Selling jewelry on the streets of Montreal in 1990.
“A LOVE STORY…Once upon a time there was a French wire artist from Montréal who was making bicycle sculptures and selling them on the street. Along came an English girl from Ontario who set up beside him to sell her hand-painted buttons. Not able to communicate in the same language, the man handed the young woman a piece of wire and she twisted it into a tiny penguin. The man was enamoured and thirty years later the couple is still creating beautiful work together…”
Hello, my name is Heather Boyd and I am a wire artist. have a Fine Art Degree from the University of Guelph with a minor in Consumer Studies and Design. In 1989 I and gave up a stressful Artistic Director job in Toronto to become a starving artist and street vendor in Montreal. I sold my hand-painted buttons to tourists and morphed into jewelry design. My work evolved and for many years I sold at Art shows and to boutiques. Notable clients included The National Gallery of Canada, Musée des Beaux Art in Montreal and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.
I am represented by the Viva Vida Art Gallery in Montreal in the West Island of Montreal. The gallery carries my jewelry, bookmarks and mixed media wire and watercolour work. I also teach classes and workshops at the gallery.
I currently create wire art and jewelry-making tutorials on YouTube at Heather Boyd Wire and host a thriving community of creatives in my Wire Makers Club on Facebook.
Check out my live streams on Wire Lady TV, where I troubleshoot new designs for wire art and jewelry. Special requests are always welcome!
