Christina Leitzel’s ‘Fun’ Prosthetic Eyes are Designed to Stand Out

Christina Leitzel’s ‘Fun’ Prosthetic Eyes are Designed to Stand Out

As a maker of prosthetic eyes, Christina Leitzel was told as an apprentice to treat her craft much as an expert art forger would: create a perfect match of one of nature’s most intricate canvases. But just as there are many ways to lose an eye — to cancer or to a fall; to a broom that strikes the wrong part of the brow — Leitzel wants to show there are many ways to gain one. On a damp afternoon in Portland, Ore., a man in his 30s who had recentl…

As a prosthetic eye maker, Christina Leitzel was told as an apprentice to treat her crafts as an expert art forger: she would create a perfect combination of one of nature’s most intricate canvases. But just as there are many ways to lose an eye, cancer or a fall; A broom that hits the wrong part of the forehead, Leitzel wants to show that there are many ways to win one. On a wet afternoon in Portland, Oregon, a man about 30 years old who had re…