Inspired by a childhood fascination with my Grandfather’s glass eye, 'Blink' is an interactive wall mounted sculpture. A glass eye is removed from its human context and housed within a spherical metal eyeball becoming the organic element of the machine. The cold glass gaze is interrupted by the flick of a mechanical eyelid, triggered by a sensor which blinks at random intervals.

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“Blink juxtaposes an obviously artificial eyeball with a disturbingly living eye. Who is watching whom ?” Simon Schaffer - Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at The University of Cambridge.

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Jim Bond is a sculptor specialising in dynamic kinetic structures and forms which combine electronics and programmable motors with a deep understanding of materiality. His practice is focused on interaction and perception and he is continually experimenting with new materials and processes to explore the way we see and comprehend three dimensional forms in space. Movement becomes an extra material which allows a sculpture or installation to exist within a timeframe and become both an object and a performance, creating a dynamic visual and sometimes physical interaction with the audience. He has exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as Melbourne Science Gallery as part of ‘Not Natural’ in 2024 when he also won the ‘Blunden Sculpture Prize’. In 2025 ‘Blink’ was selected for the RSS Summer show at Burgh House. In January 2026 ‘Vortex’ his first kinetic drawing machine was selected for ‘The Ruskin Prize’ exhibition.