 Beam continued to work on and off in pottery, creating bowls, snake pots and other handmade creations almost always decorated with his designs and images.The raven is featured prominently in many of his works – "Migwans", Beam's family name, means "feather" or "bird".His works also feature news events (such as the Anwar Sadat assassination) or self-portraits or the shaman figure and family, a theme often returned to (seen in Figure 1) Beam also shared the techniques learned and developed with others including his cousin David Migwans, now an accomplished artist living in M'Chigeeng First Nation, Manitoulin Island.