September ArtWalk - Meet the Artist

​Artist Bio

Hello, I'm Melanie Brauner! I'm a metalsmith, papermaker, and artist.    
I hold a BFA from Oregon College of Art & Craft, where I studied books arts and metals.   

My papermaking and metals studios are in Everett, Washington, tucked at the back of the garden of my 1928 storybook cottage, where I live with my bagpipe teacher husband, Kevin, and big orange cat named Higgins.  

I make jewelry and art out of handmade paper and metal, and I play   
traditional Scottish, Irish and old time music on the fiddle and piano.  
I spend lots of time roaming through the beautiful Pacific Northwest   
landscape gathering inspiration, and puttering around in my garden.