Bushwalker 'Gumbi Gumbi' Necklace - Melinda Young

Made in the NSW South Coast studio of visual artist and craftsperson Melinda Young, the Bushwalker series explores the small forms found in nature. Featuring a single gumbi gumbi seed pod in oxidised silver, an oxidised sterling silver chain and the clasp is highlighted with lapis lazuli beads. 

Pendant dimensions 13mm high x 18mm wide
Oxidised sterling silver chain, oxidised silver, lapis lazuli beads

Oxidised silver chain 42cm in full length.

Melinda Young lives and works on Dharawal Country on the south coast of NSW. Her research-based practice spans jewellery, textiles, and interactive public art projects, exploring place and materiality. She combines colour and texture in combination with found and reclaimed materials objects, natural materials, precious metals and stones to produce bold, eye-catching jewellery. The tiny details of her environs, both natural and built/designed, provides a constant creative stimulus for her creative practice.  Melinda’s award-winning work has been exhibited extensively in Australia and internationally since 1997, and has been included in numerous publications and is held in public collections.