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Jack Evans & Jon Hebditch

Wacky Scots artist brightens up village with googly eyes on everyday objects

A wacky Scots artist is brightening up his home village during lockdown - by putting googly eyes on everyday objects.

Lampposts, tree trunks, bins and bollards have been "eyebombed" by David Gilliver, 40, on his daily walks with five-year-old daughter Lea.

Treemendous! Another of David's creations (David Gilliver / SWNS.com)

The pair, from Gartcosh, North Lanarkshire, have shared the pictures online which have now gone viral.

Local kids are now trying to find al the eyes in the village as part of a treasure hunt.

The pictures have gone viral (David Gilliver / SWNS.com)

David said: "We have just finished another round of them. We have done 15 sets and we try to do five every time we go out after starting late last week.

"We have got another set to do so we'll have to see if we have got other spaces to cover.

"I've got them in several different sizes, but I think most are four centimetres wide.

"We've been using our imagination while out walking about where to stick them."

All sorts of objects have had the eyes attached (David Gilliver / SWNS.com)

David added that he and Lea had to get creative with their fun on their daily walks.

He said: "Because of being in a small village in the lockdown situation my daughter and I have been using our imaginations to have a laugh.

"We were repeated ourselves on our walks most days and I wanted to spice them up and have something to entertain my daughter with."

Local kids have been enjoying finding them all (David Gilliver / SWNS.com)

He added: "I'm a toy photographer and had a couple sets in a draw. We took them out last week and stuck them on lampposts, bins and trees.

"I took some pictures and chucked them on the village Facebook page. I got an incredible response."

The idea had started as a way to cheer up his daughter but now children across the village are taking part in looking for the eyes.

He said: "The village is quite small and they are not difficult to find, but children are treating it like a treasure hunt.

"They are spaced out over a couple of miles in the village so it takes an hour or so to cover all of them.

"The eyes have got an adhesive backing and I put some Gorilla tape on the back of them to make them more secure.

"There is nothing sinister about the eyes - I just went for something to cheer my daughter up.

"I think residents really appreciate it. The response has been positive."

He added that the eyes often gave the objects a 'personality'.

He said: "I haven't been putting them on anything controversial like signs. I'm just sticking them on inanimate objects.

"You wouldn't think a lamppost has a personality but as soon as you stick these on something it comes to life."

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