Qui est Dragonfly Treasures ?
Who is Dragonfly Treasures?
If you've ever wished you could keep a perfect summer day, a sunflower in full bloom, a quiet walk through the forest, the soft weight of a tiny bird in your hand, Dragonfly Treasures was made for you.
Rooted in the Canadian Boreal Forest
I'm Heidi Gantz, a resin artist based in Cold Lake, Alberta. Every piece begins not in a studio, but in the forest, with hand-foraged botanicals, real pressed flowers, and the kind of quiet attention that only comes from genuinely loving the wild.
The idea was simple: capture a Canadian summer and carry it through the long Alberta winter. That wish became a craft, and that craft became a calling.
The Bird That Started It All
It began with a single sunflower I couldn't bear to let winter take. I pressed it, preserved it in resin, and shaped it into a bird so its colour could last long after summer had gone.
That first bird became many more, and this year it became something I never expected: a story picked up by journalist Lindsey Ward and run nationally in outlets including the Ottawa Citizen and Vancouver Sun.
It still feels surreal, knowing a piece born from wanting to hold onto one sunflower a little longer became something readers across the country connected with.
Handmade. Every Single Piece.
My process starts long before resin is ever poured. Each botanical is foraged, dried, and prepared by hand, a slow, careful practice that preserves the structure and colour of every petal, leaf, and forest find. Tiny mushrooms, ferns and Boreal blooms, each element has its own drying timeline before it's ever set in crystal-clear resin.
The result is jewelry and décor that look like tiny preserved landscapes: real moments from the forest, made to last.
The Dragonfly
The name comes from a turning point in my work, the first time I set a real dragonfly in resin. Found naturally, after its life cycle had ended, it required a steady hand and deep respect.
It became a symbol for everything Dragonfly Treasures stands for: brief, magical moments of wild beauty, preserved so they can be appreciated a little longer.
Years of Craft Behind Every Pour
The studio in Cold Lake still holds my earliest experiments, the failed coasters and messy pours that taught me everything about clarity, patience, and the chemistry of resin. Those pieces are a badge of honour. They're the quiet foundation of the expertise behind every piece sold today.
When you hold a piece of Dragonfly Treasures art, you're holding a captured moment of the Alberta wilderness, shaped by patience, curiosity, and a deep love for the forest.
