Toy Hacking

Saturday the 28th of March

TOY HACKING

It was a cold and rainy day so quite quiet on the market and not much passing traffic. So once we were set up we were pleased to be visited by David Wheeler from IOU ( IOU were in town with Fulcrum http://www.ioutheatre.org/events/fulcrum-new-picture-house-dewsbury-483). He got the ball rolling by accepting our challenge to create a new toy or creature from the assembled chaos of old toys, meccano and airfix kits.

 David's enthusiastic sawing generated lots of interest and attracted interest in the stall. he had soon made our first exhibit - Tyrannosaurus GTX.

His sawing gave Liz a great idea. She decided to chop the toys up and set about the task with gusto. With hacksaw in hand Liz created toy carnage.

Once the process had begun we soon had our first customers and we were busy all day without even time to stop for lunch. There were endless creative reconstructions as body parts from disparate toys were reconfigured and reattached with wire, cable ties and hot glue.Siblings collaborated and parents couldn't help getting involved. We couldn't resist contributing our own constructions. The Museum now has it's very own Bestiary.