Indigenous school incursions

I was working away, under the house in 1987 making Aboriginal artefacts. They sold OK and I was an artist and  sculptor as well.

The phone rang from a local school wanting me to come up and do a presentation on Aboriginal Art at the school and I said yes.

I treated it like a workshop because I was busy at the time and I asked the students to prepare bark for bark  paintings...straighten some stringy barks then bind them with split wattle sticks and hand make some bark string.

They all jumped at the chance and learned real skills.

Yes I got a lot of work done that day and the Headmaster said it was the best presentation ever. He had expected a classroom lecture and encouraged me to continue with my hands on approach.

Not long after that the Qld Museum got me to do similar with stone tool making, then other schools and universities...

I soon realised they needed to be:

• Engaging for students from their very first day of Prep right through to their last day of High School...!
• Hands On so students could get involved at their own pace. 
• Safe and organised, Accreditation, Insurance etc.
• Fascinating for people of all ages and backgrounds.
• Genuine materials and tools supplied.

Over the decades the workshops evolved to include big shells of ochres, boomerangs, thousands of emu feathers, kangaroo furs, beeswax and scores of traditional fire-making sticks to work with... 

Inspiring students to get involved, explore, create and experience.