Artist – Craftsman

Touchstone

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Touchstone is conceptually kindred to Less Than Three.  This piece is designed to react to changes in the wearer’s emotional state and externalize them.  Touchstone reads changes in emotional arousal through a galvanic skin response sensor embedded in the brim.  The sensor detects small changes in the wearer’s skin conductivity, which is related to their perspiration rate.  Once the crown is placed on the wearer’s head, it takes a brief period of time to calibrate itself, forming a baseline reading.  After that point it reacts to changes in conductivity, spinning the main top gear and corresponding sprockets at varying speeds based on the current reading.

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Less Than Three

Less Than Three was conceived as a wearable that would make it difficult to hide emotional changes. Often in our culture to be unaffected is valued; emotional reactions are seen as a sign of weakness. Less Than Three undermines the wearer’s ability to hide internal change by externalizing fluctuations in heart rate.

Less Than Three consists of a large pendant with accompanying battery pack. It reads the wearer’s pulse by a Polar brand transmitter strapped to the chest beneath clothing. The internal electrical components that drive the unit are lit with white LEDs that pulse with the wearer’s heartbeat.

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