Etiquette Help

[shootingstar]

Remind him that this is VISUAL art, not TACTILE art.

He's probably ADD and just can't keep still. I bet he doesn't even realize he's doing it, but if you ask him to stop, I bet he'll make an effort.

I like the visual vs. tactile art..it is valid..up to a certain point. Some wood and soapstone pieces are lovely just to stroke lightly and briefly.

Never had a visitor like your friend. He seems like a person who would be interested in stories of the artist/background to the piece of artwork. We have some fragile pieces ...some unusual...which do require being up close to the object. There have been some situations we just couldn't have a 2-yr. old visitor running around at our place, unless we spent 1-2 hrs. putting away objects. But it hasn't been like this all the time... only in last few years.