The last Art Safari was properly promoted and perpetrated as frottage involving the portrait of a sheep called Hamish. These works of art were achieved with assorted media including, but not limited too, charcoal, rocks, and newsprint as per Wikipedia’s definition:
In frottage the artist takes a pencil or other drawing tool and makes a “rubbing” over a textured surface. The drawing can be left as is or used as the basis for further refinement. While superficially similar to brass rubbing and other forms of rubbing intended to reproduce an existing subject
Unfortunately, to quote our esteemed leader:
It has been gleefully pointed out to me that frottage has a rather different meaning – at least outside the realms of art. I’ll let the gentle reader find it out for themselves. For the speculation about whether I am a New Zealander and consequently have odd affections for sheep – it is not true; although I would have to say that Hamish is a particularly lovable specimen of the breed. Given that the technique of frottage was popularised by the French Surrealists I suspect that it’s addtional meaning may have provided those artists some extra frisson. Jeff
I shall save the equally uninformed the trouble of looking it up, again resorting the ever informative Wikipedia:
In psychiatry, the clinical term frotteurism (no longer called frottage, although commonly called toucherism) refers to a specific paraphilia which involves the non-consensual rubbing against another person to achieve sexual arousal. The contact is usually with the hands or the genitals and may involve touching any part of the body including the genital area. …In common speech frotteurism is called groping…
What more can a girl do other than say “I’m of good English origin” and splutter “oh my…” accompanied by a red face. (Not to mention thoughts of trying it out with a beloved human being!)
Embarrassed, Amanda