Hello and welcome, thank you for taking the time to explore my website! I’m Michelle Green the founder of LimiVara. I live in Wiveliscombe, Somerset with my amazing family. Until July 2025, I worked in the NHS, commissioning children’s mental health and neurodiversity services.
LimiVara came into being after a serious accident changed the trajectory of my life, the quiet space and the uncertainty of recovery allowed a nascent creativity to grow and bring new joy and fulfillment.
I don’t have any formal art qualifications beyond my A-level but, art has been a sanctuary for me throughout my whole life and something I have continuously explored. I love to play and try different things and I am delighted by the idea that I will forever be learning new techniques, new materials and new ways of being and sharing creativity, and who knows, maybe I will gather some qualifications as I go.
About Me
LimiVara is a created word influenced by Latin. Limi comes from the Latin word liminea — the pause between things, where you are neither rising nor falling, neither transformed nor quite as you were before. Since my accident, I have lived in this strange, liminal phase, and the word reflects that experience.
Vara draws inspiration from several Latin roots connected to revival (reviscere), renewal (revorare), green (virere), and germination (germinare).
LimiVara encompasses a range of creative outlets which allows me to manage my energy and enjoy creative freedom to try and share new things and give life to other people’s ideas.
What unites these outlets is my values, a love of nature, a passion for story telling, a search for meaning and a desire to share creativity with others.
My first offerings are:
LimiVara Artisan Journalling Kits — designed to help people explore their personal narrative through a creative, reflective outlet.
LimiVara Jewellery — pieces that tell the stories of nature as it moves through the seasons. For example, the Early Copper Beech collection mirrors the changing leaf colours of this beautiful tree through carefully chosen gems, stones and glass beads.
LimiVara Art — expressive work that tells the story of a place, person or occasion, using shapes and patterns drawn from both natural and human‑made landscapes.