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Smarty Art

A family-owned pottery painting studio on Grantown-on-Spey's High Street, where you paint a piece and they glaze and fire it for you.

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Smarty Art is a family-owned ceramic painting studio on the High Street of Grantown-on-Spey, a cheerful place to spend a wet afternoon.

You pick a piece from the shelves, sit down in the colourful studio and paint it however you like, with forty-five colours to choose from and staff on hand with tips and tricks.

There is something for every age: cups, plates, bowls and vases, piggy banks, animals, princesses and cars, and seasonal pieces for Christmas and Halloween. A visit takes up to two hours. When you are done, you leave your piece behind and the studio glazes it and fires it in the kiln, ready to collect two or three days later; if you are on holiday and leaving before then, they can post it to you for a small fee. Prices include the ceramic, the paint, the glazing and the firing. Walk-ins are welcome. Smarty Art opens Wednesday to Sunday from half past nine until five.

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Before you go

Smarty Art opens Wednesday to Sunday from 9.30am to 5pm.

Walk-ins are welcome, or call ahead to book. A visit takes up to two hours, and your piece is ready two or three days later.

Hours
Wed to Sun 09:30 to 17:00; closed Mon and Tue.
Where
39 High Street, Grantown-on-Spey, PH26 3EG.

Opening hours

Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
9.30am–5pm
Thursday
9.30am–5pm
Friday
9.30am–5pm
Saturday
9.30am–5pm
Sunday
9.30am–5pm

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Where it is

39 High Street, Grantown-on-Spey.

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The café counter under hanging lamps.CafeNethy House5.3 miles
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South Dell, a white cottage with a stone gable and a slate roof, its sunny lawn edged by big trees.Nethy BridgeSouth DellSleeps 6 · 6.5 miles
Dell Cottage's sitting room, a fire lit in the open hearth, with teal sofas and sheepskins on an oak parquet floor.Nethy BridgeDell CottageSleeps 2 · 6.5 miles
A sunny corner of the Dell Grocer, with shelves of bottles and jars, a cheese plant and baskets on the floor.ShoppingThe Dell Grocer, Nethy Bridge6.5 miles
Dell Lodge under snow, its pale stone front and dormers seen through red autumn leaves across the white lawn.Nethy BridgeDell LodgeSleeps 8 · 6.5 miles
West Dell, a whitewashed stone cottage with a red door and a slate roof, in low winter sun.Nethy BridgeWest DellSleeps 6 · 6.5 miles
A wooden gate in a picket fence opens onto Little Dell's green garden, with cow parsley and a wooden bench beyond.Nethy BridgeLittle DellSleeps 2 · 6.5 miles
East Dell in spring sunshine, a low stone cottage with a red door and a mossy roof beside its garden and an old oak.Nethy BridgeEast DellSleeps 5 · 6.5 miles

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East Dell in spring sunshine, a low stone cottage with a red door and a mossy roof beside its garden and an old oak.East Dell
  • Sleeps 5
  • In Nethy Bridge
  • 5 miles from Smarty Art
Check datesA wooden gate in a picket fence opens onto Little Dell's green garden, with cow parsley and a wooden bench beyond.Little Dell
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Nethy Bridge
  • 5 miles from Smarty Art
Check datesWest Dell, a whitewashed stone cottage with a red door and a slate roof, in low winter sun.West Dell
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Nethy Bridge
  • 5 miles from Smarty Art
Check datesSouth Dell, a white cottage with a stone gable and a slate roof, its sunny lawn edged by big trees.South Dell
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Nethy Bridge
  • 5 miles from Smarty Art
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