Folded Soul is one of the Soul series, a body of work that resulted from my PhD
research into tactility and textiles in contemporary art. It was influenced by the
suggestion put forward by the philosopher Michel Serres that our soul is in our skin
because it is there that we meet and mingle with the world. This sculpture was made
to be touched - the bronze and the fabric provide tactile contrasts in texture,
temperature, weight and volume. I chose to weave a fabric of horsehair as this