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Eyewear art

MANUFACTURING
A group of local artisans is
creating bespoke, ultra-light The business now employs a team of
rimless glasses frames from its four, who hand create eyewear made
only of allergy-friendly, extremely light,
Cairns headquarters. pure titanium wire. The wires are also
hand-painted in a range of colours
From the first twist of wire to the final through either electro anodising by hand,
coat of paint, every W.EYE frame is airbrushing with a durable ceramic
handmade and customised to fit paint or even a combination of methods.
the client. The company was founded by “With key values such as sustainability
Per Andersen, who was already operating and minimising waste, it was always my
a spectacle repair business, Frame Care. intention only to make frames to order,”
Over ten years, initially from a back Per said. “W.EYE caters for this value as
room at his home, Per developed and well as being hugely satisfying and a lot of
handmade a set of unique tools for fun to make.”
producing W.EYE parts, with the aim of W.EYE eyewear products can be made for
ensuring consistent high quality. both prescription lenses and sunglasses.
“I wanted to develop a handmade, high- They are exclusively available in
quality product fully customisable for Australian-owned optometry practices
each individual and 100 per cent Aussie,” across the country, including Bruce
he said. “Beginning with a small display Mellick Optometrist, Total Optical and
in our workshop, and wearing them Dijo Store here in Cairns.
ourselves, we found that more and more
people noticed and found interest in MORE: weyerimlesseyewear.com
the design.”

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