Evil Eye Wall Hanging, 60mm

Thick blown glass nazar. The traditional layered build, deep blue rim glowing translucent when light passes, iris rings opaque and steady.

The room size. At 60mm, the middle of our three wall hangings: visible across a living room, proportioned for window centers and interior walls.

Corded and ready. The hanging cord is attached for walls, windows, and any post with a nail's worth of hospitality.

• Diameter: 60mm glass eye
• Material: thick blown glass, corded for hanging
• Colors: deep blue outer ring; white, blue, and black inner circles
• SKU: FWH016

The evil eye belief, that envy's gaze can land on good fortune and sour it, is one of the oldest ideas humanity still acts on, and the blue glass nazar is its most successful countermeasure: an unblinking eye of Anatolian and Mediterranean tradition made to catch the glance and spend itself absorbing it. Cracked eyes are read as veterans; the custom thanks and replaces them. The practice hangs alive today across homes, shops, and cradles in half the world, and we present it as the living tradition it is.

Within a guarded household, sizes take stations. The 60mm is the room's eye: large enough to be seen from the sofa and the doorway, the glass glowing its deep blue when the window lights it, yet not so large it argues with the decor. Tradition posts one per gathering room, the space where the household's fortune is most visible to visitors, which is, by the belief's own logic, exactly where envy gets its viewing hours.

1. Hang it at the center of a window or on the wall facing the room's entrance.
2. Give it light; the blown blue glass earns its keep glowing.
3. Post one per main room; the tradition staffs generously.
4. If the glass cracks, thank it for its service and hang a successor, as custom directs.

Eye level or above, facing the approach. Sentries take the high ground when offered.

• Evil Eye Wall Hanging, 40mm: the compact eye for mirrors, corners, and cars.
• Evil Eye Wall Hanging, 3 Inches: the large statement piece for the front door.
• Evil Eye Sun Catcher, 20 Inch: the strung cascade for full-window daylight duty.
• Evil Eye Keychain, Blue Glass: the traveling eye for the household's departures.
• White Sage Smudge Sticks, Set of 6: the cleanse for the room the eye watches.

What is a nazar?

The blue glass eye of Mediterranean and Anatolian folk tradition, hung to catch and absorb the envious gaze; a living practice across many cultures, presented here with that respect.

Why choose the 60mm size?

It is the room-scale eye: visible across a living space and proportioned for window centers, between our 40mm for small posts and our 3 inch for the front door's statement.

What if it cracks?

Custom reads a cracked nazar as one that took the hit meant for the household: thank it, retire it, replace it.

Where does tradition hang it?

In the gathering rooms, where the household's good fortune is most on display, and facing the approach, window or doorway, since that is where the watching happens.

Is the glass handmade?

Blown glass in the traditional layered style; small variations between pieces are the craft's honest signature.