Touch Assignment
Sensory Blocks
Cotton, Twine, Beads, and Wood
Professional Touchers
"Touch is so powerful a healer that we go to professional touchers (doctors, hairdressers, masseuses, dancing instructors, cosmeticians, barbers, gynecologists, chiropodists, tailors, back manipulators, prostitutes and manicurists), and frequent emporiums of touch -discotheques, shoeshine stands, mud baths. Illness usually sends us to a doctor, but often we go just to be fussed over and touched."
-Diane Ackerman
Personal Statement
The practice of Art Therapy correlates with the power of touch and the human longing for touch. Together using both the application of the physical touch of humans and objects with guided help, an individual can find healing through the practice. I wanted to create a physical object that can be held completely in one hand. Each sensory block has a different texture. The first is smooth, then the second is rough, and the third is smooth with the addition of depth. This work can also be similar to what is known as a stress relief ball. The sensory blocks would be ideal when working with children and great for educational purposes in classrooms and nursery schools.
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