tactile femme – Diagram 6 by Lisa J. Murphy

A red fimo and sculpey mix, creating a sculpture of a woman’s inner thigh area. This diagram is not yet included in my project. I finished it eons ago, and forgot to add it. The Braille will read ” Her hand reaches further down between her legs and her middle finger enters her anus”.

tactile femme by Lisa J. Murphy. Image is a sculpture of a woman's finger in her anus.

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tactile femme sculpture by Lisa J. Murphy

tactile femme is a project I completed in 2019.  The following image is a clay sculpture of a woman’s inner thighs, her clitoris, labia & anus.  Wire mesh is used for pubic hair. The mesh has a great texture.

tactile femme by Lisa J. Murphy. Sculpture of a woman's inner thighs, vulva, and anus.

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tactile cordage – A drawing by Lisa J. Murphy

A great example of my stellar drawing skills (not!). Usually I photograph my subjects, so this was an entirely new pandemic experience for me. This is image 2. I ended up using the bit of sculpture picture as the title for my web page, but not without posting this one first. It is just pencil on plain white paper. I drew it sitting at my backyard patio table.

tactile cordage by Lisa J. Murphy. Image 2, rough pencil drawing of a figure on all fours.

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tactile cordage image 2 sculpture

So I turned this image on its side to post, just for kicks. It is a sculpture of a woman on all fours, with a saddle on her back, a blindfold on her eyes, and a bit in her mouth. Materials used are fimo, sculpey, cereal box cardboard, netting, twine, ribbon, and a small metal loop.
tactile cordage by Lisa J. Murphy. A sculpture image of a woman on all fours, turned sideways.

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tactile cordage: woman wearing a gas mask

A photograph of the sculpture I made for image 3. It is a naked woman wearing a gas mask with her arms and legs tied to points out of view. I used fimo, sculpey, cardboard, twine, mesh, carpet tape & ribbon to create this work. It is mounted on a piece of Braille paper, ready for the thermoform machine.

tactile cordage by Lisa J. Murphy. A naked woman wearing a gas mask with her limbs tied to points out of view.

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About ‘tactile cordage’ by Lisa J. Murphy

I just finished a new project (March 2021) named tactile cordage. This work consists of 5 tactile thermoform images of Women in Rope, with grade-one Unified English Braille accompaniment. Because of Covid-19, I drew the images to sculpt from, rather than photograph people.

 

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working on project 3

Creating tactile project number 3.  This project has been deemed “impossible to translate” by a few vision impaired / blind proofreaders I have discussed it with.  I’m curious if I can pull it off.

Lisa J. Murphy

Artist / Author of tactile mind: A book of nude (3-D) photographs for the blind/vision impaired.

Artist / Author of tactile atelier bookmark: A set of four photographs for the blind /vision impaired.

TACTILE MIND STUDIO LIMITED

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tactile mind book in surface magazine, China

Article about tactile mind in surface* magazine, China.

Years ago when I was photographing fashion, I was always submitting photos to surface* ( U.S. branch), with the hope they would want to commission a shoot.

This is one of my most favorite fashion/design mags of all time~

Lisa J. Murphy

Tactile Mind Studio Limited

Artist / Author of tactile mind: A book of nude (3-D) photographs for the blind and vision impaired.

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Lisa J. Murphy enjoying the artistic process of next tactile project

Just prepping for a photographic shoot for my next (smaller) project, due out on the week of Sept. 27.

Enjoying the process-

Lisa J. Murphy

Tactile Mind Studio Limited.

Artist / Author of tactile mind: A book of nude (3-D) photographs for the blind and vision impaired.

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