Melinda West | West Gardens Basketry

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

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Gallery: Sculptural Blends

  • Cedar Limb Bark and Stone
  • Voyager
    Voyager
    Madrona bark, mixed grass paper, Sweetgrass cordage, North Cascades stone
  • Donna Souter Photography
    Split cedar limb, twined split cedar root, beach stones
  • Precarious
    Precarious
    Madrona bark, cedar bark paper, willow, ivy, roots
  • Freestanding Wing
    Freestanding Wing
    Woven cedar bark, mixed grass paper, turkey feathers, driftwood, plum branches
  • Rattles
    Rattles
    Ivy, mixed materials
  • Nest II
    Nest II
    Willow, ivy, apple branches, cedar paper, assorted grasses
  • Madrona Stone Catcher
    Madrona Stone Catcher
    Madrona bark, stone
  • Cherry on Plum
    Cherry on Plum
  • Table Top
    Table Top
    Random weave, assorted NW materials
  • Side Table
    Side Table
    Curly willow leg by James Strickler, copper, assorted NW materials
  • Woven Bird House
    Woven Bird House
    Woven ivy, cattail, cattail, cedar, with woodland goodies
  • Salmon Skin Boxes and Bucket
    Salmon Skin Boxes and Bucket
    Cured salmon skin, sewn, cattail paper, cedar root
  • Signs, Symbols and Language
    Signs, Symbols and Language
    Computer parts and assorted branches, wire, handmade paper, textbooks
  • Mango Dish
    Mango skin, rice paper, copper wire
  • Delicate Balance
    Delicate Balance
    Scouring rush, gut, cedar bark
  • Rainball
    Rainball
    Kinetically activated, recycled drainpipes, pebbles, metal wire, ivy
  • Bowl on Tripod
    Bowl on Tripod
    Plum branches, cantelope peal
  • Iris and Cedar Paper Vase
    Iris and Cedar Paper Vase
  • Vine Maple and Cedar Paper
    Vine Maple and Cedar Paper
  • Rattle
    Rattle
    Woven ivy, assorted NW materials
  • Bambino
    Bambino
    Clematis vines, driftwood, mono-filament
  • Pacific Madrona Bark, Handmade Cedar Paper, Stone
    Madrona With Stone
    Pacific Madrona Bark, Hand-made Cedar Paper, Stone
  • Fig Bark, Vine Maple, Yew Buttons
    Knot #I
    Fig Bark, Vine Maple, Yew Buttons
  • “Devoted” by Melinda West
    “Devoted” by Melinda West

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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

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