MYSTIC GARB: DOCTOR STRANGE APPAREL - ANCILLARY ACCESSORIES: ARTIFACTS of FLAIR Part 3a: EYE of AGAMOTTO

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Welcome to a SPECIAL EDITION post which is a cross-referencing, multi-series entry, for the

DOCTOR STRANGE HALLOWEEN-COSTUMES series, 

as well as the CUSTOM-MADE MAGIC RINGS & MYSTIC BLING series 

and also the more recent

MYSTIC GARB: DOCTOR STRANGE APPAREL
-ANCILLARY ACCESSORIES: ARTIFACTS of FLAIR Series

(Part 3a: EYE OF AGAMOTTO).

Of all of Doctor Strange's visual accoutrements, aside from his flaring red cloak, the most recognizable item on his person is the All-Seeing EYE of AGAMOTTO.

So, it would only be logical for any fan of the good Doctor, who might be a collector or curator of Dr. Strange items would inevitably have at least one of their own.

As shown in my most previous posting (showcasing: Amulets, Medallions, Pendants & Charms [HERE]), this is but one of several "Eye of Agamotto" amulets that I have, but it is the only one that I made myself (not counting Eye of Agamotto Buttons & Pins which were shown in that entry [HERE]).

Created by myself back in 1987 as a part of my DR. STRANGE Costume (image below, but the full write-up can be seen in its own post [HERE]), this All-Seeing Eye was crafted out of a molding product called “Friendly Plastic” (a product that was tiny beads of plastic that you would submerge in hot – almost boiling – water so that it would melt and become malleable. You’d then sculpt what you wanted, but would constantly have to re-submerge the item in the water to continue to work with it. “Friendly” it was not).

costume made in 1987 - this pic taken a decade later in 1997

for entry in a Wizard Magazine costume contest

(I won some stuff)
But more about that can be found [HERE]

The Amulet as a whole is 4 inches wide and 2.25 inches thick, and due to the nature of the plastic from which it was made, it is surprisingly dense and heavy.

The EYE that is encased within the Amulet is a molded foam-rubber ball, one of a line of toys popular in the 1980’s called MADBALLS (this is, of course “Oculus Orbis”).

Aside from the necessity of encasing a madball (or at least half of a bisected madball) within the amulet, I also opted to mold the medallion 2.25” thick to emulate the design given the Eye by artist Michael Golden (in the style he illustrated in the mid-1980’s).

The “gold” chain was permanently attached by molding a back-plate behind the Amulet with the chain running between within a slightly raised channel.

The entire amulet was then coated in gold-leaf (not real gold-leaf, sadly) to ensure a look of it being carved out of ore.

To help in achieve the appearance of the artifact being something wrought and not “manufactured”, (like a real mystic object should,) I did not smooth out the surfaces.

Finally, to give it a glow, I painted the “white” of the eye (and a ring around the pupil) with “glow-in-the-dark” paint.

Just for kicks, as a contrast to the pic above from 1997, here is a shot of me wearing the eye “today” (OK… a couple of weeks ago – for a future posting).

DORKter STRANGE - indeed!

Be sure to return soon for the next (and final) installment in the

 "ANCILLARY ACCESSORIES: ARTIFACTS of FLAIR" series...

  MAGIC RINGS!

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Previous parts of the

MYSTIC GARB : DR. STRANGE APPAREL SERIES:

- part 1 : CAPS and TIES : [HERE]
- part 2 : SOLO APPEARANCE T-SHIRTS : [HERE]
- part 3 : TEAM-UP APPEARANCE T-SHIRTS : [HERE]
- part 4 : THE "OTHERS" / "6-DIMENSIONS" T-SHIRTS : [HERE]
- part 5 : "THE END" of GARMENTS  : [HERE]

And the sub-series...

ARTIFACTS of FLAIR:

- part 1: PATCHES of POWER: [HERE]

- part 2: BUTTONS & PINS: [HERE]

- part 3: MYSTIC AMULETS [HERE]

- part 3a: EYE of AGAMOTTO: [THIS POST]

- part 4: MAGIC RINGS: [next]