Man Has His Glass Eye Made Into A Ring

[matcom]

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DUNCAN, Okla. -- Al Nix has designed a lot of jewelry in the last 25 years, but nothing compares with the project Michael Burton handed him -- a glass eye to be refitted into a ring.

Burton has had a glass eye for 35 years because of an industrial accident. He had to have the artificial eye refitted recently, and he didn't want to part with the old one.

So he called on Nix.

"That eye cost me $2,000 35 years ago," Burton said. "It took three days for people to hand-paint that eye. To throw it away would be like buying a new car and just taking my old car to the dump. I guess it's like they say -- one man's trash is another man's treasure."

Nix had designed some unusual pieces, but "I couldn't believe he wanted to make a ring out of a glass eye. I thought to myself, 'We can make a good-looking ring out of this,' even though it is the oddest piece we've ever done."

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2004/02/24/jeweler_turns_mans_glass_eye_into_a_ring/

[Kamika]

1. you know what would be cool?

A hollowed out glass eye he'd still use

[waterman]

2. Or a clear one where people could look in from the outside.

[Kamika]

3. yeah

That'd be pretty cool too