The Otamabone is a very silly project I made as a way to cope with having hip surgery. It behaves in a very similar way to an Otamatone - with a capacitive sensor on the side to change pitch and a pressure sensor to adjust volume tucked in near the mouth - but in the shape of a femur, with a smiling silicone face at the top. 

I presented the Otamabone as part of a tiat salon at the Internet Archive about two weeks after having hip surgery (I was still on crutches! I could barely lift my leg! I had heavy brain fog!), and I can say with great confidence that it was the highlight of my recovery period.

Creating and presenting this whole project brought me a huge amount of joy, and really helped to remind myself that making weird art about the shitty things that happen to us is the best way to get through life.