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Basketry Workshops At Bainbridge Artisans Resource Network

June 25, 2017 By Melinda

Artist Sue Skelly

June has flown by, and with it, many wonderful experiences. One being that the Bainbridge Artisans Resource Network, or BARN, has opened the doors to a beautiful new building on Bainbridge Island, a place of community and learning for makers of many disciplines.  Programs for all eleven studios are up and running, with a huge outpouring of response … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, News, Upcoming, Weaving with Cedar, Workshops Tagged With: Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network, BARN, Basketry Programs, Berry Pouch, Cedar Tree To Pouch, Cedar weaving, Ed Carriere, fiber art, Garden Spire, Nancy Sigo, Sue Skelly, Suquamish elder, Suquamish Weaver, Woven Cedar Works

IslandWood Cedar Class Feb 8, 2015

January 13, 2015 By Melinda

Melinda West, Cedar Vest

I will be teaching a class at IslandWood during their Community Open House. Please click on the link for more information. If the link doesn't work, go to, www.islandWood.org, click on community events, and scroll down to the class announcement. https://islandwood.org/event/cedar-bark-basket  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Students, Weaving with Cedar, Workshops Tagged With: Cedar weaving, community programs, IslandWood, IW, NW sweetgrass, Small Woven Cedar Basket, Weaving With Western Red Cedar, woven cedar bark

Sydni Sterling’s Gallery

November 14, 2012 By Melinda

10-Art in Woods2012

It was a lovely morning in November for the annual Art in the Woods Studio Tour sponsored by the Cultural Arts Foundation Northwest.     On the second weekend of each November for the past seven years, the annual Art in the Woods Studio Tour brings friends, neighbors and guests from far and wide into the charming studios of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artwork, News Tagged With: Art in the Woods Studio Tour 2012, Cedar weaving, Cultural Arts Foundation NW, earrings, exhibit, Fall, Indianola, jewelery, necklaces, painting, pouches, Sydni Sterling Studio

2012 Art in the Woods Studio Tour

October 22, 2012 By Melinda

M. West, Madrona and Curly Willow, 10-10

Greetings to Friends and Fellow Art Appreciators! I’d like to invite you to Art in the Woods, an annual studio tour featuring over 65 artists, nestled in 24 North Kitsap studios, this November 9, 10 and 11, open each day from 10:00 – 5:00.     http://www.cafnw.org/resources/forms/2012/FINAL_AITW_BROCHURE_2012.pdf Please … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artwork, News Tagged With: art, Art in the Woods Studio Tour, baskets, Cedar weaving, Fall, invited, jewelry, new work, show, Sterling Gallery, Studio Tour, Sydni Sterling painter

Paper Making and Sculptural Work

May 31, 2012 By Melinda

Vine Maple and Cedar Paper

  Using the treasures of natural plant materials, handmade papers, and perhaps recycled personal artifacts, students create interesting sculptural forms, and/or baskets, each piece with it's own story to tell.  Please click the link in the side bar for more information about this upcoming class at North Cascades Institute. … [Read more...]

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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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