Soup Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 THE ORIGINAL Close-up of an ocularist’s eye: Alfred Greiner, born in 1923, is a manufacturer of artificial eyes. Even Greiner’s father and grandfather have practised this rare profession, so does his son. The 40 or so German ocularists are organized in the German Ocularistic Society. OCULARIST’S WORKBENCH at Alfred Greiner’s ‘Institute for Artificial Eyes’ in Munich harbours very few essentials: a propane gas burner (top center), countless glass sticks of varying colours, some unfinished glass eyes, and various tools including special pairs of tongs and two crucibles for cooling the finished eyes. RAW MATERIAL Cryolith glass tubes from traditional glassworks in Thuringia are the basic material an artificial eye is made of. They come in various hues of white, so the ocularist can choose one to match a patient’s healthy eye. STORAGE In the basement of his institute ocularist Alfred Greiner keeps his stock of raw materials for making artificial eyes. Cryolith glass tubes come in various hues of white from which Greiner selects one to match a patient’s healthy eye. The materials he uses come from traditional glassworks in Thuringia. DETACHING THE BULB The first step of making an artificial eye: with his propane gas burner Alfred Greiner heats a glass tube and detaches a section of it which will become the body of the glass eye. IRIS PATTERN For simulating the iris pattern of the eye prosthesis the ocularist uses glass sticks of various colours and structures which he has fashioned from monochrome glass sticks. CORNEA Alfred Greiner has ‘painted’ the iris pattern and the pupil with glass sticks of various colours. Now he applies a drop of clear glass to imitate the frontal eye chamber with the cornea. SHAPING THE BULB With a pointed flame from his propane gas burner, ocularist Alfred Greiner shapes a glass eye’s individual fit. SAMPLE CASE Assorted glass eyes made by ocularist Alfred Greiner and his father Arnold are used as models to determine the individual shape a glass eye must have to match a patient’s eye hollow. MEASURING Alfred Greiner uses an old glass eye which matches the eye hollow of the patient as a model to help him shape the desired individual fit of an artificial eye. With a pair of dividers he transfers measurements from one to the other. HEATING In order to avoid thermic stress and prevent a finished glass eye from breaking, the ocularist has to heat it evenly in the flame of his propane gas burner prior to cooling. COOLING Using a pair of special tongs, Alfred Greiner carefully places the finished glass eye in a pre-heated crucible where it will cool slowly and evenly to prevent breakage from thermic stress. PLUG AND PLAY Since Manfred Kerber lost his left eye while playing ‘cowboy and indian’ at the age of 14, he has his artificial eyes made by ocularist Alfred Greiner. An eye prosthesis lasts roughly five years. PERFECT MATCH The new artificial eye of Greiner’s Austrian patient Manfred Kerber can hardly be told from his healthy one. In this picture its pupil appears slightly larger. GOOD WORK Ocularist Alfred Greiner has his patient Manfred Kerber look in the mirror to check out the fit of his new custom-made eye prosthesis. EYE PROSTHESIS Close-up of a glass eye made by Alfred Greiner’s father Arnold. So-called ‘reform eyes’ are shaped like a double-walled bowl and are made of glass entirely. Artificial eyes made of plastic are hydrophobic and therefore cause irritation occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Break '92 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 This thread caught my eye. Awesome stuff, I didn't know how specialized this industry was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R@ndomH3ro Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 awesome, a true master of his craft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blood fart Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I used to date a guy who's father had a glass eye. He would take it out while talking to you. It creeped me out pretty bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 Now if you ever run into the guy again you'll have to ask him to pop his eye out so you can take a look at the craftsmanship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the radiologist Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Harris Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I had a friend with a glass eye who would take it out with some mini plunger type thing.. When he blinked you could hear a faint suctiony noise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a/s/l? Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Damn, that's pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belmonts Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 soup needs to start the "SOUPS' The More You Know Thread" p.s props for the interesting thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_spenty Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 wanna touch the ding dong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Mask Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 thats fucking rad. I wonder how many people are left in the world doing this? that being said, despite the fact that this patient, well intentioned craftsman is doing great work, he still looks like an evil nazi doctor. I want to ask him where his room full of gold fillings stolen from jews is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrashcat Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I saw some guy get his eye tattooed on tv the other day. that was hard to watch and I'm usually not like that when I'm behind a screen of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earl broclo ESQ Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I'll bet this guy's nickname is "Skull fucker." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decyferon Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 the designs in the iris look so realistic - fucking dope not what i was expecting when i came into this thread, thought it was gonna be a list of jobs kids should aspire to, my son is half german, im gona convince him to do this just for the pranks that could be pulled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 50million Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 can you smoke out of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Flowsmith Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Nightmares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dowmagik Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 50, no, but it doubles as a pogs slammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteeth Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 after the first post i thought we were going to do the 'eye' jokes...i guess i lost sight of the topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TootsieRoller Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I love how realistic his are. Unlike this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampFightOner Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 50, no, but it doubles as a pogs slammer :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANGELDUST Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 http://shop.ebay.com/items/__prosthetic-eye?_nkw=prosthetic+eye+&_cqr=true&_nkwusc=eye&_rdc=1 get' em here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Mask Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 shit, I just remembered something. when I was little there was this issue of print magazine lying around my house that had a cover featuring a giant wooden box used to hold letters for an old fashioned printing press, only it was full of glass eyes. used to creep the fuck out of me as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B!G D Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Wonder if he makes any crazy lookin custom made halloween type a shiz ones.. Doubt it, but i can see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realism Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 thats fucking rad. I wonder how many people are left in the world doing this? that being said, despite the fact that this patient, well intentioned craftsman is doing great work, he still looks like an evil nazi doctor. I want to ask him where his room full of gold fillings stolen from jews is... I'd imagine he keeps those in the drawer above the glass rods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Soup Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 GUNTHER VON HAGENS Anatomist Gunther von Hagens is the inventor of Plastination, a process that allows permanent preservation of organic material by replacing water and fat with silicone or other polymers. Two half-finished silicone plastinated human bodies hang for curing in von Hagens’ Institute for Plastination in Heidelberg, Germany. BODY DONATION In the Institute for Plastination, anatomist Gunther von Hagens examines the corpse of a 77-year-old woman who died of lung cancer to determine the way it will be plastinated. To satisfy his institute’s need for corpses, von Hagens has established his own body donation program. PREPARATION In order to expose certain anatomical features the plastinated body of a woman is designated to display, Chinese guest scientist Xiangyu Kong dissects the corpse which is preserved in alcohol prior to plastination. SILICONE BATH Anatomist Gunther von Hagens (at center) and two of his guest scientists lift a corpse from a chilled silicone bath where acetone has been replaced with liquid silicone in a vacuum process called forced impregnation. The silicone-drenched corpse will now be hardened with gas. PERPETUAL DEFORMATION Deformed human foetuses from an anatomy collection have been silicone plastinated by anatomist Gunther von Hagens and wrapped in plastic for final gas-curing. The specimens won’t rot nor smell. Even the soft down on their skin is preserved. Left to right: Siamese twins, Hydrocephalus, Anencephalus. FIXING Gunther von Hagens, anatomist and inventor of Plastination, works a silicone plastinated human body to fix every part in its proper position before curing. Plastination allows lasting preservation of organic material by replacing water and fat with silicone or other polymers. SLICE OF DEATH On a huge band-saw designed for meat-processing plants, anatomist Gunther von Hagens cuts the frozen corpse of a man into slices of 3.5 mm for slice plastination. For easy positioning of body and limbs, the corpse has been embedded in PU foam. Blood from the liver stains the yellow foam. SLICE PLASTINATION Prior to the final curing of an epoxy-impregnated frontal section of a male corpse, anatomist Gunther von Hagens (with hat) and colleagues remove dirt on a light box. Water and fat in the tissue have been replaced with epoxy resin for slice plastination. UV-CURING Slice plastinated brain slices undergo curing with ultraviolet light at the Institute for Plastination. The 18 slices in the front show severe haemorrhage which killed the person (black stains). ‘BODY WORLDS’ Crowds flock around a plastinated human skeleton displaying bones, joints, and ligaments at anatomist Gunther von Hagens’ ‘Body Worlds’ show in Mannheim, Germany. The exhibition drew 700 000 visitors in four months. For the first time in Europe, anatomy preparations of real human bodies were shown to a greater public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armand hammer Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 that was a rather intresting read props. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomentIsNow Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Good read, A nice break from some of the useless bullshit I've read. Props. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSK Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 it puts the lotion on its skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineCabinet Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 that body worlds exhibit came to toronto a few years ago, it was insane the memorable ones were a horse, an upside-down guy on a board, a fetus in a jar, & the outline of a man consisting only of his nerves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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