Artist 02​​
Artist 02 started with a message sent less than a month after the first Kuzma website quietly appeared online.
The owner was already a patron of autonomous instruments, with both a self-playing violin and piano in the collection.
This future owner helped define something they have been waiting decades to exist.
After the successful delivery of Artist 01,
Artist 02 presented a brand defining challenge.
Is the claim of"Any Guitar" a true statement?
With a desire to match the decor of the performance space, a Tasmanian Blackwood Cole Clark Guitar was chosen.
Dialing in the Terra Brown color for Artist 02 took many attempts
Artist 02 at a music studio to validate performance quality
Delivery brought Artist 02 to the Big Apple.
Artist 02 with the inventor before delivery
Over five years of conversations, prototypes, and evolving ideas…
Artist 02 was hand-delivered to the owner’s home in downstate New York, where it now resides next to a private library. The natural finish allows the instrument to belong in the room — as sculpture when silent, and atmosphere when heard.​
Artist 02 in it's final home
Most often, it is heard while its owner reads —
not as performance, but as presence.