About...
Craft Crete is a husband and wife team, together with their four-legged
fur baby.
Lauren is the artist and handles the creative side of the business, such as imagining, designing, sculpting and painting concrete artworks.
Frank is the engineer and IT geek. He handles the technical side of the business, such as ensuring the structural integrity of products, website development and product photography.
Arguably the most important job of Feline Supervisor is handled with great aplomb by Doodle, the cat inscribed with many fur hieroglyphics. She handles the quality control side of the business and ensures that everyone does what they're supposed to (anyone who knows and loves cats will know exactly what we mean)!
Have a browse through our online store to view our products and don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Please note: we are an online business and do not have a physical shop. However, should you be coming to the South Coast area, you are welcome to come and view our products (by appointment only). We can also accommodate collections by couriers or in person, by prior arrangement. We are located in Munster, a beautiful seaside village on the KwaZulu Natal Lower South Coast (near the Wild Coast), a place famed for its quiet isolation as well as its gorgeous beaches and wild, unspoilt location.
The Hidden Blue
Every Fantasy mushroom we paint carries blue somewhere beneath its
cap. Most people simply think it's pretty. For us, it's a reminder
that hope sometimes arrives in unexpected forms, and that even the
darkest forests can lead us back into the light. They're a quiet
signature throughout the collection and a personal reminder that even
difficult journeys can lead to unexpected beauty and joy...
...because every blue-gilled mushroom remembers something that ordinary mushrooms have forgotten...
The Woodland Whispers
No one knows who first heard the whispers.
Some say the wind carried them...
... others believe the oldest mushrooms have been gathering these secrets
for centuries.
We've simply collected and shared the ones we've been lucky enough to discover.
Each whisper is complete on its own, but together they hint at a better way of looking at the world:
- that curiosity is a gift,
- that small things are worth noticing,
- that companions make the journey sweeter,
- that beauty often hides underneath,
- that kindness matters,
- that the woods are patient,
- and that magic hasn't disappeared - it just waits for people who still know how to look.
The woods have never minded whether anyone believed in their magic. They simply kept making it.