Atomic Twinkle Star Wall Ornament, Mid Century Art

An eight-pointed atomic twinkle star. A pointed star with a ball at its centre sends out eight long rays ending in diamond-shaped arrow tips, with shorter rods ending in small balls filling the gaps between them. Starbursts, atoms, boomerangs and kidney shapes were the signature motifs of Atomic Age design from the late 1940s into the early 1960s, when optimism about science and space travel shaped everything from clocks to tabletops. Twinkling stars and sparkles were used on everything from wa…

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