Melinda West | West Gardens Basketry

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

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Gallery: Wall Pieces

  • Bare Bones Two by Melinda West
    Bare Bones Two by Melinda West
    Pealed limbs, inner cedar bark, false sinew
  • Bare Bones One by Melinda West
    Bare Bones One by Melinda West
    Assorted pealed limbs, inner cedar bark, false sinew
  • O - Vertical, by Melinda West
    O - Vertical, by Melinda West
    O - Vertical, Handmade Cedar Bark, and Mixed Grass Paper, Canvas, Acrylic Paints, each panel is 11”x 11”
  • Lyons, Cedar By The Sea - B
    Lyons, Cedar By The Sea - B
    Lyons, Cedar By The Sea - B, 60”t x 20”w x 8.5”d, Inner Cedar Bark, Driftwood Roots, Handmade Cedar Bark Paper, Stone, Bonsai Wire, Lichen, Linen
  • Detail: Lyons, Cedar By The Sea - B
    Detail: Lyons, Cedar By The Sea - B
  • Detail: Cedar By The Sea - Form A
    Detail: Cedar By The Sea - Form A
    Detail: Cedar By The Sea - Form A
  • Lyons, Cedar By The Sea - A
    Lyons, Cedar By The Sea - A
    Lyons, Cedar By The Sea - A, 38”t x 34”w x 9” d, Inner Cedar Bark, Driftwood Roots, Handmade Cedar Bark Paper, Stone, Bonsai Wire, Linen
  • Detail, Little Gem by Melinda West
    Detail, Little Gem by Melinda West
  • Little Gem by Melinda West
    Little Gem by Melinda West
    Cedar Bark, Bull Kelp, Lungwart, Lichen, Cedar Root, Stone
  • Cedar Bark, Red Osier Dogwood
  • Cedar Bark, Plum & Hazel Limbs, Antler Button
  • Cedar Bark & Paper, Plum Limbs, Yew Buttons, Gold Paint
  • Pealed Big Leaf Maple, Bonsai Wire, Waxed Thread
    Bare Bones Maple
    Pealed Big Leaf Maple, Bonsai Wire, Waxed Thread
  • fig Bark Scroll Inside
    Fig Bark Scroll-Inner Bark Side
  • Memory
    Memory
  • Fig Bark Scroll
    Fig Bark Scroll-Bark Side
  • Iris and Cedar Fan
    Iris and Cedar Fan
    Woven cedar over iris stalks, mixed grass paper
  • Salish Sea
    Salish Sea
    Woven Cedar Bark, mixed grass paper, copper, bamboo
  • Limb and Leaf
    Bare Bones With Thimbleberry
  • Iris and Cedar
    Iris and Cedar
    Woven cedar bark over iris stalks
  • Detail, Iris and Cedar
    Detail, Iris and Cedar
  • Salmon Wing
    Salmon Wing
    5' x 5' woven cedar bark wall piece features "salmon gill" design
  • Cedar and Iris Fan by Melinda West
    Cedar and Iris Fan
    Woven cedar, iris seed stalks, mixed grass paper
  • Madrona with Stone
    Madrona with Stone
    Shaped Madrona bark stone
  • Detail, Madrona on Curly Willow
    Detail, Madrona on Curly Willow
    Inside view
  • Grass Fan
    Grass Fan
    Grass stalks, seeds, grass paper and cordage
  • Detail, Wild Cherry on Bull Kelp
    Detail, Wild Cherry on Bull Kelp
    Inside pouch
  • Wild Cherry on Bull kelp
    Wild Cherry on Bull kelp
    Another view, shaped wild cherry bark, vine maple buttons, bull kelp
  • Detail, Cedar Vest
    Detail, Cedar Vest
    Twined pounded cedar bark
  • Cedar Vest
    Cedar Vest
    Woven pounded cedar bark, cedar rope, cedar limb
  • Directions
    Directions
  • Peggie's Regalia
    Peggie's Regalia
  • Cedar Coil on Willow
    Cedar Form on Willow
  • Cherry on Driftwood
    Cherry on Driftwood, front
    Shaped wild cherry bark, driftwood
  • Cedar Wing
    Cedar Wing
    Woven cedar bark, cedar paper, plum branches, turkey feathers
  • Wild Cherry on Madrona, 28
    Wild Cherry on Madrona
  • Cedar Coil on Madrona, 16
    Cedar Form with Agate
  • Kulshan Rainbow-The Teacher, 54
    Kulshan Rainbow
  • December Batch of Cedar Coils 2013
    Assorted Cedar Forms
  • Cedar and Driftwood Fan, 42
    Woven Cedar and Driftwood
  • Cedar and Iris Fan, 5'x5'x2
    Newman’s Cedar and Iris Fan
  • Cedar Coil on Hazelnut
    Cedar Form on Hazel
  • Cedar and Iris Fan
    Wagoner’s Cedar and Iris Fan
    38" x 36" x 2"
  • Lopez Wing
  • DeMer’s Cedar and Iris Fan
  • Wall sculpture and fireplace
    The Keller Piece installed
  • Detail of Keller Mantel Piece (2016)
    Cedar Form on Madrona
  • Western Red Cedar Bark, Handmade Cedar Paper, Stone, Hazelnut Limbs, Yew Button
    Cedar Bark Form on Hazelnut
    Western Red Cedar Bark, Handmade Cedar Paper, Stone, Hazelnut Limbs, Yew Button
  • Cedar bark installation Poulsbo Public Library
    Tahoma - Four Cedar Wings
    Cedar bark installation Poulsbo Public Library
  • Friends of the Library Commission for the Poulsbo Public Library. (2000)
    Four Cedar Wings
  • Western Red Cedar Bark, Handmade Paper, Stone, Logger's Daughter Button, Bull Kelp
    Cedar Bark Form on Bull Kelp
    Western Red Cedar Bark, Handmade Paper, Stone, Logger's Daughter Button, Bull Kelp
  • Cedar bark, driftwood, Cedar Paper, stones
    Mother
    Mother, by Melinda West
  • Cedar bark, Roots, and paper, Plum Limb, Iris Pods, Feathers
    Old Man Pouch
    Cedar bark, Roots, and paper, Plum Limb, Iris Pods, Feathers
  • Cedar bark, cedar wood buttons, Hazelnut limbs, stone, shell, cedar bark paper
    Better Together
    Cedar bark, cedar wood buttons, Hazelnut limbs, stone, shell, cedar bark paper
  • Pealed Limbs in two abstract forms in situ
    Bare Bones Abstracts by Melinda West
    Materials: Pealed Fig, Hazelnut, Willow, Yew, Curly Willow, False Sinew, Inner Cedar Bark
  • Cedar and Willow
  • Cedar and Iris Fan with Kitty
  • Little Gem of the Forest by Melinda West
  • Little Gem With Button
  • Two Small Cedar Wings by Melinda West
    Two Small Cedar Wings by Melinda West
    Two Small Cedar Wings by Melinda West
  • Cedar Bark, Plum Limbs, Madrona Wood, Yew Button, Cedar Bark Paper, Wild Cherry
  • Cedar Quiver by Melinda West
    Woven Cedar Mail Basket
  • Cedar Mail Basket by Melinda West
    Cedar Mail Basket
  • Wall sculpture made from Western Red Cedar bark, Madrona Branches, Handmade Cedar Bark Paper
    The Keller Piece
    66"t, 46"w, 6"d, Western Red Cedar bark, Madrona Branches, Handmade Cedar Bark Paper
  • Cedar Form on Beaver Stick
  • Cedar Wing
    Cedar bark & Plum limbs with cedar button
  • Shigley’s Wall of Grass
  • Wild Cherry on Bull Kelp
    Wild Cherry on Bull Kelp
  • Cedar Wall Pouch
    Cedar Wall Pouch on Grapevine
  • For My Teacher - First Cedar Form
  • McCroskey-Story’s Wild Cherry on Bull Kelp

To order or for more information please contact Melinda.

About Melinda

Thirty 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. The experience of weaving with the materials at hand while being together with my sons on a beautiful Pacific Northwest shoreline, kindled a passion for creating art from natural plant materials. I thank my family, my community, and all my teachers for cultivating this gift in me.
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