English Wood Blue Eye by Robert Elsdale

It looks back. Twenty-one inches of iris will do that.

Blue Eye is by Robert Elsdale, from England, in the United Kingdom. It is contemporary, made of lacquered and pigmented wood. People have painted eyes on walls, boats and amulets for thousands of years, as signs of watchfulness or protection, and the motif still holds its power. A black pupil sits slightly off center in a disc of turquoise and deep blue. Fine crackled rings spread outward through the color, darkening to navy at the rim. The surface has a glassy depth. It measures 21 inches in diameter.

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