Artwork Details
- Title
- The Memory of Touch
- Artist
- Date
- 1994
- Location
- Dimensions
- 17 x 10 x 10 in. (43.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the James Renwick Alliance on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery
- Mediums Description
- blown, cast, formed, engraved, and painted glass
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Figure — fragment — hand
- Figure — full length
- Figure — fragment — face
- Allegory — other — memory
- Recreation — sport and play — fencing
- Object Number
- 1997.55A-B
Artwork Description
The Memory of Touch was created during a fellowship at Dale Chihuly's Pilchuck Glass School with the help of gaffers Bill Morris and Dante Marioni. The piece explores the five senses: an eye, nose, mouth and ear are engraved onto the scratched surface of the glass, and a cast fragment of a hand lies isolated inside the jar. The transparent glass invites the viewer to look inside the piece, connecting the images around it to the object within.