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THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2015
Vol. CXXIV, No. 136
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices
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Tinkertopia
Tacoma's DIY art supply store turns 2 Article and Photos By Todd Matthews, Editor For the past two years, Tinkertopia in downtown Tacoma has been the place where pine cones are turned into hedgehog shells, empty plastic cases become invisible ghost traps, and random jigsaw puzzle pieces are transformed into miniature throwing stars. The creative reuse center and alternative art supply shop— located in the four-block stretch of storefronts that line the University of Washington Tacoma campus along Pacific Tinkertopia— Avenue—is owned the creative re-use and operated by huscenter and alterband-and-wife artists native art supply Darcy and Richard shop in downtown Ryan "R.R." AnderTacoma—is owned son. and operated by Loosely modeled husband-and-wife after Creation Station artists Darcy and in Lynnwood, Wash., Richard Ryan Tinkertopia offers "R.R." Anderson. DIY art supplies that "It's our dream," excan be bought in bulk plains R.R. "It's the based on three differjunk shop where we ent bag sizes (small is get our first pick $6.95; large is $9.95; at everything and and humongous is get to make art and $19.95). Beyond the come up with ideas retail shelves sits the and make people Tinkerspace—a set of laugh." tables for visitors to create their own art using materials from the store (the Tinkerspace can be used for as little as seven dollars per "Tinker Cadet" for 90 minutes, or $150 for up to 10 people for a two-hour birthday party). Outside the store, one of the Andersons can be found behind the wheel of a mini-van converted into the "Tinker Mobile" and used to pick up donated supplies or set up satellite Tinkerspaces. "It's our dream," explained R.R. during a visit to the shop this week. "It's the junk shop where we get our first pick at everything and get to make art and come up with ideas and make people laugh." The store wouldn't exist without Spaceworks Tacoma, an initiative of the City of Tacoma and CONTINUED the Tacoma-Pierce CounON PAGE 2
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