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Here Be Monsters

HBM028: Jonathan's Cadaver Paintings

In this episode, Jonathan Happ is an artist who takes a recorder into the University of Washington's cadaver lab and reports on what he sees, and why he draws and paints images of the dead bodies in display.

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By Jeff Emtman • Oct 30, 2013 • 24m Listen

Jonathan Happ's white lab coat and latex gloves make him look like a doctor when he stands in a room full of people. But he's not a doctor...he's an artist, and the people he shares this room with are all dead.

In this episode, Jonathan takes a recorder into the University of Washington's cadaver lab and reports on what he sees, and why he draws and paints images of the bodies.

Sensitive listeners should note that this episode contains graphic (but mostly scientific) descriptions of the cadavers.

The track image is one of Jonathan's paintings. To see a larger version and a drawing of the tendons in a cadaver hand, go to HBM's facebook page: is.gd/hbmfacebook/

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    Jeff Emtman

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    Jeff Emtman

    Independent Producer

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