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Portrait of Onur Erten, luthier and designer

Who I Am

I am an artist, a builder of instruments, and a translator of subtle patterns. My work begins with wood, but it’s never just about wood. I design living instruments, not only to project sound, but to reflect presence, intention, and soul.

I am not driven by tradition or technology, but by resonance. The kind that echoes between the player and the object, the kind that holds memory and breathes with you.

My practice is one of observation, intuition, and quiet rebellion. I work slowly, intentionally, and closely with the material, not to shape it, but to listen to how it wants to be shaped.

What I Build

I create instruments that live in the space between hand and machine. Every surface might pass through both: the intuition of a chisel, the precision of a generative waveform. I use tools, CNC, parametric design, AI. Not as shortcuts, but as extensions of perception. These are not cold processes; they are mirrors of intent, sculpted in another dimension.

My work flows across three branches:

  • Tria: research into instruments as living analog systems - Soma · Pneuma · Psyche

  • Runo: a middleware for AI that speaks the subtle language of the artist

  • Craft: guitars shaped not just by hand or code, but by resonance

Each piece emerges from a dialogue between algorithm and instinct, machine and memory.

Why I Do This

This isn’t about tradition versus technology.
It’s about building bridges between intuition and abstraction between analog presence and digital possibility. I believe the future is not synthetic, but symbiotic.

The CNC and AI don’t replace the hand, they magnify the artist’s reach, if the essence stays true.

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