In gross anatomy students examined prepared and embedded specimens as well as conducted dissections on a cadaver. This color etching shows a series of sagittal sections of a human head embedded in plastic blocks. Because the head had been quick frozen, the color of the original structure was preserved. The several overhead arc lamps were beamed from many directions so that there were no shadows from my head on the plate as I engraved it. The progressive cuts begin at the top of the print. The center cut is in the middle, and at the bottom of the print is the face of a man, joined with its side view meeting at the eye; the inside of the eye and the outside . I printed the plate twice in soft colors to keep one’s attention on the structure. The beauty of the original structures caused me to have a sense of intimacy; what could be more personal than to see the inside of a human head and hold it in one’s hand and turn it over and see it this close to me?

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