Heather Saxon

Heather Saxon is a designer and maker who launched her first collection in 2002 and whose work is sold in galleries and exhibitions throughout Australia and New Zealand. Her stylish hand crafted art wire jewelry is characterized by strong shapes, sophisticated colour and attention to detail. Whilst her preferred medium is wire, she also conducts workshops on the art of bead weaving and felting, which feeds her love of other media. Visit her website for downloadable tutorials.

Felted Grape Necklace Project

Felted Grape Necklace

I love these autumn colours of aubergine, rust, grey and French navy, and I made these felted beads in varying sizes using 18.5 micron Superfine Merino wool. I firstly strung on 12 beads of assorted colour and size between the velour ends. I make the hanging beads by threading two beads of different colour and […]

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Freeform Wire Earrings Project

Freeform Wire Earrings

I love the physicality of working with wire; bending, coiling, twisting, making it do what I want it to do, and I made these earrings using 24 gauge Artistic Wire (permanently colored copper wire) in aqua and lemon hand coiled on a narrow mandrel. I made the headpin by making three tiny coils on one […]

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