My focus now is to brainstorm some ideas for stories then get a basic story board for each sorted. Here is what I have so far!
 
YURI SETS UP A PUNK HAIRDRESSING SALON
 
VEGETABLE GROWING COMPETITION /COOKING OR PRESERVES
 
OPENING OF THE ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND AT PAPA NOORS ORPHANAGE FOR LOST AND FOUND WONKIES
 
WEENIE WONKY DANCE OFF..(COMPETITION)
 
PURSUADING UNCLE WANGCHUK (MOUNTAIN GUIDE) THAT THE EARTH IS NOT FLAT, (so other wonkies are allowed to walk down the other side of the mountain and discover more of the world)
 
RACE BETWEEN DR. FLORIN RED CROW, CHIKU AND NANU
 
WELCOME PARTY FOR TONKA AND TUMELO WITH SINGERS, DANCERS AND DJS
 
CABARET OR CARNIVAL a dressing up event/party
 
IPI TRIES TO MAKE A MACHINE THAT WILL TAKE HIM BACK TO SPACE
 
TREASURE HUNT OR ARCHEOLOGISTS DIG AND DISCOVERY
 
THE MOUNTAIN RESCUE, DR FLORIN RED CROW AND TUI SAVE INARI

THIS WEEK I WORKED ON A POLAR BEAR CHEF CHARACTER! THIS ONE WILL BE A TWIN TO ARMIN THE STRIPED HYENA CROSS POLAR BEAR BELOW. 

These are the settings...

LIFE ON PLANET WONKY/SETTINGS        
​In the stories we will spend time between these various settings
 
1 RAINFOREST WITH TREE HOUSES
 
2 THE WARREN WITH UNDERGROUND MUSIC STUDIOS
 
3 ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND, WHICH IS BEING DEVELOPED
 
4 GARDEN, ALLOTMENTS, MEADOWS
 
5 SEA
 
6 BOATING LAKE
 
7 CAVES
 
8 MOUNTAIN AND STREAM
 
9 SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS
 
10 ORPHANAGE FOR LOST AND FOUND WONKIES
 
11 SAVANNAS AND GRASSLANDS
 
12 YURT FARM
 
13 PUNK HAIR SALON
 
14 WORKSHOP FOR COSTUME MAKING AND HABERDASHERY, CRAFTS
 
15 FLYING SCHOOL
 
16 MARTIAL ARTS AND FITNESS
 
17 SCIENCE LAB
 
18 FARM
 
19 CAT JUNGLE
 
20 LANGUAGE SCHOOL
 
21 CHIKUS DENTIST PRACTICE

So now I must get some stories, make story boards...build sets, take still shots and get some funding and make some stop frame animated movies. These stories are going to benefit our planet and all living beings. Its a huge job, if there are any people out there, graphic designers, animators artists that would like to be a part of this please get in touch! 

Apologies as I have completely neglected my website for the past few years and focused on other areas of my life, mask making during the pandemic, Instagram and my job at Angela Flanders perfumery! But..I continued to make and sell toys and I have been busy working on the stories for the wonkies and have created, written and illustrated the first draft of the first book. 
These photos are a little out of date now, my kittens Akira and Hatty Piper have become adults even! but I will gradually catch up. I am currently improving parts of the story ready for further workshops. I have used the story in workshops at various stages as I progressed. Here is the back story and basic outline of the first story 'Tonka and Tumelo arrive on Planet Wonky' below,  
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​INTRO FOR THE CHILDREN
 
The Story of Planet Wonky begins when the earth gets WAY TOO MESSY.
 
Humans were behaving badly and not taking care of nature, animals, insects, birds, fish and each other. 
 
Planet Earth decided it was time to go on strike! have a rest! take a holiday! Enough is enough!
 
It went very dark and chilly, for many many many years! even aliens on other Planets could not see the earth when they looked through their telescopes.
 
Then one day, in the year 4888, almost 3 millenniums from now! (*three thousand years.)
the sun began to shine again, plants, flowers and trees started to grow. New life was beginning.
 
It was a little bit different though, the countries had all moved around, some were upside down, Europe was next to the Antarctic. Green land was below Australia and new creatures had appeared ‘not like the ones before’.
 
They called themselves Wonkies and they named their world Planet Wonky.
 
The first story begins christmas 1999, the dawn of a new millenium!
 
Two children named Tonka and Tumelo were playing hide and seek in Mozambique in South East Africa. They found a book on 'Magic tricks and Time Travel' in their Aunts back yard.
 
Accidentally they cast a spell which not only turned Tonka into an aardvark and Tumelo into a beetle but shot them forward in time to the year 4888!!
 
Here they meet the Wonkies for the very first time, and we start to learn about this new world.
 
There are 42 Wonkies! and many more books to come. In the very last book the Wonkies have taught Tonka and Tumelo all there is to know about how to make a peaceful happy healthy planet and they go back to 1999 just in time to share everything they learnt and help save the world from disaster. 

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You can find the toys in Samsons shop in Shoreditch- east London: SOBOYE
 
13 Calvert Avenue,
 
London, England, E2 7JP
 +44 (0) 2077293521 [email protected]

​Introducing RUFFALO THE REINDEER!The environmental activist!! WITH A WRITTEN MESSAGE IN THE BACK POCKET IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH and other toys new to the Planet Wonky world!My new designs with BELLS 🔔 on their toes, SQUEAKS in their tummies, and CHEWY 'Attachable' 'TEETHERS for journeys with your child and their wonky friend. And Koyo the kangadog KEYRINGS 

And now the teethers, keyrings and jingly squeeky toys!