Handles handcarved from wild verdant white cedars, bristles with a choice of traditionally harvested deer bristle and deerhide in two colors (white and tan) or vegan nylon bristle.
These brushes have been made with care here in M'chigeeng First Nation, also they are unique in the marks they make, if you want a classic brush experience please try out the vegan brushes! Listed as single brushes only, images show multiple to give you an idea of the variance that occurs from brush to brush due to the use of natural materials no two are exactly the same
By Beam Paints
Beam Paints is the result of a multi-generational love of pigment, paint, colour, and innovation. I was raised by my artist parents, Carl Beam and Ann Beam, and was taught from a young age how to harvest hematite pigment in the LaCloche mountain range near our home in M'Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island. Beam Paints draws on my early educations in Indigenous pigment and expands it to encompass all paint traditions. A focus on high quality pigment content creates sublime artist materials, with plastic free packaging.
Lightfast pigments, tree sap, gum arabic, and Manitoulin honey, blend together to create a handmade saturated colour that is a joy to paint with. From thick stripes to fine washes and details, quality is evident in every stroke. Our watercolours are shaped into paintstones, our version of a half-pan, before being wrapped in beeswaxed canvas. Our pans are packaged in slices of cedar and birch offcuts from an Indigenous sustainable lumber operation.
