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The Ape & Frog Community Makerspace

Located on the main floor of the Chinatown Centre in Toronto, Canada, we offer a variety of services, tools, supplies, equipment, and resources for the ever-growing artist and artisan community all around us. You’ll often find a tattooist or artist at work in the service area, but you’re welcome to browse our retail area and find out more about what we offer. Not only do we offer equipment for training and rentals, you can also book our space to host your own workshops. Use our workshop booking form for more info!

Our Products and Services

In addition to the makerspace aspect of Ape & Frog, we offer a variety of services such as tattoos from a selection of our resident artists, custom and official A&F products including plushies, collectibles, and apparel, and a variety of art from local artists. You’ll often see us vending at local markets with our products, but you can also shop here on our site! Most of what we make is also available for in-store pickup at our studio/makerspace, and with our good friends at The Burrow Coffee, where you’ll also find amazing creators, artists, crafters, snacks, and drinks.

Handmade

Wherever possible, our products are handmade (so you might find some small variations between items). We often offer customization and we welcome ideas for collaboration.

Recycled and Upcycled

Conservation and environmentalism are important to us; we prioritize using recycled and eco-friendly materials, whether it’s our BCI-sourced cotton, plant-based inks, or recycled-plastics-turned-faux-fur. If we’re not recycling, we’re upcycling items like vintage apparel and accessories.

For creatures, by creatures

One of our primary focuses is comfort, whether that comes in the form of satisfying sensory needs, personalizing your orders, or offering accessible means of reaching our brand and products.