Melanie Thompson - Salt Spring Baskets

Melanie Thompson is a Canadian multi disciplinary visual artist. For years a professional basket maker, Melanie completed the Diploma in Fine Arts at ECUAD, 2010, and continued with additional course work for a number of years. This course work led to her practice with a conceptual focus on material transformation and the environment. She frequently creates work for installations. Her practice includes both 2- and 3-dimensional work. Some of the disciplines she employs are basketry, stitching, collage, sculpture, print making, natural dying, and encaustic and acrylic painting.