A Kitchen Table, a Box of Wires, and a Spark
In the spring of 2020, Ellie Nakamura and Tom Breslin cleared a kitchen table, spread out every art supply and electronic part they owned, and invited three neighborhood kids over to make whatever they wanted. No agenda. No rubric. Just materials and imagination.
What happened over the next three hours changed everything. The kids built a paper radio, painted a mural on cardboard, and wrote and illustrated a six-page story about a robot who plants trees. They didn't want to leave.
That table became a borrowed garage. The garage became a rented studio space. And in 2020, FunTinkerRipple opened its doors at 142 Ripple Lane with six workshops, twelve participants, and the same spirit it holds today: that tinkering is thinking, and making is meaning.
