Crafted with care from offcuts of sugar maple branches, these paintstone holders are more than just beautiful—they’re rooted in tradition.

Sourced from a family-run sugar bush where maple syrup is made each spring, every piece comes from the beloved Inaatig (Sugar Maple) tree, tended by multiple generations of the Beam Family in Anishinaabe territory.

Each holder is made from dry branches thoughtfully removed as part of seasonal tree care. With a smooth, stone-like feel and natural strength, they offer a grounding place for your paintstones—connecting your creative practice to the rhythm of the land.

Beam Paints is the result of a multigenerational love of pigment, paint, colour, and innovation. Artists Carl Beam and Ann Beam founded the company, and taught their children how to harvest hematite pigment in the LaCloche mountain range near their home in M'Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island.

Beam Paints is 100% Anishnaabe Kwe owned, and operates––as it always has––on the home reserve of M’Chigeeng First Nation, where the company continues to grow, employing paintmakers and woodworkers, men and women from intersecting Indigenous communities, including M’Chigeeng, Sagamok and Wikwemikong.