In this series by Tove Storch, thin porcelain bowls cradle bars of soap cast directly into their fragile interiors, all enclosed within the transparent boundaries of a plexiglass case. The porcelain functions as a rigid shell, shaping and containing the soft, malleable soap, which slowly yields to time, evaporation, and touch. This interplay between the hard and the yielding becomes a quiet meditation on containment and transformation, on the structures that hold and the matter that adapts within them.

As with much of Storch’s practice, the work balances precise formal clarity with an underlying bodily resonance. The materials, seemingly at odds, generate a subtle tension between fragility and resilience, intimacy and distance. Encased in its clear shell, the piece invites close viewing yet remains untouchable, heightening awareness of both presence and separation.