Over and Over and Over

Tuning in to Textures and Processes

Recently, my practice has been shaped around an exploration of how I can invite the viewer into a space to engage directly with an artwork. I’ve been considering how our senses inform our experience of a moment, in particular, touch, and how I might use this to encourage the viewer to interact with my work.

From birth, we’ve used the sense of touch to discover, learn and understand our surroundings. If we’re not sure what something is made from, or we don’t yet understand it, we extend the hand to find out, or to confirm.What is it about an object that makes us want to touch it or hold it in the first place?

I’ve been thinking about the kind of objects that I would want to hold and have found myself leaning towards