Eyeball Body Double

I'm thinking of making the eyeball with the use of flashlight. I picked the eyeball because as a visual artist, I feel like my eyes are the most important part of my body. The eye has fascinated me ever since I found out how to draw them and it interests me how every eye documents every person's life in so many different ways. So I have decided to make the eye be "enlightened" with the use of the flashlight.

The eyeball will be formed by a plaster, and I'm hoping it will turn out hollow by the use of a rounded newspaper. It will then be attached on top of a flashlight, so when it turns on the light will be shown through the plaster (I'm thinking of having this as my action, but I am not sure if this is enough to be called an action). I do not want the form of the flashlight to be exposed, I want to surround the body of the flashlight with video chords/wires to represent the nerve fibers. I want to incorporate the color of the irish, but I am not sure how I want to do that because I am still researching of the origin of the color. If anyone has any idea how the color of the iris is reflected onto the eyeball, I would love to know so I can incorporate it in my work :) I was also thinking of the use of a small glass to represent the lens inside the eyeball.

So far I'm thinking of having a wooden/cardboard base to support my eyeball, and the size will possibly the size of my forearm like suggested.

Any suggestions would be helpful! :)

Materials:

Plaster

Newspaper

Flashlight

Chords/wires

Paint

Hot glue/tape

glass

Cardboard/wooden board

I pretty much have everything in place, and all I have to do is to create the piece.

Natsumi Shiraiwa