A personal and intimate view of the craft of eye-making.
About the Author: Dan Roche is the author of Love's Labors: A Story of Marriage and Divorce and Great Expectation: A Father's Diary.
198 Pages
Medical, Physician & Patient

Description

About the Book

"A personal and intimate view not only of the craft of eye-making but of the relationship that develops between patients and their ocularist"--

Book Synopsis

A personal and intimate view of the craft of eye-making.

This 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.

In Eyes by Hand, 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.

In 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.

About the Author

Dan Roche is the author of Love's Labors: A Story of Marriage and Divorce and Great Expectation: A Father's Diary. He teaches creative writing, journalism, and literature at Le Moyne College, in Syracuse, NY.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)

Weight: .35 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 198

Genre: Medical

Sub-Genre: Physician & Patient

Publisher: MIT Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Dan Roche

Language: English

Street Date: August 12, 2025

TCIN: 94388696

UPC: 9780262049832

Item Number (DPCI): 247-55-6853

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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