Camera Obscura Kit
This cardboard construction kit allows you to build your own camera obscura. This optical instrument is the fore-runner of the modern camera. The lens at the front is used to focus an image, via an internal mirror, onto the transparent screen at the top. By placing a sheet of tracing paper on top of this transparent screen, you can view the image clearly, and also make a tracing of the outlines of the image.
In centuries gone by, artists used the camera obscura as an aid to composition. Canaletto is believed to have used the instrument, and also Vermeer. The image appears in full colour.
This luxury cardboard kit contains a number of sheets of heavy duty, pre-printed, pre-punched cardboard, plus lenses and all the other pieces needed to construct a camera obscura. You will need to provide the glue.
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We aim to ship orders within 48 hours.
For UK deliveries, we use DHL Parcel (UK) and EVRI.
For deliveries to Europe we offer a choice of DPD or DHL.
For deliveries outside Europe, we ship by DHL.
Our warehouse works Monday to Friday only. If we receive your order by 10am then we aim to ship the same day or the next day, depending on how busy the warehouse is. On the day your order ships, the warehouse will send you your tracking number by e-mail at 7pm UK time. The delivery time to reach you will depend on the shipping option you have chosen.
Returns
We will accept items that you wish to return, within 30 days of placing the order. You are responsible for the cost of shipping the item back to us, and it must be in saleable condition. We will refund you the cost of the item. Please let us know if you wish to return an item before you send it.
If the item is faulty, please let us know, and we will ship a replacement or refund your money, as you wish.
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