In this workshop participants will build audio synthesizers using recycled Elf Bar disposable vapes. Participants will leave with an understanding of vapes and noise making circuits, along with a hand-made functional noise-making instrument.

Together we will review the necessary circuitry, solder the board and components, and assemble. For anyone who does not finish during the time provided, we provide online instructions and resources for them to complete their instrument at home. We'll also discuss opportunities for further experimentation and creative adaptations for both vape components and synths.

Participants will be provided pre-dismantled vapes and all necessary electronics.

About the Instructors: Shuang Cai, Kari Love, and David Rios, are all New York City-based creators working together as Paper Bag Team. They make projects that blend applied technology, art, and craft, while evoking a sense of fun and surprise. They met working at NYU ITP and began collaborating on an overlapping interest in making salvage parts more accessible to use and educating folks about how disposable vapes became an outsized source of e-waste.