Obj. No. I
Clepsydra
The ritual of focusing.
An ancient water clock, reimagined as a focus timer. Choose an
instrument — an Athenian court clepsydra, a Roman cylinder, an
Egyptian alabastron — for what it carries, not for what it does.
Every vessel empties at the same patient rate; the form is yours
to choose, the duration yours to set.
Watch it empty. The sound it makes when it ends is the only
notification you need. Unlike every other timer, Clepsydra does
not count up and does not show you how much you have done —
only what remains, and it lets that fact do its work.
[Clepsydra screenshot
160×160
awaiting export]
Download on the App Store
Obj. No. II
Ostrakon
The ritual of banishing.
In ancient Athens, citizens scratched a troublesome name onto a
shard of pottery and cast their vote to banish him from the
city. Ostrakon offers the same recourse for smaller exiles — a
thought, a worry, a name that will not leave you alone.
Write it. Scratch it out. Watch the shard break. Nothing is
kept. It is gone the moment you are done with it.
[Ostrakon screenshot
160×160
awaiting export]
Coming soon
Obj. No. III
Tally This
The ritual of marking.
The tally mark is among the oldest recording technologies we
have: a notch in wood, a scratch on bone, a line kept by hand.
Tally This restores that gesture to the phone — a paper-like
surface, a count that grows one mark at a time.
No badges. No coloured dashboard. The canvas is the product:
make the mark, watch the count settle, and leave.
[Tally This screenshot
160×160
awaiting export]
Coming soon
Obj. No. IV
Bone Oracle
The ritual of deciding.
Before coins, the Greeks cast knucklebones and read a decision
into the fall. Bone Oracle is conceived as a small instrument
for moments of hesitation — a way to cast, receive, and stop
circling the same question. It is not meant to replace
judgment, only to interrupt indecision with form.
In preparation
Obj. No. V
Diogenes' Lantern
The ritual of seeing clearly.
Named for the lantern Diogenes carried through daylight Athens
in search of an honest man, this is conceived as a tool for
scrutiny rather than comfort — something to hold up against a
thought, a claim, or a situation, and ask what remains once the
flattering light is removed.
In preparation