e_phemerart | Cat's Eye (sphynx doll post #2) (Reply)

Here is the doll's head with eyes inserted, and an example of what similar half round eyes look like on their own.

This wasn't exactly just as easy as just popping the eyes into place. I first inverted the head and filled it with boiling water for a couple minutes; this softened the viynl. After emptying the water and drying the head, the lingering heat made it much easier to cut through the back eye caps with a sharp exacto blade. I didn't competely remove the inside cap, just slit it about 2/3rds round, so the eye sits inside the lower eyelid in a pocket. Then it was a matter of sliding the eyes into the sockets from the front, and pushing and positioning them. The doll's neck opening and interior shape made it kind of clumsy and uneasy reaching in with my fingers and working from the inside, but a mix of working from the front outside and inside finally got results.

Lol; it was rather difficult to get the irises straight, had a real cockeyed looking cat there for a while!

I do think these eyes were a little large for the sockets, even though I bought the 22mm size as specified. (That problem was with the seller of the doll kit, not the artist who made the eyes.) Later on, I will still need to glue the eyes in permenantly in place.

I really like the colouration of the eyes. You can't really see it in this pic, but there is a hint of green around the irises, then the mottled gold, and a brown outline. It's a fantasy version of Gaz' eyes.

This is the Etsy seller I got the eyes from, a custom order-- very good transaction, turn around time was good- even with international shipping from England, and reasonable pricing. Very pleased with the purchase. https://www.etsy.com/shop/CandyKittensEmporium