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Join date: Apr 24, 2025
About
Melanie Grant is a mixed media artist, bookbinder, and maker of handcrafted tools for fellow creatives. With a foundation in design and architecture from Washington State University and decades of experience as a fiber artist, Melanie’s work weaves together structure, texture, and storytelling.
Now based in the quiet beauty of Northern Idaho, she crafts one-of-a-kind books, stitched pouches, and layered collages—objects that invite curiosity, hold meaning, and celebrate the creative process. Her pieces have appeared in galleries and print alike, but her favorite place to be is at the worktable, surrounded by fabric scraps, ink stains, and the hum of new ideas.
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Jan 7, 2026 ∙ 7 min
Why Watercolor Paper Matters: Choosing the Best Paper for Watercolor Painting
TRANQUIL • LUMINOUS • ROOTED Stories from the studio, reflections on process, and the art of the handmade. Why Watercolor Paper Matters: Choosing the Best Watercolor Paper Recently, I began studying watercolor painting with a more dedicated and intentional focus. Rather than simply experimenting here and there, I wanted to truly understand the medium—its techniques, its challenges, and its quiet nuances. Almost immediately, one truth became very clear to me: the paper I choose is not a...
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Dec 27, 2025 ∙ 4 min
A Year of Making, Becoming, and Beginning Again — An Artist Studio Reflection
A winter artist studio reflection on a year of growth, renewal, and the unfolding of new work inside my Northern Idaho studio.
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Dec 4, 2025 ∙ 3 min
The Tinker Tote: A Thoughtful Gift for Makers, Artists & Creative Wanderers
TRANQUIL • LUMINOUS • ROOTED Stories from the studio, reflections on process, and the art of the handmade. There’s a moment many artists know well—the gentle ritual of gathering your favorite tools, the ones that feel like extensions of your hands, and settling into a space to create. Whether that space is a kitchen table, a sunlit studio, a park bench, or the front seat of your car between errands, having your tools organized and ready makes all the difference. That’s exactly why I...
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