I’ll be making a batch of these dragon’s eye beads this weekend. The basic structure of the bead is pretty simple – a sculpted eye outline with an indented area for the eye. The indented area gets filled with multiple thin layers of deep color (tinted liquid clay).
The fun part is choosing the colors. What color are the dragon’s scales? Is it a fierce dragon or even a t-rex (black or maybe red), or a gentle dragon (greens and blues). What will I use for the colors of the eye itself? Using several colors which shade into each other gives the eye much more depth and interest but it means no eye will ever be the same. So many choices – but these are the fun ones…
I love these eyes but they’re not for everyone. Some people find them too freaky 
But most people really like them.
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oooooh, I really like this! Being of the dragon-kind myself….
[...] or two cool beads. The clay guild is having a Clay Day on Saturday. I think I may make some more dragon’s eyes. They’re pretty popular and I’m out of [...]
I LOVE this Dragon eye! I can just see it in a shiny emerald green.
Thanks Marilyn. I have done a few in green before and they look pretty cool