I'm new to the forum and another member *Angie* suggested I post one of my glass eyes in this thread. I've only made a few so here it goes...
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7191/6961335855_6d86fd1fcf.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fesslerforge/6961335855/)
eye (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fesslerforge/6961335855/)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7051/6983395253_3d65c1289c_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fesslerforge/6983395253/)
Side of eye (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fesslerforge/6983395253/) by fesslerforge (http://www.flickr.com/people/fesslerforge/), on Flickr
It's about 26mm across. It has a clear cornea so the iris and pupil you see in the side view is only a reflection, similar to the effect of looking at the side of a real eye.
Thanks for looking & thanks Angie ;D
(http://www.msn-emotions.org/emotions/eyes/eye_ball_blue_jfo.gif) Scott
That's amazing.
I can just imagine a whole row of them looking at me.
On second thoughts, that might be a bit creepy ;)
Welcome to FH too - I'm sure I forgot to say that previously.
Louise
WOW, that's one really amazing eyeball! I want one!
Very nice!
Sean
Do you make these for a living, or just for fun? I appreciate the technical difficulty, but to be honest I find them a bit spooky, saw lots once in some sort of museum needless to say I felt I was being watched! ;D
I neeeeeeed some!! ;D
I lovel it! ;D
Brilliant!
That's great!!
It's beautiful and disturbing at the same time! ;D (And how did you get the mini one in your message??? :))
Thanks everyone! I really haven't shown my stuff to anyone so the feed back is welcome.
Quote from: GaysieMay on March 15, 2012, 08:04:04 AM
Do you make these for a living, or just for fun?
Nope I've never sold any glass. I've only made three eyes and they were just a test to see if I could do it.
I'm thinking of using the technique as the backer for marbles...now I just have to figure out how Glenn (Steampunk Glass) does it ;D
I do find it interesting the reactions people have to eyes. They always seem to weird people out and yet they are fascinated by them at the same time.
Quote from: Margram on March 15, 2012, 08:42:13 AM
It's beautiful and disturbing at the same time! ;D (And how did you get the mini one in your message??? :))
The mini eye by my signature is just a emoticon, not unlike your smiles. You can easily snag emoticons from anywhere on the internet and use them anywhere else, via hot linking. If you Google 'emoticons' you will find many pages with galleries of emoticons. This page has quite the list: http://www.myemoticons.com (http://www.myemoticons.com)
Then all you have to do is click and drag to highlight the emoticon you want, just like highlighting text, it should turn blue. Then right click and select 'Copy image URL' different browsers may word it differently. Come back here to the forum and click the button for inserting an image. In between the
[img][/img] paste the URL you just copied. It's that easy.
(http://www.myemoticons.com/emoticons/images/msn/smiley-in-action/coffee.gif)
(http://www.msn-emotions.org/emotions/eyes/eye_ball_blue_jfo.gif)
Scott
I've had eyes for sale and found the same - people either back away, or are fascinated. I did have a teacher who wanted one so that she could keep an eye on her class!
I think it is brilliant - really precise, too. It looks to be quite different to the way I learnt to make eyes - are you using twisties?
It's beautiful. I love EYE marbles and beads. Nice detail in the iris. ;D
Quote from: garishglobes on March 15, 2012, 09:20:14 AM
It looks to be quite different to the way I learnt to make eyes - are you using twisties?
No one showed me how, I just made up my own technique but as with all techniques, I'm sure someone has done it before.
I am using twisties. Before I put the twisties down I put a dot of transparent color, obviously a blue was used for the eye in the photo. I make the twisties by mixing about 4 different colors and clear. It's about a 50/50 mix of color and clear. I find using lots of clear in the twisties helps create better striations in the iris. Then I lay about 3 or 4 very thin layers of the twisties on top of each other (I just do it until it looks right). I lay them down by going from the exterior edge of the iris to the center. Then a dot of black in the center and caped with a blob of clear on top of that. Not much to it.
~Scott
Quote from: Fessler Forge on March 15, 2012, 09:14:06 AM
I'm thinking of using the technique as the backer for marbles...now I just have to figure out how Glenn (Steampunk Glass) does it ;D
I won't use that as the back of the marble, way too nice on it's own, that's so got to be the front! My secret isn't really a secret... Mostly I chuck stuff in and hope for the best! ;) Last time I tried to do eye marbles they looked awful, yours look really real!
QuoteNot much to it.
Sounds like there's quite a lot to it! ;D ;D The result is wonderful :)
I commented on your avatar pic before, I love the eye marble. :)
Love it, so realistic, love the colours that you've used.
Beautiful :)
I think its brilliant ;D
Och aye, spectacular. Reminds me of "Pulse"
Ian
Quote from: Ian Pearson on March 15, 2012, 12:23:17 PM
Och aye, spectacular. Reminds me of "Pulse"
Ian
yep - just checkled the cover ;D
Sweet it is staring at me ::) no kidding it is awesome ;)
Just wonderful Scott.
Wow ! That's amazing !
That is amazing, I immediately thought of that poor pirate in the Carribean with the wooden one and thought perhaps it was for real use.
Hi Scott, that eye is really well done, you should be really pleased! Janet
Yes - that is brilliant, I really love it, do they still use glass eyes for people who lose an eye, or are they made out of something lighter now?
Just a thought ;-)
They are made of acrylic now, lighter, less fragile and easier to mass produce.
Here is a video of a glass eye maker, maybe the last glass eye maker out there (for prosthetic purposes.) It's kind of sad, him being the last of an amazing art. It's an interesting video to watch.
http://vimeo.com/8320480 (http://vimeo.com/8320480)
~Scott
Hi Scott,
great work, can't believe thats only the third one you've made, it's brilliant. I've seen that glass eye artist online before, very exacting work. I think he makes up the eye as the patient sits with himso he can match it up!
You could take over when he retires!
Thanks everyone for the nice comments (http://www.myemoticons.com/images/love/hearts-3/blinking-heart.gif)
Quote from: Maggie on March 29, 2012, 04:16:54 PM
You could take over when he retires!
I would love to apprentice with him!
~Scott
Awesome eye would love to know how to make it this way ;)
An ex-boss wore a glass eye - lost his in an accidsent as a kid. His was just a front part though, not an eye 'ball'. I find eyes spooky, was the one thing on the donor form I couldn't tick for some reason. I love the work though, as long as I try not to recognise it as an eye.
Amazing, this is what I would like to be able to achieve :)