News & Spotlights — glass eyes

One of the many exciting things that the handmade glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com are use for is antique restoration projects. It's so cool to see original dolls, metal works, and more from decades ago brought back to life with a new set of shimmering, vivid irises. To add a new touch of depth and character to his weather vane restoration project, William from Summerville, SC added a pair of these bright, shiny green robber fly compound insect glass eyes. The final results are excellent. Whether it's a metal sculpture, weather vane, customized art doll, or more, you can find a...

Alexa Frear of Pismo Beach, California needed some new eyes for a plush, stuffed turtle. As you can see from the "before" image below, without eyes the turtle was a bit... lacking. Alex stumbled upon the sew on green sea turtle eyes at handmadeglasseyes.com, and determined that they provided the perfect solution. After applying the 16mm button eyes, the stuffed animal appears much more lively and full of character! You can check out the sea turtle eyes Alex used to restore this stuffed turtle here, or shop all sew on glass eye buttons here.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⁠"I never thought I could find black eyes! Perfect for animals with black eyes, like my beetles! I will be a returning customer!" - NaturesProductions ⁠ This 5-star review was given in regards to our All Black Horror Glass Eyes. While these eyes were originally designed with horror props such as zombies and evil witches in mind, it's interesting to see how many different - completely not horror-related - projects have been created with these all-black eyes included. These detailed and dark all-black glass eyes are available in sizes 6mm, 8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 14mm, 16mm, 20mm, 25mm, 30mm, and 40mm....

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...

"Perfect for my project! Thank you!" - Review from John Blake of Roanoke, VA John used the soft blue and green human style glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com to bring his Cthulhu sculpture to life. You can find the light blue and green eyes used in this sculpture here. Or you can shop all human style glass eyes here. Glass eyes come in a range of sizes including 6mm, 8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 14mm, 16mm, 20mm, 25mm, 30mm, and 40mm. (4mm, 18mm, 50mm, and 60mm are not listed, but are available by custom request!) Our glass eyes are used in paper mache sculptures, taxidermy...