Check out Melanie Walden’s Artwork

Today we’d like to introduce you to Melanie Walden.

Melanie, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
Being brought up by very creative parents, I was surrounded by the creative and operational process daily.  In my early childhood, my parents ran and operated a wooden toy business, and some of my earliest and fondest memories were traveling to different craft trade shows. To refine my creative innateness, my educational route took me to London, England where I studied at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design. After returning to the States, I developed a textile-style of illustrations and had shown with, most notably, Thinkspace Gallery. Additionally, I worked on a collaborative, published written project ‘I Am You Are’ which was a poetry based illustrated book.  Currently I am developing a more sustainable collection of apparel-driven work and am operating out of Ontario, California.

We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
When describing my work, the best way I can translate it, is that I am like a creative excavator unearthing different artifacts from my own creative subconscious. Each creative piece or collection I have made over the years, has been done in a variety of mediums; apparel/costumes, stitched illustrations, print, photography, and written composition just to name some. Currently, I am focusing on print work, artifacts, and apparel with a more sustainable approach; whether it be eco-friendly materials, sourcing second hand apparel pieces to alter/revitalize and making limited editions, or small handmade runs. My goal is to create lovely little artifacts that people can interact with and have a tactile connection to.

Do current events, local or global, affect your work and what you are focused on?
An artist’s role, whether known to the artist or not, is to innovate and present to the world our human experience as a multitude of possibilities. Some are driven by social climates and wish to establish movement, some create as a form of release, and there are even those who are unaware they are creative individuals.

My work is expressive, and deeply personal in nature; quiet and shy as if to compare to my personality. In contrast to the work itself, my drive and ambition to create is larger than a lifetime will allow to pursue. Essentially every single thing that has and is happening effects I how I absorb, translate, and present a tangible synopsis; commanding new ways to master the ever-changing role of artist.

Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
Shoppable items can be found at: www.denwalldesignlab.com. Fine-Art & Creative Gallery can be found on my blog: www.denwalldesignlab.wordpress.com

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.denwalldesignlab.com
• Email: melanie@denwalldesignlab.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denwalldesignlab/
• Other: https://denwalldesignlab.wordpress.com/

Image Credit:
Brian Wright, Rachel Del Guercio.

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