In a lull between sculpting gigs in the early 2000s, the artist applied for a job making silicone body parts for Life-Like Laboratory, a silicone prosthesis business in Carrollton.

The prosthetics maker built a career making silicone body parts for patients with breast cancer, or legs and arms for those injured in serious accidents.

Mosaic Prosthetics founder Alison Vest says the intricate silicone body parts she creates can take as long as a year to make.(Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer) Ian Bonner of Dallas lost an eye ...