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The more I started looking for eyes, the more I started seeing them everywhere in both historical and contemporary art. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor example:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cimg\u003eEgyptian wedjet eyes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvil eyes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThird eyes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEx votos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll-seeing eyea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLover's eye miniatures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCuriosity cabinet eye models\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptometrist folk signs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePost-war surrealism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePop surrealism\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSchiaparelli\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGucci\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Derian, Astier de Villatte, Jonathan Adler, and other art-meets-homewares designers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e...And many of your favorite contemporary artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when you put together a book is that you notice something you wouldn't have noticed otherwise. My greatest concern as I was deep my book-writing cave with a messy bun and reading glasses surrounded by stacks of books and slips of paper and mugs of tea, was that all the crazy research wouldn't hang together. But what actually happened is that \u003cstrong\u003ebecause \u003cem\u003eall \u003c\/em\u003eeye art has elements of the strange, the sacred, and the surreal, the oldest works have a contemporary edge to them, and the newest works have an ancient resonance.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI'm just adding some final edits to the book. Please note that this book cover is a placeholder, these images are a teaser while we finalize copyright, and I have know idea what the final price will be. :)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you'd like to know when it's ready, then please sign up for the waitlist! 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This one is for \u003cem\u003eyou\u003c\/em\u003e: it has pretty watercolor illustrations of the most intriguing and romantic antiques - some rare, and some that you'll be able to come across in your local thrift store - and it will have just the right amount of text so you don't feel like you're doing homework but rather taking in just enough to know what a piece is, why it was made, and what to watch out for. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso: \u003cem\u003ethis book isn't a book!\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat?!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a boxed collection of lovely-sized, heavy-stock cards with illustrations on one side and the text on the other, so you can turn through the pages as it lies open on your coffee table \u003cem\u003eas if\u003c\/em\u003e it were a book, or you can take out your favorites, frame them, and hang them on the wall. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou'll learn about: balloon chairs, Staffordshire dogs, Imari china, Windsor chairs, tulipieres, ginger jars, Delft tiles, Gustavian furniture, patch boxes, nautilus cups, intaglios, sailor's valentines, tramp art, lusterware, oyster plates, Vietnamese shipwreck pottery, and so on....\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI began working on this book with my mother before she passed away. 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