{"product_id":"eyes-by-hand-prosthetics-of-art-and-healing-paperback","title":"Eyes by Hand: Prosthetics of Art and Healing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Roche\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA personal and intimate view of the craft of eye-making.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 198\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47574580068573,"sku":"9780262049832","price":33.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/CDo46cSJ1T9780262049832.webp?v=1773425426","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/eyes-by-hand-prosthetics-of-art-and-healing-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}