Series: The Archival Body
Title: Preserving A Jaw
Year: 2014
Medium: sculpture and photography | 3-D printed plastic sculpture, digital prints, acrylic case
Dimension: 5⅞ x 5½ x 3¾ in (sculpture), 27½ x 18½ in each, three in total (photograph)
Preserving a Jaw is a 3D printed plastic sculpture made from the CT scan images of my late husband’s jaw before it was excised during his cancer treatments. The bone around his right lower jaw was dead and the skeleton was fractured due to multiple high doses and overlapping radiation therapies. My intention in preserving and representing the lost and damaged parts of a patient through technology is to provide the possibility of reconstructing those discontinued or removed body memories.
