User:Rowena Brown/sandbox

Willy Vlotman was born in South Africa, and at the age of ten left with his family for life in Australia. As a qualified carpenter Willy travelled Australia to remote communities and embraced the culture of the Indigenous people, and they him. He was given the tradition name Djaykun by the people of the North East Arnhem Land region, and adopted by Djalu, the custodian of the didgeridoo. Willy learned to find, make, decorate and play the didgeridoo, and over the past 20 years has grown to be one of  Australia’s most prominent didgeridoo  hunters, makers, teachers and players. This rare combination of knowledge in his craft produces top class didgeridoos, tuned to a specific key and decorated. For the most part WillyDIDJ’s are made for playing purposes and graded for their playing qualities from beginners to professional concert class professionals.