A fascination with the narrative evoked by objects fuels Melinda Young's exhibition work, which embraces ornamentation, pattern, colour and surface texture.

For her, everything is precious, even the ephemeral – it is the story behind it – that marker of individual or shared time, place and experience that creates meaning and value.

Her surroundings provide continual inspiration and materials for her work, from the things she finds on the ground to the body, architecture and the landscape. She enjoys making work that responds to a theme or purpose, as it pushes her work to unexpected and exciting places. Her exhibition works often take the form of small colour studies, each having the potential to tell a range of stories.

Recently Melinda has been working on a project titled Take a ball of thread... exploring the wearable potential of a large industrial spool of pink cotton thread. The works made as part of this project have been shown in a series of solo exhibitions and several group exhibitions. Visit the blog established to chart the progress of Take a ball of thread... for more information about this and other projects, images and exhibition dates.