Grundtvig - Archimedes

Workshop Reference number: 2011-1-TR1-GRU13-27590
Venue: Karabuk Date of the Workshop: 17/06/2012 - 28/06/2012
Healthy Wooden Toys
Subject area: Artistic education, also including Arts and Crafts and Music
Fight against racism and xenophobia
Cultural heritage
Working language(s): EN
Target Group + Translation:
The main target groups of the workshop are; young and senior adults who have fewer opportunities
and are exposed to discrimination because of several reasons such as sexual, economical, ethnic and
social but want a second chance to become integrated into the societies they live in.
Main activities Programme + Programme translation:
Children, especially when they are between 0-3 years old, recognize the world by using their mouth
and it makes the choice of toy material really important. Wood, which doesn't contain chemical
materials and bacteria, is natural and harmless. Thus, it becomes the healthiest toy material for
vulnerable children. Moreover, there are several advantages of healthy wooden toys, such as;
- They do not need to be disinfected and their chemical structure do not change,
- They are recyclable and are not harmful to the environment,
- They are cheap and economical, can be repaired easily,
- They can be used by different generations,
- They do not need energy supply like batteries.
The project aims to provide the necessary skills to the target group in order to help them to acquire
the basic skills of producing healthy wooden toys. The programme includes:
Day 1: A presentation of wooden toys, description of the workshop and expected results, wooden
materials to be used in production, general aspects of design, introduction of atelier which will be
used during the workshop.
Day 2: Describing wood cutting saws, wood cutting applications, describing wood chisel and
gouge, wood chisel and gouge applications.
Day 3: Describing hand-saw and band-saw, hand-saw and band-saw applications, describing fretsaw
and fret-saw applications.
Day 4: Describing desktop decoupage and hand decoupage machines, desktop decoupage and hand
decoupage applications.
Day 5: Determination of toys to be produced, beginning of cutting/shearing process,
cutting/shearing process.
Day 6: Cutting/shearing process.
Day 7: Describing surface layer processes, describing types of varnishes and paints.
Day 8 and Day 9: Working with healthy paints and varnishes.
Day 10: Evaluation of the products by a Commission, getting feedbacks from the participants
through questionnaires, exhibition of the products.
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