Blended Monkey - pottery - woodturning - green woodworking - pole lathe - throwing
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Simon Taggart and Louise Taggart
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Maker's bio
Blended Monkey is a husband and wife team.
Our studios are based in a small village on the Norfolk/Cambridgeshire border. Our setting provides ample inspiration for our work, and is perfect for our woodturning & pottery courses.
Louise (ceramicist) - I studied at the Falmouth School of Art & Design and I am interested in various art forms, design and applied arts.
Simon (woodturner) - I love working with wood & exploring its versatility. I'm a member of the AWGB and APTGW.
Courses, kits & gifts
"2 Crafts in 1 Day!" 1-2-1 woodturning & pottery experience for 1 person
"I bought this course for my husband as a birthday present. He had an absolute ball and has been raving about it ever since. Trust me, he's not a raver!!!
So, thank you for making it such a great day, would definitely recommend to anyone. "
Blended Monkey - pottery - woodturning - green woodworking - pole lathe - throwing responded:
"Hi Tracey,
So glad he enjoyed it and really pleased it has made him want to continue the craft. As promised, please get him to get in touch if he needs further help or would like to try bowl making or sharpening.
— Simon"
"Very much enjoyed the full day enamelling workshop run by Kate Janssens at the Blended Monkey studios. Kate was very generous with her knowledge and wide range of materials. I came away with two sets of lovely earrings (different enamel colour front & back!). Blended Monkey provided constant drinks, snacks and a lovely lunch. They have a wide range of workshops, so well worth checking their other pages!"
Blended Monkey - pottery - woodturning - green woodworking - pole lathe - throwing responded:
"Thank you for your lovely review Jo :-). We're so pleased you enjoyed your enamelling experience - love the orange earrings! And thank you for pointing out our other workshops too - most appreciated :-)."
"We have just had the most wonderful enjoyable and relaxing day with Louise on a pairs days pottery course.
Louise and Simon were both so welcoming and we thoroughly enjoyed the whole day, though the time flew by so quickly.
My favourite things were the hand built items - the pinch pots, coiled pots and slab built pots but I was also excited to be able to try throwing a pot on the potters wheel. Throwing on the wheel was not my forte certainly much harder than I thought it would be but I was pleased to have tried. My husband did so much better at throwing on the wheel than I did!
We were kept fuelled with cups of tea and biscuits and a delicious lunch in their lovely warm kitchen.
I cannot wait to see our pots when they have been glazed and fired - hope the kiln gods are kind.
Looking forward to returning to try something else. "
Blended Monkey - pottery - woodturning - green woodworking - pole lathe - throwing responded:
"What a lovely review guys - thank you so much!
It was great having you both in the studio for the day and just wonderful that you enjoyed it so much.
It's often the way that one person takes to the wheel quicker than the other, but I'd say you really found your niche with the beautiful slab work Julie :-).
Thank you again for the lovely review and I'll be in touch when your creations have been glazed and fired."
"We have done the half day pottery course, trying a little bit of everything and we absolutely LOVED IT!!!! Louise was brilliant and very knowledgeable and took time to go through techniques and teach us different things about clay. Louise is brilliant and her studio is great!
We highly recommend a course and we will for sure be coming back for more fun."
Blended Monkey - pottery - woodturning - green woodworking - pole lathe - throwing responded:
"Guys, I'm so pleased you enjoyed your experience here in the pottery studio. You both made some beautiful pieces (we won't talk about how quicky Chris took to the wheel - some people are so annoying ;-)) to be super proud of! Looking forward to seeing your pieces when they emerge from the kiln in a few weeks' time. Take care. "
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