http://geelen.com.au/geelen-blog/an-artists-eye/ Hand crafted artificial eyes with a natural look Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:40:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://geelen.com.au/geelen-blog/an-artists-eye/#comment-16166 Jenny Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:27:04 +0000 http://www.geelen.com.au/geelen-blog/an-artists-eye/#comment-16166 A great question Brett. We have heard through the greapevine that many years ago somebody patented a way to dialate the pupil but it has never been developed. The dialating pupil is only a problem for a minority of artificial eye wearers. For people with brown eyes or where the iris is quite dark around the pupil, it is not so noticeable. For many other people the pupil does not alter dramatically so is not a problem. It is most pronounced in people with light blue eyes. The problem is not only with the pupil. The iris is a muscle and when the pupil is dialated the iris forms a dark ring around the edge which makes the eye look darker. Blue eyes actually change colour with the change in pupil size and they also alter with the different coloured clothing that you wear. If anybody out there does know of a system for dialating pupils we would love to hear about it. A great question Brett. We have heard through the greapevine that many years ago somebody patented a way to dialate the pupil but it has never been developed. The dialating pupil is only a problem for a minority of artificial eye wearers. For people with brown eyes or where the iris is quite dark around the pupil, it is not so noticeable. For many other people the pupil does not alter dramatically so is not a problem. It is most pronounced in people with light blue eyes.
The problem is not only with the pupil. The iris is a muscle and when the pupil is dialated the iris forms a dark ring around the edge which makes the eye look darker.
Blue eyes actually change colour with the change in pupil size and they also alter with the different coloured clothing that you wear.
If anybody out there does know of a system for dialating pupils we would love to hear about it.

]]> http://geelen.com.au/geelen-blog/an-artists-eye/#comment-16147 Brett Carey Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:32:47 +0000 http://www.geelen.com.au/geelen-blog/an-artists-eye/#comment-16147 I have had an artificial eye now for 20+ years. One of the advances I thought may have occurred was in the dialation issue with the pupil. I was lucky enough to have my eye removed with all the muscles in tact behind the eye, meaning that my artificial eye moves similar to a real eye, unfortunately not always in sync! The only thing that throws people off in thinking "is it real or not" is the pupil dialation. With technological advances in most areas, has this ever been explored in the making of an artificial eye? I have had an artificial eye now for 20+ years. One of the advances I thought may have occurred was in the dialation issue with the pupil. I was lucky enough to have my eye removed with all the muscles in tact behind the eye, meaning that my artificial eye moves similar to a real eye, unfortunately not always in sync! The only thing that throws people off in thinking “is it real or not” is the pupil dialation. With technological advances in most areas, has this ever been explored in the making of an artificial eye?

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