Heather Vollans (dawningdecorstudio.com)

Heather Vollans has worked with mixed media mosaic for a number of years. Her passion for the art has grown, her materials become more diverse and her experimentation with methods and techniques is ongoing. Much of Heather’s work utilizes items picked up from roadsides, from construction sites or walking on beaches – bricks, glass, plastics, metals, concrete, tire rubber …It is the exploration and combination of materials that fires her imagination. Exhibition work often speaks to the importance of not wasting resources and/or re-using ordinary materials for art. Heather’s professional practice includes public art, community projects, teaching in schools/colleges and exhibiting. Recently completed projects :

• Children’s Memorial Garden project, St Andrew’s Park, Brantford 2013 – public art
• Art After School Kids, Brantford 2012 – outdoor community mosaic project
• Grand River Forum – an art collaboration between Sir Wilfred Laurier University Brantford/
• Brantford Arts Block 2011
• “Arts Soup” project, Grand Erie District School Board 2012-2014
• Recent exhibits include:
• Maplestone Fine Art Mosaic Gallery, Creemore
• McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton
• Station Gallery, Brantford
• Gallery 4, Hamilton Public Library