Liat Galon

Little Hurricane co is a Melbourne-based, handmade jewellery label, established in 2017 by Liat Galon.

Liat creates all of Little Hurricane co’s lines in her home studio and works with environmentally sound materials, such as eco-resin, which is a petroleum free, bio-based product.

Liat often collects the botanicals from her garden or from the bush on the outskirts of the city and then carefully presses and dries each one, ready to be preserved into delicate, ephemeral, wearable art.

Each piece is meticulously crafted and can take 5-7 days to make from start to finish – from the foraging, to the moulding, to the casting, to the final polish.

Little Hurricane co collections include botanical jewellery and keepsakes encapsulating flowers and botanical elements as well as a colour collection concentrating more on the mesmerising effects of alcohol ink techniques.

Little hurricane co wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Liat’s second child who simply refused to go to childcare. After spending 20 years in the corporate world, Liat was surprised to find that becoming a mother brought out her creative side; and rather than returning to IT Project Management as her children grew older, she turned her hobby into her work.

On the weekends, Liat can more often than not be found showcasing her work at handmade and design markets around Victoria and interstate.

She loves nothing more than chatting to people about turning their precious flora – and therefore their memories - into customised jewellery;

“I'm amazed every day to be doing what I do now and I feel lucky that I can. My pieces are meant to evoke intimate sentimental memories and a sense of wonder. Memories of flowers in your grandmothers’ garden, or places you used to visit as a child. They draw you in and connect to something deep inside”