03 January 2010

Touching

Wood of course is another very tactile substance. This fellow in the V&A's newly opened medieval and renaissance galleries comes with a warning -But elsewhere are many invitations to touch, whether it be turning the pages of a book or feeling the surface of a medal -
a mitten gauntlet -
or feeling the subtle difference between porphyry and serpentine -

1 comment:

lisette said...

fabulous! what did it feel like??