01Add your photos
Touch the glass card and choose up to ten. Each one is set inside a clear stone.
Memory stone
What if the photos on your phone could be strung together and worn?
Open the workshop →How it goes
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02String it
Stones and objects go on the wire in any order, as long as you like; any piece can go to the trash. Then Done.
03Send the link
It floats in the dark, turning slowly. Anyone with the link can hold it and look into every stone.
Good to know
Does anyone need an account?
No. You make it, you get your own link and one to share. People open the shared link and look; nothing to sign up for.
Where do my photos go?
They are made small on your phone first (at most 1024 pixels on their longest side) and kept with the piece. Only the photos set in stones on the cord are sent. A link's key comes after the # in its address, so it never sits in a server's log.
How long is it kept?
A year from the day it is made. Then its photos and design are erased and its links stop opening it, so save a screenshot of anything you want to keep.
What does it cost?
Nothing at present.
Can I change it later?
Not yet: once the clasp is closed the piece is as it is. Make another any time.
Can a machine be more tender?
Tender Machine takes cold digital things and makes them nicer. This one started with the photos that live and die on a phone, and gives them the thing people really make for a memory: a stone with the picture inside, strung to be worn.
Meet Tender Machine →A playful piece by Tender Machine