Featured Artist - Beetreebyme
www.beetreebyme.etsy.com
Trying to write a featured article about Maryellen of Beetreebyme was a difficult task. On her website, she has the most beautiful pictures of her work. Not only does she sculpt, but makes buttons, caketoppers, bracelets, necklaces, you name it.
Here is something new she is working on. A tiny vase you actually wear. You just add your own favorite blossoms, sweet smelling herbs or wild flowers. It’s perfect for anyone who has to spend time indoors.
The vase shape holds enough water to keep most flowers fresh all day. If your days are very long, you can always add bit more water. What a fantastic idea.
I could not pick three pictures; they were all so beautiful. Here’s a little about her: She is inspired by almost everyone - artists, jewelry designers, people she meets. Other people’s tastes, interests and emotions show her the world from different perspectives. That leads her down different paths and inspires her to try new ideas.
Nature is her biggest source of inspiration for designs. Almost all of her work is fashioned after realistic or fantasy flora and fauna. Her inspiration for color comes from everywhere. The natural world, magazines and unknown sources. Sometimes color combinations just pop into her head. She said, “I think most of us store inspiration without realizing it. Then we draw from it as needed.”
Maryellen has been working with clay since the late 80’s. At that time she had a farm and sold fresh herbs at local farmers’ markets. She met a vendor who was making great pins that were collages of cane slices. She experimented and came up with a design for a vase style brooch that would hold a tiny herb bouquet.
The brooch upside down looked like a skirt and that became her angel and fairy design. She never looked back after that. What an amazing artist! You are such an inspiration to us all Maryellen!
June 4th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
How unique and creative! Isn’t it wonderful how one idea leads to another and then another!