Tuesday 14 April 2015

TOY HACKING pt 2

 SATURDAY 11TH APRIL

A woman smiled as she passed the paper covered shelves. “That looks so cool”, she said.

“Aren’t they gorgeous, “ some-one else exclaimed, pointing at the suspended insects.

A mother and daughter called by. They’ve been regulars at our workshops. “We’ll be back on Saturday”, said mum, “She looks forward to coming to the market now”.

We spread out all the bits of disassembled toys and odds and ends, ready for the workshop, building creative chimera.

Another shopper “ooh, look, come and do a Sid!”
Soon, several new creatures were being created/discovered. We asked  for their descriptions to be recorded in our book. Our new ‘scientists’ named their discoveries, described what they ate, where this ‘species’ might be found.

‘Species name:   Mikey,
Lives:                  in the mountains.
Details:               He has wings which make him fly onto rooftops. When he is on the roof, Mikey puts marshmallows down the chimneys and does his signature dance’.

‘Discovered by:   Haasain
Species name:   Ifor
Details:               eats sausages.
Species name:   Feeni
Lives:                 in the desert
Details:              survives by eating pancakes’

‘Discovered by:   Ella
Species name:   Barbiebot
Lives:                 you would find her in the jungle, zooming around.
Details:              She would eat anything, also she is a black belt in karate.’

One creator struggled to think of the details. To stimulate her imagination I asked, “Where’s the last place you’d expect to find this creature? Her grandma laughed, and answered “On Dewsbury Market!”

Zara (creator/scientist) declared, “This is a FUN place to be”,
Iman added, smiling, “Everybody’s a child at heart”.

A dad watched enthusiastically as his son got stuck in. “There should be more of this stuff going on. The market needs it. More creative stuff. “

     


 Many thanks to our creative scientists who shared the new species they’d discovered, with us,today.


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