Some girls use their student discount for shoes from Topshop...

I used mine on a soldering iron, 28 piece screwdriver set, miniature toggle switches and some miniature pots from maplins....

My how the time flies...

Literally. Where did my first term go? I will upload some more music soon, I'm just trying to make all my projects as amazing as possible, so I have a lot of works in progress!

One project that I can share with you is my CIRCUIT BENDING PROJECT!

My idea is to circuit bend an old baby toy (that I used as a sound source for my first year end of year recital) to make it useable for a more mature piece. I'm planning to drill a load of LDR's into it eventually and write a PD patch to work with it - creating an interactive instrument.

I must admit here and now that I am a complete electronics novice, but what I lack in experience I make up for in enthusiasm.

Here's the old toy....



Pretty cool huh? I don't know the make of it or what it's called if anyone does, please let me know!

This is what it looks like inside...




Under the careful guidance of my marvellous tutor from RWCMD - Odilon Marcenaro, I have managed to find a nice bend for the circuit. Here it is!



By the way these are my tutor's hands here... I don't have man hands...

Next on the agenda is soldering finding more bends and various pots and switches onto the toy. More pics and videos to come soon!