About the artist

Heather Campbell is a Portland-based visual artist working in stained glass, cast glass, porcelain, and metal. Her practice explores light, structure, and material depth through architectural forms and restrained, geometric compositions.

Influenced by Art Deco, modernist design, and natural systems, Heather’s work emphasizes clarity, balance, and precision. Her signature body of work, Strata, is defined by layered construction and intentional restraint—each piece built as a complete system, where form, material, and light are inseparable.

Heather works across traditional and contemporary techniques, including stained glass fabrication, kiln-formed and cast glass, slip-cast porcelain, and cold-working. Her approach is analytical and exacting, often involving custom molds, engineered assemblies, and repeatable processes to achieve optical clarity and structural permanence. Materials are chosen not for novelty, but for longevity and the way they evolve over time.

Alongside her studio practice, Heather brings a background in systems and process design, which informs the rigor of her work. This perspective shapes both how objects are constructed and how they function within a space, bridging craft and architecture.

Based in the Pacific Northwest, Heather draws ongoing inspiration from regional light and landscape—work that shifts subtly with changing conditions, revealing depth through reflection, translucency, and shadow.

She lives and works in Portland, Oregon..