> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Reference:: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-01/wood-carving-helped-noongar-man-denzel-coyne-heal/105279184 > Date:: 2025 > Tags:: #warp > WeftLinks:: [[Psychological value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft helps recovery from trauma]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Coyrne learnt to make traditional artefacts during a rehabilitation program. ### Highlights Denzel Coyne, a Noongar artist, found healing through carving traditional Indigenous artefacts after struggling with addiction and trauma from his childhood. He honors his late parents by teaching others about his culture and skills, believing that sharing knowledge can help heal those with similar backgrounds. Together with his partner, they run a business called Born Wirn, teaching workshops to connect with their community and promote healing. > Denzel Coyne shows his young daughter how to throw a kylie, or boomerang, he made from jarrah wood. > > It was during the rehab program that an Aboriginal instructor began teaching Coyne, and the rest of the men's group, how to carve artefacts. > "He wanted us to do some tactile learning, something that we can take away from that program, and to help uplift us when we're in a sad time," Coyne said. > "Maybe if we didn't have that, I might not have stuck around, I just feel it was so important." > > On the other side of rehab, Coyne has started his own business, Born Wirn, and is carving out commissions for traditional artefacts. > "It means tree spirit," he said. > "I bring out the beauty and the grain of the wood and the grain represents the years of the wood, his spirit."