Etsy seller Hannapt's catnip eyeballs are a grisly hoot -- love the idea of little Moggy chewing ferociously on a felt eyeball, a glazed, feral, stoned gleam in her eye.
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I can't help but wonder whether or not the maker of these things was inspired by the scene in Jerzy Kosinski's "The Painted Bird" during which the jealous miller uses a spoon to pluck out the eyeballs of a 14-year-old plowboy and the cat then plays with the eyeballs when they fall to the floor. I read this book 30 years ago and that scene still disturbs me!
Hello, Im the maker you speak of. I have not read that book but maybe I will now. I just wanted to let anyone know, as there is some confusion, that the link with the picture says "Sold Out" but I have plenty more minty fresh eyeballs on my shop page http://hannapt.etsy.com
And thanks so much for posting the eyeballs Cory!
My pair of darlings will love these!
your eyeballs or your kitties?
yarg, just bought the last one (for now!)
Kinda remind me of the eyeballs GLaDOS has in Portal.
I can't help but wonder whether or not the maker of these things was inspired by the scene in Jerzy Kosinski's "The Painted Bird" during which the jealous miller uses a spoon to pluck out the eyeballs of a 14-year-old plowboy and the cat then plays with the eyeballs when they fall to the floor. I read this book 30 years ago and that scene still disturbs me!
Hello, Im the maker you speak of. I have not read that book but maybe I will now. I just wanted to let anyone know, as there is some confusion, that the link with the picture says "Sold Out" but I have plenty more minty fresh eyeballs on my shop page
http://hannapt.etsy.com
And thanks so much for posting the eyeballs Cory!