How to use silkscreens on pottery – a Step by Step Guide
Here’s how we made our funky Lambretta plate! STEP 1 Begin by choosing the base colour for your plate. We chose white because we wanted...
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Ever Wondered What Goes on Behind the Scenes?
A comment that I hear from time to time is ‘You’re nice and quiet in here so you can relax’. It’s a lovely thought and I would love...
From Bare to Beautiful- a Pottery Make-Over
We’ve all seen the endless blogs, articles and videos on ‘make-overs’, but we’re used to seeing lackluster hair transformed into luscious...
Crafty Monkey’s FAQs!
Either by phone or in person, we’re used to being asked a range of questions by customers or passers by. Some aren’t sure that they’ve...
Do your Bit and Ditch the Plastic!
Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ll be aware of the current concerns about the amount of plastic that the UK currently produces...
If Painting be the Food of Love…
The quote doesn’t quite work as well as the original, I know that, but like music, art is a great creative stimulant and you may just...
Let ’em Loose!
It goes without saying that we see a lot of little artists here in Crafty Monkey. As soon as a child is able to hold a paintbrush, they...
Animal Crackers
We’re all fans of creatures great and small here at Crafty monkey (except mosquitoes- nobody wants to pet a mozzie). Many of our...
Art therapy for beginners
Being a grown up isn’t easy. Along with having to do day to day ‘adulting’, there’s a whole bunch of life events that get thrown your way...
The Colours of Summer.
Well, we’re somewhere in between spring and summer, but somebody really ought to try telling the weather that! Most of us have still got...
Socks for Father’s Day…Again?
Socks for Father’s Day…Again? Everyone who’s ever had a brother, dad, grandad, boyfriend or husband will know the difficulties we face...
The countdown to Christmas begins!
Well today is the start of advent, how will you start counting down the days? We can’t believe that December is actually here. We have...
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