{"product_id":"eyes-by-hand-isbn-9780262049832","title":"Eyes by Hand","description":"\u003cb\u003eA personal and intimate view of the craft of eye-making.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book about artificial eyes—about the artisans and artists who make them, and about the life-changing and sometimes life-saving experience of wearing them, as author Dan Roche has done for 15 years. Eye making is done by hand, for one person at a time, by a very small number of ocularists (fewer than 200 in the US); it is a slow, intricate, and unusually intimate process of molding, fitting, and painting that brings ocularist and patient together for many hours or even days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEyes by Hand,\u003c\/i\u003e Roche describes the craft that goes into the making of an eye that looks uncannily real, as well as the psychological and emotional healing that such service brings to someone who has suffered the very visible trauma of eye loss—a loss that can go to the heart of self-identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an engaging, frankly fascinating fashion, Roche captures the intricacies of a profession whose techniques and culture have been remarkably consistent for 200 years. He explores, too, how that profession may now be facing a digital transformation in the form of scan-print-mail possibilities. Such a change might make prosthetic eyes more easily and cheaply available, though it may also risk the aesthetic qualities and intimate connection fundamental to the process of healing.Preface\u003cbr\u003e1 Repulse\u003cbr\u003eK. Potter, Eye Wearer\u003cbr\u003e2 Removal\u003cbr\u003eDave (father) and Vaune (daughter) Bulgarelli, Ocularists\u003cbr\u003e3 Impression\u003cbr\u003ePhil Cenci, Eye Wearer\u003cbr\u003e4 Painting\u003cbr\u003eAnna Boyd Jefferson, Ocularist\u003cbr\u003e5 Glass\u003cbr\u003eSebastian Fredette, Eye Wearer\u003cbr\u003e6 Illusion\u003cbr\u003eNelly James and Francesca Gelai, Ocularists\u003cbr\u003e7 Closer\u003cbr\u003e8 Care\u003cbr\u003eDan Roche, Eye Wearer\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex“Combining historical analysis and anthropological insight with a journalist’s flair for feature writing, Dan Roche’s new book is a superb contribution to histories of prosthetics and the human stories embodied in their design.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—David Serlin, author of \u003ci\u003eWindow Shopping with Helen Keller: Architecture and Disability in Modern Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEyes by Hand\u003c\/i\u003e is an engrossing journey through a relatively unknown area in which art intersects with medicine.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Stephen McLeod, MD, CEO of the American Academy of Ophthalmology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Like a glass eye, \u003ci\u003eEyes by Hand\u003c\/i\u003e is artfully constructed and unique. A groundbreaking contribution to disability studies that demonstrates the power of personal writing.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jeannie Vanasco, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Eye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An engaging insight into the lives of artificial eye users and makers past and present. Dan Roche’s thoughtful approach provides a new model for autoethnographic academic writing.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ryan Sweet, author of \u003ci\u003eProsthetic Body Parts in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e; designer of \u003ci\u003eLegless in London\u003c\/i\u003e, the board game\u003c\/b\u003eDan Roche is the author of \u003ci\u003eLove’s Labors: A Story of Marriage and Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectation: A Father’s Diary\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches creative writing, journalism, and literature at Le Moyne College, in Syracuse, NY.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233158017253,"sku":"NP9780262049832","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262049832.jpg?v=1767726579","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/eyes-by-hand-isbn-9780262049832","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}