It was my father, the Dutch sailor in the middle of the picture, who gave me the idea for the Hollander. The Hollander started late in 1986 after I saw a segment on the Today show about people building kaleidoscopes. I decided to put all my years of precision metalworking experience to work developing several designs of my own. I learned the use of line and form from my mother, a fashion design teacher. My appreciation of color and light was further developed by a course in floral design I took while at the University of Massachusetts.   Cannot connect to the database.