Artwork by Ariel Schulze, inspired by the garden and the hive.
Block prints on fabric and paper. Honey and products from the hive.
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Mushrooms, ferns, and trilliums: some of my favorite finds on the Oregon forest floor.
These bandanas are approx 21” x 21”, 100% cotton, dyed by hand in small batches
From hives placed within our urban garden, our bees have gathered nectar from a variety of native and garden flowers. This rich variety contains notes of meadowfoam from the surrounding prairie as well as classic nectar sources from flower and vegetable gardens like rosemary, basil, and echinacea. This is the ultimate taste of Eugene’s bioregion during the months of June and July.
Living her best life along with her best friend. Printed by hand with a carved stamp onto a dusty rose velvet pillow. Luxurious tassels are sewn onto each corner.
She’s only soft on the outside. The Queen of Tides is printed by hand with a carved stamp on both sides of the velvet pillow. One side is her soft and happy exterior, the other is her bony goddess form. Each corner has soft tassels. 8”x20”
Sold by the pair, our candles are hand dipped using wax from our own hives. They average about 9-10” long. We use a cotton wick and the candles are nearly dripless while burning. Each pair is wrapped in a hand-dyed silk ribbon.
Beeswax is arguably the most precious resource within a beehive. to make a single pound of wax, the bees must consume and process the equivalent of eight pounds of honey. Beeswax is used for nearly every function within the hive. The wooden boxes that we provide are like an empty warehouse without furniture. The wax comb that the bees create fills the space to hold their food, their babies, and the pollen for their young. It’s an ever changing landscape that they are able to reform and reuse for years.
The wax that we collect is mostly from honey cappings. That’s the lid of beeswax that they use to seal each cell of honey. The cappings are cut off when we harvest the honey and the undamaged comb is returned to the hive to be used again. Capping wax is light is color and smells as sweet as the honey that it held.
-scenes from the process-
