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This incredible wooden owl by Pete Tucker is hiding in a 19 inch log hollowed out by wood ants. The final touch is a set of these glass owl eyes.According to Pete, "The eyes follow you everywhere!" About our glass eyes... All artisan glass eyes are original graphic designs Each cabochon is handmade with attention to detail and inspected for quality All products are made and ship from our studio in Spokane, Washington, USA Get your order FAST! All products ship within 1-3 business days All orders are shipped via USPS mail with tracking If you aren't happy with your order for...

Here is another sweet felted cat by Paula Markey from Kennington, Australia. This striped feline is accompanied by a little mouse of equal character. To add additional depth and character to her sweet felted creations, Paula adds glass eyes with wire pin posts form handmadeglasseyes.com. This cat uses these realistic green and brown cat style eyes, in particular. The eye on wire pin posts are perfectly suited for needle felted creations. To add them to your creatures, simply place a dab of glue at the end of the posts and insert it into the fibers of your sculpture at their...

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...

Pat from Sundog Leather sent me a message to show off the epic fender bib he made from leather and this set of red glass eyes. He wanted to let me know, not all creations inspired by my eyes are cute. Some are down-right bad-ass! In addition to the red eyes are metallic silver snakeskin and metallic silver leather Kangaroo lacing. If you would like a custom design for your ride, you can reach out to Sundog Leather on Facebook here.

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.