Swarovski

Harnessing the power of crystals

As my entry for the Swarovski Conscious Design awards I built a Solar Furnace. My winning design is comprised of two parabolic mirrors and one Fresnel lens. Over 6000 reflective crystals cover the large dish to capture sunlight and funnel it into the smaller dish. The light is then reflected through the Fresnel lens, concentrating the light into a high temperature focal point.

The aspiration for this solar furnace is to use it as a net zero method of re-sintering crystal dust, a waste product of the crystal cutting process, into new circular crystals.