Phoenix Savage, the Being Humans Postdoctoral Fellow, is working on collecting 5,000 "touches" through her “Human Touch Project."
Touch Savage
Phoenix Savage described the "Human Touch Project" to a student in the Patterson Building at Penn State's University Park campus.
Touch tools
A hot plate slowly melted wax in Phoenix Savage's studio in the Patterson Building at Penn State's University Park campus.
Touch Dollop
Dollops of wax awaited molding in Phoenix Savage's studio in the Patterson Building at Penn State's University Park campus. Savage is the Penn State Institute for the Arts and Humanities Being Humans Postdoctoral Fellow
Touch powdering
Phoenix Savage sprinkled arrowroot powder on dollops of wax to make them easier to handle in her studio in the Patterson Building at Penn State's University Park campus.
Touch Cleveland
Emily Cleveland, a senior journalism major from Philadelphia, participated in the "Human Touch Project" in the Patterson Building at Penn State's University Park campus. The inset shows her finished "touch."
Touch flower
Emily Cleveland, a senior journalism major from Philadelphia, made her mark in the "Human Touch Project."
Touch Fehringer
Ashley Fehringer, a junior animal sciences major from Gettysburg, Pa., participated in the "Human Touch Project" in the Patterson Building at Penn State's University Park campus. In the inset, is her nearly completed "touch."
Touch Fehringer's design
Ashley Fehringer, a junior animal sciences major from Gettysburg, Pa., completed her "touch."
Touch boxes
Boxes of completed "touches" piled up in Phoenix Savage's studio in the Patterson Building at Penn State's University Park campus. "When I look at them collectively," she said, "I do see sort of an inner dialogue about human thoughts and ideas."
