Henry Bergeson Kaleidoscopes.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: Cool colorado stuff - Brief Article

After working as a mechanical engineer in Boston, Henry Bergeson packed up and moved to Conifer, Colo. in the mid-1980s. (Life in a cubicle didn't suit me," he said.) He sought another engineering job in metro Denver, but the few companies that were hiring rubbed him the wrong way. The final straw was a Coors application that queried, "Are you a subversive or do you engage in subversive activity?" Fed upwith corporate overlords once and for all, Bergeson retreated to his one-bedroom apartment in Conifer (with no running water) and honed his kaleidoscope-making skills for two years, A full 14 years later...