Melinda West | West Gardens Basketry

Growing, gathering, and weaving with plant fibers from the Pacific Northwest

August 8-10 Exhibit of New Work

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fig Bark and stone

If you are in the area, please come by and visit Sydni Sterling and I at her gallery-garden, one block up the street from the Indianola Dock. We will be open from 10 to 4, Friday through Sunday.

Come by on Friday or Sunday if you’d like the “quite” village experience. Come on Saturday for the “Festival” experience of Indianola Days, with extra low tides inviting all to sand castle making, a street fair, culminating in a Salmon Dinner, with live music and dancing afterwards. So pick your day, and come say hello to Sydni’s beautiful new paintings, and my new sculptural pieces made with plant materials from the NW landscape.

About Melinda

Forty years ago, while sitting on the beach playing with my young children, I made my first basket out of a pile of willow trimmings someone had tossed there. It looked wildly made like a crazy bird’s nest. While being together with my two sons on a beautiful Pacific Northwest shoreline, this simple experience of crafting with the natural materials at hand kindled a passion for creating forms using plant fibers. I thank my family, my community, and all my teachers for cultivating this gift in me.
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Melinda West and basket, Indianola WA