The Intimate Models workshop (Maquettes Intimes) explores resilience in art. This presentation will show the process of an intensive eight hour workshop. In a research-creation environment, a group of "model creators/maquettists" (people who lived a traumatic, significant or emblematic experience they wanted to explore)—participated in working in teams from three aspects: Representation, memory, and social ties. The aim is to explore art tools and a lived experience to create a multimedia object, finding links between personal and social history.