With Fingle-Sin

Design | Media | Self-expression

In a relaxed, inclusive and fun two-hour session, students can design and create their own wooden robot with experienced sculptor Fingle-Sin.

Provided with a seemingly unlimited and random supply of pre-cut wooden pieces to design and construct their own robots, plus the inclusion of high-quality eyes and other decorative options, students can construct very complex characters but can also create very full and engaging characters with a single piece of timber, making the workshop scalable, and suitable for any ability. Construction methods are safe and fast, and decorations are fast drying meaning student’s takeaway a completed robot from the workshop.

Students can explore character creation, storytelling, and design. Fingle-Sin facilitates group discussion about robot’s names and back stories while students build. What are the robots intended purpose? Does it have a superpower? Students are provided with Character Sheets and are encouraged to complete them with their robot’s name, back story, special abilities etc.

Meet Milk-Bot and learn how Fingle-Sin overcomes low self-esteem and finds the confidence to exhibit their work and complete commissions. Fingle-Sin shares stories of their own creative career, inviting students to share and explore ways that art and creativity might play a part in their life.

Workshops

Workshops are a minimum of 2 hours; however, longer sessions can be delivered with consultation. For example, the workshop has been delivered over a full day, focusing on meeting the required outcome for VCAL students. The workshop has also been delivered as a full afternoon session for IDAHOBIT day, resulting in a small army of pride themed characters. Over two years of touring with Comic Art with Fingle-Sin, what emerged as a comic art workshop became in part an exercise in empowerment. Fingle-Sin found that by sharing their own experience of being a disengaged student who struggled with self-esteem, resonated with many students. What resulted was a funny, high-energy workshop with overtones of empowerment, connection, and empathy.

Little Wooden Robots is a sculpture and design workshop delivered with the same ethos while overcoming accessibility limitations.

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