Professional
Precision-first fabrication, documentation, and tolerances suitable for collections and institutional deployment.
Artistic
Machines and hands choreographed together, keeping the score of data intact while pushing form toward resonance.
Technical
Custom tooling, signal processing pipelines, and systematic translation protocols ensure reproducible outcomes across materials.
Capabilities
Practice
Synesthetic Studio investigates how sound becomes matter. Working between data, software, and craft, the practice transforms fleeting audio into tactile artefacts with archival intent.
Spectrograms are translated through punch-needle embroidery, anodized aluminium etching, concrete casting, and resin embedding—each medium chosen for how it holds and refracts resonance.
The studio advocates for notation that can be held. By making sonic data permanent, spectators shift from passive consumption to intimate dialogue with the systems that score our digital lives.
Current Work
Material investigations
Research + production
Material Spectrogram Series
Durability studies that test spectrogram permanence across anodized aluminium, cast concrete, and resin light wells. Each object captures a single song rendered as touchable topography.
Aluminium anodizing + etchingConcrete relief mouldsResin / mica encapsulationArchival acoustic research
Synesthetic Liberation
Punch-needle tapestries generated from personal listening archives. The work reclaims the spectrogram as a poetic score by allowing audiences to feel the vibrational cadence under their fingertips.
Signal processing pipelinesSpectrogram sequencingModified AxiDraw plottingTextile choreography
Process
Iterative translation of audio to artefact
01 — Analysis
Audio libraries are processed through Python (librosa, numpy) to extract frequency-over-time data. The resulting matrices become the notation set for physical translation.
02 — Translation
Spectrogram data is sculpted into fabrication-ready assets—vector paths for CNC, depth maps for casting, stitch plans for textile work, or laser-ready rasters for aluminium.
03 — Fabrication
Material-specific runs explore tactility, permanence, and translucency. Iterations are documented to tune resonance, shadow, and haptic readability for each medium.