HOWTO make irising papercraft glasses

If there's one thing I love, it's irising mechanisms. And if there's another thing I love, it's thick-framed glasses. That's two things I love, and as you've probably guessed, there's someone who's combined 'em. Instructables user art.makes will show you how to brew up a pair of these beauties in seven moderately complex steps.

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Paper Iris Glasses [instructables.com]

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So I guess you really, really like The City of Lost Children, then?
kartwaffles

Cory, I bet what you could use is a pair of irising _goggles_. To go with your cape of course.
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That’s pretty snazzy.

I’m surprised he didn’t mirror the design, though…
Senor Schaffer

This reminds me of the Myst series of novels. The main character in two of the books wore goggles like these. Did anybody besides me read all three of them? :
Steve_P

Am I the only one who read this as “paper Ira Glasses”…
Paul Renault

I would prefer to make papercraft Waterhouse Stops.

Making those irising glasses would cut into drinking time.
Paul Renault

Me, I’d prefer to make papercraft Waterhouse stops.
http://www.facebook.com/teleny Alissa Mower Clough

Didn’t Aldous Huxley wear something like this? (Before he chucked his glasses in public, that is…)