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Feb 4, 2018 Workshop at IslandWood

December 18, 2017 By Melinda

Ribbed baskets made with various PNW materials

Gifts From The Landscape Weave a Ribbed Gathering Basket With Melinda West https://islandwood.org/event/gifts-landscape-weaving-ribbed-gathering-basket Sunday, Feb 4th, 9:00-4:00, 2018 At IslandWood Join Melinda West for a day in the Art Studio at IslandWood and learn to transform plant materials from the Pacific Northwest Landscape into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, News, Upcoming, Weaving from the Wild, Workshops Tagged With: IslandWood, ribbed basketry, workshops

Spring is Coming?

February 28, 2011 By Melinda

For three weeks now, the Autumnalis cherry has been blooming, in spite of freezing temperatures and dustings of snow.  With only a few degrees of encouragement, the delicate rose and white helibores that lay prostrate just days ago, are today happily standing up again.  The 'Christmas Cheer' rhododendron in our hedgerow has been in full blossum … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Plants and Places Tagged With: Anna's hummingbird, branch work, early spring, farmer, Harvest Baskets, Japanese anemone, Laura Llewellyn, ribbed basketry, temperate climate, weaving, winter

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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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