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Jewellery from Plastic Debris

When

Saturday 26 July from 12:30pm to 3:30pm

Cost

General Admission (including materials): $77.00

ADC Winter Workshop 2025

Working with gathered marine plastics, soft plastic bags and domestic plastics, this workshop hosted by Melinda Young, introduces a range of simple jewellery making techniques including drilling, stitching, stringing and cordage. Apply these techniques to gathered materials to create beautiful wearable objects for the body, such as a necklace, bracelet, earrings or brooch.

Bring your own washed plastic beach debris, clean recycled plastics and clean plastic bags; other materials and tools will be provided.

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About Melinda Young

Melinda Young lives and works on Dharawal Country. Her research-based practice spans jewellery and intimately scaled textiles reflecting on experiences of being in and understanding the complexities of place in contemporary Australia. She is interested in materiality - the traces of human and non-human interactions left behind on the body and the land. Exhibiting extensively in Australia and internationally since 1997, her work is held in public collections and included in numerous publications. Melinda has spent the past 25 years working within the contemporary craft and design field as an educator, curator, gallery manager and writer. She has a Master of Visual Arts from Sydney College of the Arts and is currently undertaking a cross-disciplinary PhD in Human Geography and Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong.

FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY

Please note: This event will be documented with photography and/or video and the images/footage may be shared online. By attending the event you understand that you may be photographed/videoed and you give permission for the images/footage to be shared online for promotional purposes.

ACCESSIBILITY

There is a ramp at the side entrance of ADC (Palmer St) and wheelchair-accessible toilet on the lower gallery level. Access to the lower level is through the main entrance off William St. Please ask our friendly staff for assistance. A full gallery Access statement is available to download from the ADC website.

Image top: Melinda Young, Plastic Necklaces, Photo: Courtesy of the Artist Image above: Melinda Young, Catch a Fish, Photo: Courtesy of the Artist

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