Threshold
©Hayden Phipps

Threshold

This piece transforms toothpicks from familiar tools into an unfamiliar mass. Their closeness to the body makes the work both inviting and repellent, activating a tension between touch and refusal. The forms echo organic matter while resisting fixed meaning, holding the viewer in suspension.
Artisan
Chris Soal
Chris Soal
Cape Town, South Africa
Chris Soal takes discarded objects and pushes their physical limits to produce tactile illusions that shift with the viewer’s perspective. He first ad ...
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