Over the next few weeks, Aboriginal artist Vicki West will be leading groups to inscribe their stories onto a possum cloak.

"Prior to invasion, many Aboriginal people were presented with a possum pelt that was continually added to throughout their lives," she said.

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"The cloaks were a way of telling stories of important events and places and people were buried with their possum cloak."

In 2021, West taught participants how to pyrograph stories onto a diamond shaped possum patch which she then sewed into a small cloak.

This year, participants will have the chance to add their own stories to the cloak.

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"The workshops create a safe place for people from diverse cultural backgrounds to share and tell stories, West said.

The finished product will be a "stunning communal cloak".

The first workshop was held on Monday and there'll more in the coming weeks.

Participants will learn how story telling can evolve from a design aspect rather than the written word.

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They'll also learn how stories empower us and celebrate us, West said.

The final cloak will be exhibited at QVMAG Inveresk for NAIDOC week 2023.

The museum will also host a morning tea to celebrate the wider community's stories imprinted on the cloak.

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