Evil Eye Wall Hanging, 40mm

Thick blown glass nazar. The traditional construction: deep blue translucent rim, layered white, blue, and black iris, luminous when light passes through.

The compact size. At 40mm, the smallest of our three wall hangings, made for mirrors, corners, cabinet knobs, and gifting by the handful.

Corded and ready. The hanging cord is attached; the amulet goes to work the minute it finds a nail or a mirror stem.

• Diameter: 40mm glass eye
• Material: thick blown glass, corded for hanging
• Colors: deep blue outer ring; white, blue, and black inner circles
• SKU: FWH014

The evil eye is among humanity's oldest and most widely shared beliefs: the envious gaze that lands on visible good fortune and sours it. Its remedy is nearly as old and just as traveled, an eye that stares back. The blue glass nazar of Anatolian and Mediterranean tradition, the Turkish nazar boncuğu, the Greek mati's ward, is made to catch the envious glance and absorb it, which is why folk custom reads a cracked eye as a veteran that took the hit and earned honorable retirement.

The tradition is thoroughly alive, hanging today in homes, shops, cars, and over cradles across half the world, and the small sizes have always had a particular job: the posts too modest for a statement piece. A 40mm eye rides a rearview mirror without obstructing it, watches from a window latch, guards a workspace shelf, and slips into a card as the tradition's favorite kind of gift, since in much of the folk practice, a nazar given guards better than a nazar bought for oneself.

1. Hang it where light can reach the glass: window corners, mirrors, lamp-side shelves.
2. Station it at the small posts, car mirror, desk, cabinet, that the household's larger eyes cannot cover.
3. Give it freely; the gifted eye is the tradition's classic gesture of care.
4. If the glass ever cracks, thank it, retire it, and hang its replacement; custom says it caught something.

Face it outward toward the door or window. Sentries watch approaches, not furniture.

• Evil Eye Wall Hanging, 60mm: the middle size for full rooms and window centers.
• Evil Eye Wall Hanging, 3 Inches: the large statement eye for the front door's post.
• Evil Eye Keychain, Blue Glass: the traveling eye for the keys the house sends out.
• Evil Eye Sun Catcher, 18 Inch: the strung version for daylight window duty.
• White Sage Smudge Sticks, Set of 6: the cleanse for the space between the eye's shifts.

What is a nazar?

The blue glass eye amulet of Mediterranean and Anatolian folk tradition, made to catch and absorb the envious gaze the evil eye belief describes. It remains a living practice across many cultures, and we present it with that respect.

Why choose the 40mm size?

For the small posts: car mirrors, window latches, desk shelves, cabinet knobs, and gifts. Our 60mm and 3 inch hangings cover rooms and front doors; this one covers everywhere else.

What if it cracks?

Folk custom reads a broken nazar as one that intercepted what was aimed at you: thank it, retire it respectfully, and hang a fresh eye.

Can it hang in a car?

The 40mm is the set's natural car size, riding a rearview mirror stem without blocking the view, exactly where the tradition loves to post one.

Is the glass handmade?

It is blown glass in the traditional layered style, so small variations in ring and iris are normal and, in this craft, the signature of the real thing.