‘Steel tuft’ is an earpiece developed with the technique of hand tufting, known
in the flooring industry to create soft pile rugs. The combination of technique
and use of material create a soft and flexible construction which adds
liveliness and emotion to a material which is normally referred to
as hard and cold.
‘Steel tuft’ was created for the 2014 Steel Prize competition, A Touch of Steel,
organized by the German Kolloquium Nordrhein Westfalen and the Royal
Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and received an honorable mention.