packing tape

Giving evidence, Mr Sharif told jurors he returned home unexpectedly to find a “terrified” Sara with her hands tied with packing tape.

Sandra Pagniano’s body was found bound and gagged in packing tape inside a grave in a rural area north of Prescott and the county medical examiner’s office confirmed she had been buried alive.

That’s what “Mother Play” is, a balm that comes in cardboard boxes and packing tape.

This is the tragicomic scene summoned in cardboard and packing tape by Thomas Hirschhorn, 66, a Swiss artist known since the 90s for wrestling humble materials into cacophonous installations: rows of PCs and desks, a ceiling festooned with smiley-face and purple devil emojis dangling from ropes of tape, and life-size cutouts of geared-up video game soldiers.

For the tiniest hands, an easy way to help them engage with nature is to wrap clear packing tape around their wrist with the sticky side up and let them gather leaves, lichen and flowers onto their forest bracelet.