Ay-O is a Japanese avant-garde visual and performance artist who has been closely aligned with Fluxus since its international beginnings in the 1960s. A very early Fluxus object multiple, the Finger Box was first created by Ay-O in 1964. This tactile art piece is comprised of a small hollow cube with a hole in the side. The box is filled with various objects, such as hair, cotton balls, and nails. It is then on the art's observer “risk” to put their finger into the hole to feel the material hidden within the box. Ay-O's intent, by including such potentially dangerous things as nails in the possible contents of the box was to ensure that the user touches the box with an “enquiring, learning gesture.” The Finger Boxes were also intended to be touched by multiple people at a time, promoting a shared, social, experience of perceiving the work. Each cardboard box was adorned with gummed on black and orange printed paper labels (like the flyer) designed by George Maciunus (1931-1978), a key figure and founding member of Fluxus who is responsible for, among many things, assembling Fluxus multiples, and the creation of the Flux Shop where Fluxus multiples, like Ay-O’s Finger Box were sold. Maciunas was trained as a graphic designer and his memorable design for packaging of Fluxus objects, posters and newspapers helped give the movement a sense of unity that the artists themselves often denied.