Music Machines
Track one is on the 2nd floor of Jupiter NEXT
Helen Leigh will share some of the instruments she’s made over the years and explain some of the technologies behind them. Leigh past projects include a spider harp, a purring tentacle, a golden disco ball theremin, a robotic MIDI drum machine and an embroidered kraakdoos. Her current work in progress is a hurdy-gurdy inspired logtar.
About the Speaker
Helen Leigh is a hardware hacker and writer from Cymru (Wales), via London and Berlin. Leigh is currently based in Portland, Oregon, where she works for Crowd Supply.
Leigh wrote The Crafty Kid’s Guide to DIY Electronics, published by McGraw Hill, and she has written about hacking and making for publications all over the world. She also designed the MINI.MU glove for Imogen Heap and Pimoroni, a gesture-controlled musical instrument that young people sew, wire, code and play themselves.