Suncatcher
Ornament designed to reflect, refract, or iridesce in sunlight
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A suncatcher or light catcher is a small reflective, refractive, and/or iridescent ornament. It may include glass or nacre pieces and be hung indoors near a window to "catch" sunlight. A suncatcher is like the optical equivalent of a wind chime. Some designs are simple and abstract with perhaps some mobile-like chained elements, while more complex designs often evoke flora or fauna. Many designs combine suncatchers with wind chimes.
Suncatchers may be mass-produced or handmade, and vary in simplicity of design from an arts-and-crafts project to a professionally handmade glass sculpture.
See also
- Dreamcatcher
- Stained glass
- Sundial
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Ornaments
- Acanthus
- Antefix
- Arabesque
- Ball flower
- Bead and reel
- Blackamoor
- Branchwork
- Bucranium
- Buta
- Cartouche
- Christmas
- Cornucopia
- Curlicue
- Dentil
- Dog-tooth
- Egg-and-dart
- Festoon
- Foil
- Gadrooning
- Garden/Lawn
- Garland bearers
- Girih
- Green Man
- Grotesque
- Guilloché
- Gul
- Hilarri
- Hood
- Interlace
- Lintel
- Margent
- Mascaron
- Meander
- Medallion
- Millefleur
- Molding
- Moresque
- Palmette
- Plant
- Peak
- Puer mingens
- Putto
- Rais-de-cœur
- Rinceau
- Rosette
- Scroll
- Spur
- Strapwork
- Trophy of arms
- Volute (Vitruvian scroll)
- Zellige
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