Monkey's ?

[delinquent beader]

Anyone remember seeing a tutorial for monkies? I'd like to make a few with bodies and a few heads but after some really futile attempts I thought it better to ask if anyone would mind sharing....pretty please.
Sharon

[lunamoonshadow]

Nikki makes monkeys....

(and she's soooo gonna kill me for posting that! :lol:)

[justK]

I have found the trickiest thing with monkeys to be the color, so I usually go with a chimp. I use black and ivory.

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For truly wild monkey heads, visit www.mountainrobbins.com; Wayne Robbins has an incredible imagination, and he has a real secret for doing eyes.
Good luck!
Kimmie

**at Bead and Button with PennyMichelle, booth 16 this year!***

[Miss Kate]

Wow - Wayne Robbins makes some incredible Monkeys!

[NLC Beads]

Nikki makes monkeys....

(and she's soooo gonna kill me for posting that! :lol:)

I made one I'll admit to... And I'm not sure how I made it. :hide:

http://nlcbeads.com/images/IMG_0939.JPG

I didn't think I'd like the way he would turn out, so I picked screaming ugly non-monkey colors to make him with. Surprise... he's cute. With maracas.

Unfortunately, no tutorial... If you listen to the carving advice of "If you want to make a bear... Carve away anything that's not a bear." and translate it to "Keep adding glass until it's a monkey" that would describe my technique.

(Holy croaks, he wasn't that huge on my page - my apologies... I'm linking, I don't want to resize and upload and take up Corri's space.)

[lunamoonshadow]

O.M.G.
That's not a monkey...that's KING KONG of the MARACAS!!!
(and I seem to recall a monkey living in my bead box...with um, a banana???) :lol:

[NLC Beads]

O.M.G.
That's not a monkey...that's KING KONG of the MARACAS!!!
(and I seem to recall a monkey living in my bead box...with um, a banana???) :lol:

No. That's a deformed teddy bear with a fruit fascination.

[Ro]

this ones not a bead, i just winged it when i made it. there is a clear loop in the middle rear, it hangs on a wall in my nephews room.
ro

[Listenup]

Wet Canvas had a Monkey Challenge in 2004. Here is the thread (http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174031) where they showed their Monkeys off. Perhaps you can glean some ideas from there.

[delinquent beader]

Thanks everyone! Going to go and indulge in some "monkey business" right now! I'll let everyone know how it goes...........
Sharon

[MerryFool]

Your interest has inspired me to try one out...
Okay, he didn't work out so well. I'll post a pic of his grotesqueness tomorrow!

[LouiseI]

Oooh, I'm loving these monkeys! -- Sorry *editing to say - I missed that you were looking for bodies! I'm wondering about bodies too, I'm making my heads with hollow beads and thinking that with a body they are going to be too big of a thing.*
As a new monkey bead maker I'm having fun and finding that it's all in where you place certain things.

Sharon your monkeys are the best! I love how bright and cheerful your monkey sets are :D

One of my monkeys turned into a bear because I put his ears in the wrong the place, it's funny how one 'bit' in the wrong place can give you an entirely different beast!
Here's a couple of mine :smile:
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[WestCoast]

Heres a monkey bracelet I made bananas and all:

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