Jewellery from Plastic Debris with artist Melinda Young

Illawarra jewellery designer Melinda Young will lead this free creative workshop as part of the Eco-Lab 2026 residency @ the NASA Gallery at the Servo.

Working with gathered marine plastics, soft plastic bags and domestic plastics, this workshop introduces a range of simple jewellery making techniques including drilling, stitching, stringing and cordage which are then applied to your gathered materials to create beautiful wearable objects for the body, such as a necklace, bracelet, earrings or brooch.

What you need to know:

• suitable for adults

• please arrive 15 mins before the event starts

• the workshop will take place at The Servo undercover.

Please bring:

• a pair of sturdy scissors if you have them

• your own washed plastic beach debris, clean recycled plastics and clean plastic bags.

• the artist will supply additional materials, tools and tuition.

This workshop is part of Eco-Lab 2026

Eco-Lab is a creative program to share the practices of diverse artists from the Illawarra and beyond, with community, fostering ecological awareness, care for Country and meaningful engagement with place.

Eco-Lab will be in residence at the NASA Gallery, the Servo, Port Kembla from 24 October to 08 November.

REMADE for Eco-Lab is a group exhibition showing for the duration of the residency.

ECO-LAB, the REMADE exhxibition and workshops have been made possible by a Wollongong City Council Small Cultural Arts Grant.