Adi Toch

Adi Toch sensitively explores the vessel form through her expert material of metal; she begins with a flat sheet and fabricates delicate hollow objects using a variety of tools and hammers. She finishes her pieces through a labour-intensive process of hand texturing and patination, creating intricate surface marks akin to calligraphic patterns. Internal compositional contrasts occur regularly in her work.

Adi treats the interior space of her vessels in different ways, to engage us in the diverse sensory qualities of the material. In some instances, she polishes it to a highly reflective surface and invites us to contemplate and immerse ourselves in the captured environment contained in the object. On other occasions, precious gemstones are placed inside the vessel; when we take it in our hands they gently roll inside and, in this movement, they seem to whisper to us. In this simple gesture, the artist captures the lyrical musicality of the metal.