[e-textile gloves]

During the height of lockdown our university assignment was to create a physical computing piece relating to the word ‘play’. Being stuck alone at home I went for a experimental piece where I get to explore and enjoy my own company by creating music through touch. I made this piece as a wearable glove so the user can experience their body in a different way. The circuit is made with an Arduino Uno, hand sewed onto a pair of gloves using conductive thread. Using one glove to touch the designs on the other you play different soothing kalimba tones.

[ring it! test]

[gloves]

/process

[Arduino & node.js website code excerpt with web]

The piece is coded in the Arduino IDE. The Arduino input data is sent to Visual Studio Code through SerialPort and used to play specific sound pieces on a website which is run on node.js.

[e-textiles making & showcase]

The piece was exhibited at a pop-up stall at Central Saint Martins as a part of a Creative Computing Institute pop-up.