Holroyd High School
Holroyd High School
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Holroyd High School is located in Greystanes in western Sydney on traditional Darug land.
Steampunk Recycled Robots
Steampunk Recycled Robots
Students from Holroyd High School created dynamic, interconnected works titled Steampunk Recycled Robots and shared the experience of learning a variety of artistic skills.
Each student made 3 artworks:
1. one sculpture (made from recycled objects)
2. one drawing/painting (ink wash and wax resist) of finished robot
3. one digital 'roboscape' of students' photographed robot digitally placed into a background.
Watch the following video to see how the students from Holroyd High School completed their amazing artworks.
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Holroyd High School – Steampunk Recycled Robots
Duration: 3:28Holroyd High School – Steampunk Recycled Robots
What else do the students, parents and teachers have to say?
What else do the students, parents and teachers have to say?
'... the best part was finding all the bits of junk and putting them all together.' – Gabriel (student)
'My favourite part is the light at the back and the computer circuit board.' – Jake (student)
'Wow! I love this. Can we do more?' (on watching how ink resists oil pastel) – Yassir (student)
'... just like magic!' (n watching oil pastel resist ink wash) – Melissa (student)
'I love my robot!' – Emma (student)
'I had lots of fun making Mr Higgles.' – George (student)
'I love how the rust turns all different colours. I like the grey showing through to make him look old and like metal.' – Zakk (student)
'These are totally awesome!' – Juliette (teacher)
'They look incredible! So creative.' – Cheryl (artist)
'These are absolutely amazing!' – Melinda (parent)
'Great work!' – Elizabeth (parent)
'... these kids are so lucky. I am just so grateful.' – Angela (parent)
Participating students
Participating students
Congratulations to the following students from Years 7 to 10 of Holroyd High School for their wonderful submissions:
Mehvish, Melissa, Yassir, Zakk, George, Gabriel, Henry, Ronakh, Mustafa, Blake, Jake, Matthew, Emma, Jones, Toby, Samuel, Nini, Nicholas, Timotius and Keira.
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Third-party content attributions
Third-party content attributions
All student artworks and images are reproduced and communicated with permission from the students of their respective schools. © 2022
Sea Mills railway station MMB 16 by mattbuck is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
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