing moving images before the advent of modern cinema.
This Praxinoscope is made with ten 1 inch x 1 inch mirrors that I bought at Michael's craft store. When the Praxinoscope is spun in a clockwise fashion, the horses appear to gallop. Also, the design on the outside of the drum blurs, the diamonds disappear and the area where the diamonds are located, appears to look like a solid white line.
I used 65 lb. cardstock. Here is the PDF.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F-QehlDANfskuuxgHzkUDRyhCkuiai7N/view?usp=sharing
Here is the .Studio file.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19RHfAlW50y5J_f6aH06vJSh9llhTu-wf/view?usp=sharing
Using Glue Dots, affix ten 1 inch x 1 inch mirrors to the mirror base cardstock.
Notice that there is a tab on the left side and that the mirrors are alined to the bottom of the strip.
Apply glue to the tab and adhere the tab to make a circle
Bend the tabs of the decagon shaped piece downward. Apply glue to the tabs and insert the piece into the bottom of the mirrored circle.
Bottom of the mirrored piece. Notice there is a ledge.
Inside of the mirrored piece.
Glue the sides of the second decagon shaped piece and place it in the mirrored piece. A ledge should show as before because it will help with the gluing process.
Animation Disc Assembly with Embellishments
Apply the embellishments as shown above. There is a little overlap in the embellishments to allow for the curvature of the circle. The overlap should be on the opposite side of the tab.
Glue into a circle. Bend the tabs at a right angle and apply glue to each of the tabs.
Insert the round bottom piece of the animation assembly. Make sure that the glue adheres to each of the tabs.
Flip the piece over and apply glue to each of the tabs.
Adhere the second round bottom piece to create a two walled base.
Make the lid of the Box
Apply the embellishments to the lid strip. There is a sight overhang of the embellishments at the edge opposite to the tab.
Glue into a circle, bend the tabs at a right angle and apply glue to each of the tabs.
Bend the axle into a tube and apply glue to the tab.
Adhere the glue and make sure that the axle becomes a tube.
Insert the axle tabs into the top of the lid circle.
Apply glue to the embellished piece at the tabs. Attach the axle piece to the top.
Make the bottom of the box.
Glue the box base into a circle, bend the tabs at a right angle and apply glue to each of the tabs.
Flip the box base over, apply glue to the tabs and attach the second base piece to the bottom of the box.
Box base assembly is complete
Make the animation strip by gluing the pieces into a circle.
Insert the animation strip into the drum. Thread the mirrored piece onto the axle. If you are having difficulty threading the axle through the two holes of the mirrored piece, put a wooden dowel into the center of the axle and thread through the holes. The wooden dowel gives support to the axle so that it does not bend while threading through the holes. Remove the dowel when threading is complete. Glue a Platonic solid as a finial to the axle.
Completed Praxinoscope
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