Lavinia moved to Iqaluit after high school where she attended Nunavut Arctic College to pursue Jewellery and Metalwork. Shortly after, she began Lavinia Van Heuvelen’s Jewellery and became a full-time jeweller. Van Heuvelen works primarily with sterling silver and natural materials, which are gifted and purchased from local hunters with much of her jewellery directly referencing traditional Inuit themes and imagery. Lavinia has travelled around Canada and to London, England exhibiting and selling her pieces.