Big Patches - Up Close and Personal

A close-up view of Patches and his hand-painted eyes. The neon flecks of color in his eyes are actually glow-in-the-dark, a fact which fascinates all of the small children who meet him. Since I only used dots of color instead of painting the whole iris with glow-paint, the effect is cool instead of creepy.

He has a peace sign patch on his leg closest to the viewer crocheted from rainbow yarn. He's my little Hippie-pus!