About the Artist

Dawn Steeves (aka Dawn Ravenwind) is a fantasy artist who specializes in scalemail costume design. DragonHeART was officially born as a business in 2015, in the same year as her son Ragnar. It may have had humble beginnings in small markets, but since then she has one of the most successful Etsy stores for scalemail armor and is known for her unique designs and pdf patterns teaching other people the craft. She tours annually with her booth across western Canada to events such as music festivals, comic expos, fetish conventions. Her designs have caught the eyes of many worldwide, with some pieces having sold and shipped to every continent (except Antarctica). Her art has been used on stage and in film, as well as in music videos, renfairs, LARP, circus, fire, burlesque, show girl and theater performances.

When not working away in her workshop on creative endeavours, Dawn enjoys the outdoor life in the Kootenays of BC with little Ragnar (who also loves dragons and swordplay). She spins fire staff and poi, garden, paint, hike, swim, forage and can home made goodies in her spare time. She also uses her Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons. 2012) to tutor high school students and do the math needed to organize all those technical products! She has also helped out multiple festivals as a volunteer artist and/or laborer and has experience in organizing artists and workshops for festivals.

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