News & Spotlights — cat eyes

As "crafty folk", most of us already know the importance of maintaining inspiration for our art.  Simply put, it is important to keep a flow of inspiration in the wings in order to keep coming up with ideas and motivation to keep making, especially if making our art happens to be our livelihood. Some of you may even think that the process of reaching constant creativity is complex or even scary. But listen, I want to tell you that it doesn't have to be so. Let me explain what I mean. I’d like to introduce you to Maggie from Nettlebed, United Kingdom. She's a jewelry designer...

Steampunk Sculptures from Megan Petersen on Vimeo.   John Belli from Sharon, MA creates intricate steampunk sculptures of animals that are brought to life with glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com Below is an incredible owl sculpture he made as a gift for his wife: To bring his owl sculpture to life John added these glass owl eyes. The next sculpture is of a cat, which was brought to life with these green cat eyes.  It is always so exciting to see the creative projects brought to life with glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com! About the glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com: All artisan glass...

Randi Graff from Cottage Grove, OR completed her original and magically inspired taxidermy art with a set of light purple cat or dragon glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com When describing the eyes that completed her project, Randi exclaimed "Beautiful!" in her 5-star review of the craft supply. The light purple color of the glass eyes matched the color of the fur of her project, and the sharp details within the iris design paired perfectly with the crystals Incorporated in her sculpture. You can view all sizes of these original glass eyes here on handmadeglasseyes.com.

Show n' tell time!Ya'all know how I LOVE seeing stuff that's made with my glass eye designs. Well, when Bianca Henriquez of New York, NY showed me to amazing sterling silver cat pendants, I just knew I had to share. These glorious pieces of handcrafted jewelry are completed with small glass eyes from my cat eyes collection.You can view these pendants and more of Bianca's sterling silver jewelry creations in her Etsy shop, AncestralTwine.Thanks for letting me share, Bianca!   These custom sterling silver pendants include personalization with engraving on the back. You could have it be the name of your loved one, or pet.  What a great...