A series of tactile artworks – documented in the book Touching and Imagining, An introduction to Tactile Art by Jan Švankmajer – is investigated with the phenomenological concepts of flesh and reversibility of touch. Central aspects of this investigation are the aesthetic encounter of sensing body and tactile art, the attributes of tactile knowledge and the position of touch and Tactilism in the fields of aesthetics and fine arts. The aesthetic meanings of patina, skin, roughness and tactile memory deepen the pragmatic descriptions of the artworks Tactile Study, Tactile Wooden Spoon, Tactile Rolling Pins and Tactile Tub. This investigation ends considering the role of tactile sensations and the emotions of the sensing body among the factors that determine a tactile aesthetic experience. My thesis is a contribution to awaken the interest of artists, aestheticians and the general public to create, study, understand and experience tactile forms of art.