I created this project in 2023 with help from my interactive design professor, Jason Zeh. I call it an “Arduino Kintsugi Dagger”, as it uses the power of Arduino kits we were given in class, and the software Touchdesigner. Inside the resin sword I created by pouring liquid resin into a mold, I placed 2 sensors, an accelerometer to read the tilt angle of the sword, and an RGB sensor to read RGB light colors. I then recorded audio files of me speaking the lines from 3 poems I wrote about heartbreak and strife, to build upon the Japanese art of kintsugi, which is taking broken pieces of pottery and ceramics, and mending them with golden lacquer to create something broken, but beautiful. The sword has broken pieces of ceramics, pressed flowers and gold foil inside. The color of RGB light the sensor inside the sword sensed picked which of the three of my poems was read, and the tilt angle chose which line from said poem was read aloud through the software. Jason Zeh's expertise in the interactive performance/sculpture field helped me immensely, and he walked me through every tough situation from hardware issues, to software malfunctions. We started from just an abstract idea, and somehow this bloomed into a fully functional electronic work of art.