Ongoing Research
The Spyn project investigates how digital tools affect the creation, transfer, and continued use of everyday personal objects. We examine how people's use of Spyn during the creation and exchange of handmade objects produces and reconfigures personal value. When a person gives a handmade object, the object may not simply be valued for its utility, but also for its affective and communicative potential. By studying people's digital augmentation of handmade objects we can investigate how digital interactions shape people's relationships with the craft practitioner as well as with the process and products of creative work.
