This project was completed in graduate school at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the Designed Objects program in 2013. Titled Digital Hardware, the thesis explores how we can introduce the human hand into computer-controlled environments; handmade tools have replaced standardized milling bits on a CNC machine in order to complete tasks such as carving a ceramic plate. By having a unique tool only made possible by the hand, the dishes differ from each-other even when the program is repeated every time. After graduating, the project was then turned into Digital Calligraphy. Videos of experiments made on the way to completing this thesis can be found here.