Originally from New Zealand, Heather has resided on the Sunshine Coast for almost twenty years.  After living and teaching in Borneo and The Bahamas for 11 years, she has called the Sunshine Coast home since 2006. Drawing inspiration from the patterns in Nature and her many travel experiences, such as Gaudi’s work in Barcelona, ancient  mosaics in Turkey’s Sardis and Ephesus, Ravenna, Italy and Croatia, she works with both stained glass, smalti and ceramic pieces.

She first began mosaicing when she arrived on the Sunshine Coast and joined a volunteer group of adults to mentor ‘at risk’ teens from local high schools.  A suggested group project was a garden, decorated by student-led mosaics, and so the seed was planted.