Possum Skin Pyrography Workshop
with Iluka Sax-Williams
Mob Only

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members only.

Join artist Iluka Sax-Williams (Taungurung, Tibrean) for a hands-on creative session exploring pyrography – the art of burning designs onto possum skin pelts.  In this special workshop, Iluka will share his personal journey working with kangaroo pelts and discuss the revitalisation of Possum Skin traditions. Participants learn how to use pyrography tools and techniques to create their own meaningful artwork on a possum skin.

Workshop details:

• All tools and materials supplied, including possum skins.
• Light catering provided.
• Children must be accompanied by an adult.
• Participants who are sensitive to smoke and/or fur are encourage to take precautions (eg wearing a mask).
• This is a culturally safe workshop reserved for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only.

About Iluka

Award winning artist, Iluka Sax-Williams is a multidisciplinary artist with a practice across Indigenous Visual Art, Dance, Fashion and Design. His work is informed by his ancestral connections to the Taungurung Kulin Nation and the Tibrean people of the Torres Strait Islands.

Iluka’s passion for sharing and enhancing awareness of Indigenous practices manifests not only in his work, but also his involvement with community-strengthening educational activities like hosting Possum Skin Cloak workshops, Pyrography workshops, and Art experiences.

His pyrography work on Kangaroo Skin artwork Woora Liwik was exhibited at the 10th Koorie Heritage Trust Art Show in 2022/23, which won the RMIT Emerging Artist Award that year.