I've posted before about extreme crafter and talented toy designer Amy Jenkins's robot plushies and the other fun handmade creations she sells at amybean.etsy.com. Bazaar Bizarre posted a terrific interview with Amy where she talks about her crafty roots, the way she works, and her ongoing fascination with robots, cryptids, and luchadors. From Bazaar Bizarre:
How did you get your start in toy design?
While on tour with Survival Research Laboratories in 1992, I met a defunkt French circus called
Archaos. Some of the stragglers were hired as our assistants, and
those people inspired me to create action figures based on real
people. I studied up on circus archetypes, and messed around in my
studio for a few years with designing a collection of
"non-combat-oriented action figures". The idea was for a time
traveling circus with a human ringleader and runaway domestic robots as performers.
Interview With Amy From Cozy Rampage
Previously on BB:
• Robot superhero plushies
• Cryptid baby onesies
