The Clay Terrace Eyeballs

Since 2018, driving through the roundabout at the intersection of Circle Drive and Range Line Road, it’s hard to miss what is unmistakably a pair of huge, round eyeballs staring down from a nearby hill. These playful peepers were the brainchild of Carmel resident, Jason Selburg, who created the eyeballs simply to make people smile while driving through the Indianapolis suburb. 

Initially, Selburg purchased a pair of white beach balls, painted pupils on them, and placed them atop a hill. With no long term plans for the eyes, Selburg assumed the eyeballs would be removed when lawnmowers and landscapers came out in the spring. However, when the time came, mowers simply mowed around the eyeballs.

As it became clear that the eyeballs were a welcome, cheeky addition, Selburg sought to install the beach balls more permanently. After going through at least three pairs of eyes due to strong winds, and a suspected senior prank at the nearby high school, Selburg finally, successfully affixed them to the hill, where they remain today - a delightful, albeit goofy, guardian watching over the suburb.