KATE REED
Designer
Happy Prosthetic
2018WearableWood
Happy Prosthetic - Image 1

DESCRIPTION

The piece features individually sculpted wood petals, each carved and shaped to create organic, flowing forms that appear light and buoyant. The wood is selected for its minimal weight, allowing petals to move freely with gentle gestures and creating a kinetic element that enhances the playful character. Embedded motion sensors detect fluid, flowing movements, feeding data to a Teensy microcontroller that processes the gestural information. Through Max MSP, smooth motions are translated into bright, consonant musical tones and melodic patterns. The lightweight wood construction encourages gentle, exploratory interaction, contrasting with the heavier, more aggressive materials in other prosthetics. Part of the Musical Prosthetics series, the piece demonstrates how material choice and form language can guide specific emotional expressions through wearable sound generation.

PROCESS

Happy Prosthetic - Process 1
Happy Prosthetic - Process 2
Happy Prosthetic - Process 3
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Happy Prosthetic - Process 5




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