Skipping Stones
One in every room that matters.
The room-scale voice points of a Stillgrove home. Cast by hand, set on the shelf, always listening for you and no one else.
The object
A stone that looks like it belongs on the shelf, because it does.
A Skipping Stone is small and quiet. It sits dark until you speak; while she listens, a soft halo of light rests at its base, and when you're done it goes dark again. It sits where you'd naturally set a good object (the kitchen counter, the study desk, the shelf above the bed) and waits. When you speak, it hears you. When you don't, it disappears.
Every stone is a commission. Yours will be cast by hand in Southern Utah, finished smooth, and sealed, then signed on the base. No two will ever be identical, and that is the point. They are objects, not devices.
Particulars
The stone, in detail.
- Body
- Cast stone, finished by hand, sealed.
- Finish
- Three tones drawn from Southern Utah terrain: bone, ochre, basalt.
- Footprint
- About the size of a paperback lying flat. Silent.
- Wake
- Local wake-word. No cloud, no upload. Your voice never leaves the home.
- Power
- A single discreet power connection. Nothing else on show.
- Signed
- Signed on the base by the maker. One person, start to finish.
Placement
One per lived-in room. Not one per wall.
We don't blanket a house with them. A consultation walks the rooms and we agree, together, where a stone earns its place: the kitchen where dinner happens, the primary bedroom, the study, the great room. Halls and closets stay quiet. A Stillgrove home has fewer voice points than a hardware-store setup and more presence for it.