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When Maurice Clabaugh of Tuscaloosa AL shared this "Duck in the Reeds" wooded bowl sculpture with me, I knew I had to share it here on the blog. According to the bio on Maurice's website, he "uses wood that has been discarded by others as useless or impossible to turn. His challenge is to take these discarded pieces and reveal their beauty."To complete the effect of the wood for this bowl carving, Maurice implemented these glass duck eyes on wire pin posts. The combination of natural wood with the realistic bird eyes is transfixing! I love discovering amazing artists who are creating with such a wide range...

This cutlery owl sculpture by Harold Breit from Burlington, Canada is pulled together with this set of glass yellow owl eyes. According to Harold, the eyes "make the owl look great." You can shop all of the realistic, bird-inspired glass eyes on handmadeglasseyes.com in this collection. About the glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com: All artisan glass eyes are original graphic designs designed by Megan Petersen of Spokane, Washington Each cabochon is handmade with attention to detail and inspected for quality All products are made and ship from our studio located in Spokane, Washington, USA Get your order FAST! All products ship within...

Sunset Lodge creations crafts original, one-of-a-kind sculptures out of paper mache, fur, and other materials. Inspiring each of these sculptures are glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com. The glass eyes added to this sculpture come from our collection of unique holographic, animated glass eyes. The small red hearts at the center of these glass eyes grow larger and smaller when the eyes are tilted up and down or to the left and right, giving this sculpture a sense of moment and emotion from every angle. You can find the animated teddy bear heart glass eyes used in this sculpture here. About the...

Melrose artist Lisa Tiemann and her dog, Cora, with the Green Man mosaic outside her home, photographed by Amanda Hurley Tiemann spearheaded the community mosaic project for Cedar Park, Melrose, as outlined in this article by Amanda Hurley. A total of 35 artists worked on the project, coming together to create a masterpiece that celebrates human connection to nature. Also contributing to the project are several pairs of brilliant glass eye cabochons from handmadeglasseyes.com. At the center of the mosaic are a pair of large, detailed green and blue glass eyes, offering themselves as a focal point for the whole design....

Paper Mache creator Catherine from Orlando, Florida creates eerie, one-of-a-kind paper mache mask cosplay creations. She makes her masks entirely from scratch, and they can be found in her online Etsy shop here. With their unique styles its no wonder her masks were selected to be used as props in the upcoming television season of "The Blacklist." In one of her reviews of the glass eyes she purchased to place in her wall mounted masks, Catherine wrote, "These glass eyes are amazing.... They really make my masks come to life." In a second review she noted, "My fox mask looks...