About FireWork Designs

Heather Martin of Fire Work Designs is a pyrography artist and instructor based in Fergus, Ontario. She creates detailed, expressive artworks burned into wood surfaces, including wall décor, charcuterie boards, wooden spoons, and more. Expanding beyond wood, she also produces burnings on paper, often incorporating ink, graphite, and watercolor to bring additional depth and nuance to her compositions.

Drawn to the natural lines and organic patterns found in wood, Heather embraces the slow, immersive art of pyrography—woodburning—as a way to explore texture and depth in a medium that borders on the sculptural. Her creative process is deeply sensory and tactile, rooted in the physicality of working directly with wood. She finds a meditative rhythm in the act of burning, letting the material guide her as much as she shapes it.

Heather delights in the interplay between the natural markings of the wood and the textures she creates, often contrasting burned detail against the smooth, untouched grain. Nature is her continual muse—the forest, the landscape, the way each branch uniquely extends from the trunk, and how leaves and twigs move together in space. These organic forms and subtle movements inspire the compositions that emerge through heat, patience, and instinct.

Heather holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Art and Art History from the University of Toronto and Sheridan Institute, where she specialized in sculpture, print media, and photography.

Her work is available through  Local Pieces Gallery in Fergus and Meta4 Gallery in Port Perry, and she occasional accepts commissions. 

A passionate educator, Heather teaches pyrography classes and workshops for up to 25 participants at venues such as Local Pieces Gallery, Elora Mill, Elora Centre for the Arts, Meta4 Gallery, Guelph School of Art, Upwards Studio, Evergreen Tree Farm and other locations across the region.

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She proudly supports the arts community by volunteering regularly at Local Pieces Gallery.

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Thank you for your Ongoing Support. 

Every order, review, comment, like and share makes a difference and I am truly grateful.

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Thank You!

Heather