Melinda West | West Gardens Basketry

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

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Gallery: Wall Pieces

  • Swimmers, view 4
  • Swimmers, view 3
  • Swimmers, view 2
  • Swimmers, view 1
    Spring Pealed Hazelnut Limbs & Inner Cedar Bark
  • McCroskey-Story’s Wild Cherry on Bull Kelp
  • For My Teacher - First Cedar Form
  • Cedar Wall Pouch
    Cedar Wall Pouch on Grapevine
  • Wild Cherry on Bull Kelp
    Wild Cherry on Bull Kelp
  • Shigley’s Wall of Grass
  • Cedar Wing
    Cedar bark & Plum limbs with cedar button
  • Cedar Form on Beaver Stick
  • 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 Mail Basket by Melinda West
    Cedar Mail Basket
  • Cedar Quiver by Melinda West
    Woven Cedar Mail Basket
  • Cedar Bark, Plum Limbs, Madrona Wood, Yew Button, Cedar Bark Paper, Wild Cherry
  • Two Small Cedar Wings by Melinda West
    Two Small Cedar Wings by Melinda West
    Two Small Cedar Wings by Melinda West
  • Little Gem With Button
  • Little Gem of the Forest by Melinda West
  • Cedar and Iris Fan with Kitty
  • Cedar and Willow
  • 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 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
  • 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, driftwood, Cedar Paper, stones
    Mother
    Mother, by Melinda West
  • 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
  • Friends of the Library Commission for the Poulsbo Public Library. (2000)
    Four Cedar Wings
  • Cedar bark installation Poulsbo Public Library
    Tahoma - Four Cedar Wings
    Cedar bark installation Poulsbo Public Library
  • 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
  • Detail of Keller Mantel Piece (2016)
    Cedar Form on Madrona
  • Wall sculpture and fireplace
    The Keller Piece installed
  • DeMer’s Cedar and Iris Fan
  • Lopez Wing
  • Cedar and Iris Fan
    Wagoner’s Cedar and Iris Fan
    38" x 36" x 2"
  • Cedar Coil on Hazelnut
    Cedar Form on Hazel
  • Cedar and Iris Fan, 5'x5'x2
    Newman’s Cedar and Iris Fan
  • Cedar and Driftwood Fan, 42
    Woven Cedar and Driftwood
  • December Batch of Cedar Coils 2013
    Assorted Cedar Forms
  • Kulshan Rainbow-The Teacher, 54
    Kulshan Rainbow
  • Cedar Coil on Madrona, 16
    Cedar Form with Agate
  • Wild Cherry on Madrona, 28
    Wild Cherry on Madrona
  • Cedar Wing
    Cedar Wing
    Woven cedar bark, cedar paper, plum branches, turkey feathers
  • Cherry on Driftwood
    Cherry on Driftwood, front
    Shaped wild cherry bark, driftwood
  • Cedar Coil on Willow
    Cedar Form on Willow
  • Peggie's Regalia
    Peggie's Regalia
  • Directions
    Directions
  • Cedar Vest
    Cedar Vest
    Woven pounded cedar bark, cedar rope, cedar limb
  • Detail, Cedar Vest
    Detail, Cedar Vest
    Twined pounded cedar bark
  • Wild Cherry on Bull kelp
    Wild Cherry on Bull kelp
    Another view, shaped wild cherry bark, vine maple buttons, bull kelp
  • Detail, Wild Cherry on Bull Kelp
    Detail, Wild Cherry on Bull Kelp
    Inside pouch
  • Grass Fan
    Grass Fan
    Grass stalks, seeds, grass paper and cordage
  • Detail, Madrona on Curly Willow
    Detail, Madrona on Curly Willow
    Inside view
  • Madrona with Stone
    Madrona with Stone
    Shaped Madrona bark stone
  • Cedar and Iris Fan by Melinda West
    Cedar and Iris Fan
    Woven cedar, iris seed stalks, mixed grass paper
  • Salmon Wing
    Salmon Wing
    5' x 5' woven cedar bark wall piece features "salmon gill" design
  • Detail, Iris and Cedar
    Detail, Iris and Cedar
  • Iris and Cedar
    Iris and Cedar
    Woven cedar bark over iris stalks
  • Limb and Leaf
    Bare Bones With Thimbleberry
  • Salish Sea
    Salish Sea
    Woven Cedar Bark, mixed grass paper, copper, bamboo
  • Iris and Cedar Fan
    Iris and Cedar Fan
    Woven cedar over iris stalks, mixed grass paper
  • Fig Bark Scroll
    Fig Bark Scroll-Bark Side
  • Memory
    Memory
  • fig Bark Scroll Inside
    Fig Bark Scroll-Inner Bark Side
  • Pealed Big Leaf Maple, Bonsai Wire, Waxed Thread
    Bare Bones Maple
    Pealed Big Leaf Maple, Bonsai Wire, Waxed Thread
  • Cedar Bark & Paper, Plum Limbs, Yew Buttons, Gold Paint
  • Cedar Bark, Plum & Hazel Limbs, Antler Button
  • Cedar Bark, Red Osier Dogwood
  • Little Gem by Melinda West
    Little Gem by Melinda West
    Cedar Bark, Bull Kelp, Lungwart, Lichen, Cedar Root, Stone
  • Detail, Little Gem by Melinda West
    Detail, Little Gem by Melinda West
  • 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: Cedar By The Sea - Form A
    Detail: Cedar By The Sea - Form A
    Detail: Cedar By The Sea - Form A
  • Detail: Lyons, Cedar By The Sea - B
    Detail: Lyons, Cedar By The Sea - B
  • 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
  • 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”
  • Bare Bones One by Melinda West
    Bare Bones One by Melinda West
    Assorted pealed limbs, inner cedar bark, false sinew
  • Bare Bones Two by Melinda West
    Bare Bones Two by Melinda West
    Pealed limbs, inner cedar bark, false sinew

To order or for more information please contact Melinda.

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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