So, you want to know what it's all about?I'm a Glass Bead Artists who lives in Merrickville, my name is Louise Ingram and you can find my website & blog here I made my first monkee in 2008 and have been hooked ever since. Why monkEE and not monkEY? No particular reason other than my original inspiration came from a knitting blog where the monkeys were also known as monkEES. The name just kind of stuck, a bit like banana flavoured gum would stick to the sole of your shoe! At first my monkees were just that, monkee head beads. Gradually I began to experiment and give them hats, and parkas and space suits and.... well yes, you've probably guessed the rest - anything goes! Not every monkee is created equally and sometimes - especially when I'm experimenting with new designs - a monkee turns out. . . well, not exactly how I had envisioned it. I decided I would take some of them and set them free in the wilds of Merrickville and surrounding areas. If you check out my 'In The Wild' page you'll see a list of who's out and about.
If you happen to find a monkee perhaps you can let us know that he's been found - they come with no strings attached - well, other than the one that holds their tags in place. I did come up with the idea of having a voluntary Pay It Forward. I love animals and would be delighted if you decided to pay it forward if you find a monkee bead. If you find a monkee and would like to Pay It Forward please consider a small donation to one of our local animal charities - Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary Or of course one of your own choosing! |
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Some of my Monkees have special stories attached to them this began with my Cold Monkees
Everything you were told is lie! Monkees don’t all hail from tropical regions at all! They are alive and well in the Great White North! Descendants of a tribe that trudged across an ice bridge from Madagascar in the Pleistocene Age over a million years ago (you didn’t know about THAT either did you!) In order to survive with their less than woolly hair they learned to adapt by weaving moss and lichen into very spiffy parka’s to keep themselves warm. However, despite Global Warming there are still days when the mercury dips to levels that leave them feeling like very Cold Monkees. The Story of Bunkee the Monkee Adventures of the Sea Monkees |
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