Journal (2013 - ): Contact Lens Spheres

Ed has been working with 3D effects on photoshop and our ideas about spheres seemed to combine so he used images of my contact lenses to make 3D shapes from them, making them even more planet-like. I really like the look of these pieces but I can't quite grasp the concept behind it, probably because t warps the images that I find so interesting as they are. Digital art for the sake of it doesn't make sense for me in terms of what the spheres mean. Strangely though they are closer to looking like I want people to see them as - as planetary bodies - it distances and distracts from the ideas I would want to convey. I think we need to come up with something equally interesting-looking but which makes sense as a piece in itself.

They are so beautiful so I think maybe I should learn to embrace something new. I am perhaps feeling a little wary to continue with this work because it is the imagery for my current project, so I have a very particular vision for it. I do like how collaborating with someone allows you to release control over your image and see what else might be done with it, especially when it is so different to what I would make myself.

We experimented with these videos arranged on box monitors, with some really effective results (I'm trying to get hold of the photos of this...).