Tactile Texture (17)

Tactile Texture: texture that can be felt
An example of tactile texture would be sculpture, architecture, or even painting.

Here is a sculpture made entirely out of pieces of tire. The many strips create a pattern which unites the sculpture but also creates a surface that you could feel. The many grooves of the tracks in the tires and also the spaces between the pieces lets your eyes feel the sculpture along with your hands.


Here is an example of architecture and painting with texture. This is actually a ceiling that was speckled. This is created by dabbing an instrument in paint and then pressing it against the ceiling to create a textured ceiling. Again, when you see this a pattern is evident along with the need to touch and discover what the surface feels like.

However, these two pictures are not tactile. This is because when you look at these pictures you cannot touch them as you would be able to in person. These two pictures would be visual texture.