In March, this elegant vessel was launched, after over a decade in the crafting. My eldest son, Spencer West, has been involved for many years, along side expert boat builder Jay Smith, and other experience carvers and crafts-women and men. His whole family has been involved. It was an awe-inspiring day to watch as the ship was birthed out of the … [Read more...]
Weaving With Invasives
I’ll be teaching a free workshop in Seattle this Friday. Registration is required.<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3471" src="https://www.melindawest.com/mwwp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image27-545x674.jpg" alt="image" width="545" height="674" … [Read more...]
Salmon Return Festival Sept 7, 2013
For more information: https://www.seattleartmuseum.org/calendar/eventDetail.asp?eventID=26281 I hope you can come to the upcming Salmon Return Festival, a Fall-FamilyFriendly-Free-Fun-Festival at Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle Washington, Saturday September 7, 2013, from 10 to 3 pm. Amoung many other fun free things to do and see at this … [Read more...]
The Odyssey Program 1st and 2nd Grades
This May I was happy to be invited to teach an ethnobotany lesson to Peggy Koivu's 1st and 2nd graders in the Odyssey Program, from the Bainbridge Island School District, at Camp Indianola, in Indianola, Washington. Here is one group of students making 'nature beads' out of 1" lengths of Red Osier Dogwood and Swamp Willow twigs, that were … [Read more...]
