Melanie West’s River Rock Vessels glow with other-worldly colors and shapes. Particularly on the yellow one, the circles seem to rise out of the background with
shadows of color.

Melanie gravitates to gentle, graceful shapes that she shares along with her inspirations only on Facebook.

Her readers were stumped when she revealed the recent design at right that looks positively impossible.

Melanie will teach a 3-day class in Asheville, NC in November if you’re itching to understand how she combines Ultralight, epoxy clay, and polymer to achieve her big, strong, organic designs.