Something to do with the tactility, the materiality, of the work, perhaps?

One starts to long for the physical tactility of the painting and sculpture with which the best works here share common ground.

With one glance, he saw that she, too, experienced the extraordinary tactility of this light.

I have a sort of tactility about music.

Two of the seven tables stress tactility and scent.

The video image moves with the pen's sweep so that her written words take on a thick tactility.

The look on his face said he figured a little country tactility couldn't hurt the universe any, for Vulcans or anyone else.

On occasion, he has also used encaustic for its tactility and luminosity.

That has taken something from the gossamer tactility of the original, but it still feels special and exhilarating.

When tactility is considered a value, an unassuming teapot can become meritorious.

The unit's keyboard, and its lack of tactility, was another rough patch. "

Plexiglas cases create a frustrating barrier from their tactility.

The "new tactility," as some call it, addresses a hunger for the tangible and sensual aspects of design.

She laid her palm against his broad forehead, but felt nothing any more unusual than the mere fact of virtual tactility.

A globe of tactility threatened to overwhelm him.

Both tactility and visual aspects are emphasized.

The problem with legislation, as Irons rightly says, is that it deters all tactility, including the welcome variety.

Mr. Blanchard kept the improvisations short, and his shows had the tactility of a stage set: they became environments.

Mr. Whalen's embroidery almost has the tactility and liveliness of painting.

They contrasted in tactility; the plates were smooth and the gold was grainy, unburnished.

Similarly, her writing has moved over the course of nearly three decades from a spatially fluid tactility to a crystalline attention to objects in time.

Sometimes a computer image does not suffice, however, and there are qualities of texture and tactility that only printed photographs can offer.

She says she loves the tactility and spontaneity of the medium and its gracefulness.

Indeed, his early sculptures are already concerned with tactility and gesture, emphasizing the active involvement of the artist's hand in the process of creation.

Tactility increased from 'light on' to 'light through':