How did it work?
Through our workshops, the FrankenToyMobile turned public spaces into opportunities for community-based creative experiences. Our custom-designed tricycle was a traveling studio with counter-style workspace, the mobility of which enabled us to go to people, lowering barriers to access. At each FrankenToyMobile event, participants were provided with minimal directions: grab a tray, select toy parts, and decide what they want to make. A FrankenToy could be anything you imagine! Teen workshop facilitators supported participants’ creative process as needed, teaching sewing and other fastening skills and serving as technical assistants to help make participants’ visions reality.
Our project was as much about bringing people together to share creative experiences and discover new talents as it was about the toys that were made.