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In this video tour of 'Stephanie Metz: InTouch' you'll get a visual sense of visiting the exhibition as you follow the camera through the gallery full of 'Hanging Pods', examining each one and even seeing how the surfaces react to touch by proxy.

'Hanging Pods' are twelve different organically-inspired sculptural forms made of soft, pliable felted wool. Visitors are invited to move among the suspended sculptures, exploring them through the sense of touch.

Part of the exhibition 'Stephanie Metz: InTouch,' the artist and a crew of volunteers created the works by needle-felting wool over a variety of armature materials: stitched industrial felt, foam rubber, or rigid foam. The density and plasticity of the felted wool and forms underneath provide a variety of tactile sensations. Suggestive of cocoons, seed pods, or abstracted human bodies, the varied sculptures feature plump bulges, firm ridges, swelling planes, and deep creases, Hanging Pods are mysterious and passive recipients of touch.

Stephanie Metz: InTouch opened at the de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University in January 2020. Visitors were invited to physically interact with the sculptural objects. The show closed two months early in March due to campus-wide COVID-19 precautions and County Shelter in Place Orders. When the world is ready again, InTouch will find its next venue.

If you'd like to get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of InTouch please see my 'Artist Talk' video, also here ‪@StephanieMetzSculpture‬