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BUZZING AROUND **OUT OF STOCK UNTIL JUNE 5TH**

BUZZING AROUND **OUT OF STOCK UNTIL JUNE 5TH**

Retail Price: $12.95
Overview
BUZZING BEES SOLD INDIVIDUALLY.
What's the buzz? A new "bug collection" by Brutus Sylvionel! And why
bugs, you may ask? Well, there might be more to them than meets the eye.
Bees represent fertility, the sweetness of life, and accomplishing the
impossible. Both the ancient Egyptians and later Napoleon adopted the bee
as a symbol of their royalty. As for ladybugs, they are widely recognized
as bearers of good fortune. The number of their spots are also said to
indicate how many months until one's wish for love comes true. As for the
fly, perhaps the poet Ogden Nash said it best: "God in His wisdom made
the fly. And then forgot to tell us why." But maybe Brutus had a reason
for his flies. Who hasn't wanted to be a fly on the wall at some point? A
perfect gift, then. To let them know you're always there!

Size: 8" x 6"

ID#: SM 385

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ARTIST PROFILE

Brutus Jean Sylvionel

from Haiti

“It wasn’t my goal to be an artist as I am today. I wanted to be an engineer or a doctor,” Brutus Jean Sylvionel discloses honestly. “But my mother died in 1989 when I was 4 years old. By the time I was 8, my family didn’t have enough money to survive. My father taught me the iron cut.”
In time, he left his father’s shop to apprentice with Jean Claude Soulouque and Nicolson Mathieu. “They pay me for my working, teach me how to manage the tools and they push me up to never fall down.”

When his father died in 2009, Brutus Jean was left to support his 5 brothers and four sisters. He is able to do that, “with God’s help. God gives me inspirations that I discover in the sea and in the sky.” His dreams are heartfelt, “I just want to take care of my family as I am supposed to, and help other people who can’t grow up in this art.”