Owl Evil Eye Glass Bead Pendant Charm Turkish Big Amulet Boho Home Decor
The evil eye is a malicious glare given to someone out of spite, malice, or envy, which brings misfortune, suffering or just general bad luck to the recipient of the look. Amulets and talismans of the evil eye are also known as "evil eyes" themselves. As a popular symbol, evil eyes are seen in Buddhist and Hindu societies as well as Muslim, Jewish and Christian societies.
Evil eye beads are usually eye-shaped since the eye is accepted to be the first starting point of all kinds of good and bad thoughts as an opening window to the world. Blue glass beads which are believed to protect from glances and bad eyes are the latest forms of evil eye beads used since ancient times.
Evil eyes are common in Turkey, and there are many expert artisans sitting at sweltering hot furnaces to twist, shape, and color the glass into an evil eye.
- Size of the glass bead: 9 x 6 cm, Size of the pendant: 16-18 cm
- As it is handmade, slight differences and irregularities are possible. The size may vary ±1cm.
- Everything that needs to be protected from the evil eye such as brides, babies, new houses, cars, offices, backyard, etc. can be decorated with evil eye beads.
- Glass liquefies at 700 degrees. The simultaneous work of four masters is required to produce the evil eye from the molten glass..
- An iron tool called "Hasebi" is used to remove the molten glass from the stove, approximately 110 cm long, with a thinned tip. This technique requires certain craftsmanship and helps the glass to take its soft form.
- Evil eyes have a strong blue. Blue is a non-polarized color. Since it collects the incoming energy at one point, it absorbs and does not distribute it. It acts as a collector. That's one of the reasons why it is thought to be protective.