Monty Dons Real Craft
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20 April 2014 at 10:30 am #56283
Monty Dons Real Craft is on More4 9.0pm Monday the 21st
This week it is about 3 students trying to win a furniture making commission , Last weeks was about three students wanting to be blacksmiths.
For those members in the UK it is worth a look20 April 2014 at 11:49 am #56287I followed last series and I am following this series as well.
Blacksmithing I found really interesting real skill and attention to detail.
The people are very lucky to work with master craftsmen and also for one of people to get a chance to make it a living.
It would be interesting to see a program how previous winners have got on.23 April 2014 at 12:00 am #56358I was a bit disappointed with the candidates in the program did not have that good of basic woodwork skill even to be called armature woodworkers. One gave up to easy I am sure any of us on here would have loved to have a chance like that.
Although final two both got picked. I am sure they will now get training required to become craftspersons. Good luck to them. I don’t think the right people were on the program as I thought standard would have been a little higher to begin with.
Probably sour grapes on my part.23 April 2014 at 2:09 am #56362ive just watched it having recorded it last night i shudder to think how many furniture makers out there, would jump at an oppertunity like that if only it was that easy to get a top manufacturer to look at a new maker never mind commision them to build a piece there is hope for everyone if this is to be believed .
26 April 2014 at 7:25 pm #56440Mark Eddie I agree totally with your comments I do not know how they selected the three candidates obviously not solely based on their wood working skills.How at the end the design guy was so impressed he took both tables I could not understand, I thought he was going to say both were not good enough.
I was looking forward to watching the show and ended up disappointed.Mark I do not think it is sour grapes
26 April 2014 at 9:45 pm #56447On WWM we have real beginners and some more competent people on these forums. I think some of our beginners have better skills level than them candidates on program.
A lot of that credit has got to go to Paul Sellers for that.
You have still got to give the program credit for trying to put skills out there to show they are not dead.29 April 2014 at 11:12 am #56569I watched the Stone Mason programme last night I thought that was far better than the furniture making one, I thought all three contestants possessed a good starting skill level.
29 April 2014 at 12:37 pm #56571I’ve been really disappointed with this series. They don’t show enough of the process and I don’t think it’s very inspiring to people who are thinking about picking up a craft.
I’m not really certain what they’re attempting with the shows; it’s a competition but they don’t show much of the pieces students build, could be inspiring but there’s not much talk about what inspires the students or caused them to learn the craft, could be demonstrating why handmade items are nicer than mass-produced pieces but doesn’t.
Don’t even get me started on the woodworking episode, although my disappointment was mainly due to the students! Why anyone would pull out of the show, given the opportunity it presented, is beyond me!
The competition is a distraction. It would have been much better if it was following one person’s apprenticeship in a particular craft over the course of a month or more. There’d be much more room for detail and discussion about the craft and processes involved.
George.
I wrote a reply to this thread last weekend but for some reason it didn’t come though:
I was very disappointed with the show. The standard of work of these students seemed lacking to me and I was really annoyed at the person who dropped out – all I kept thinking about was the poor sucker who was forth on the list who’d had their chances stolen away by someone whose lack of dedication shone out. The format of the show is obviously geared towards the competition rather than as something to promote these sort of crafts.
I agree with George that a series of programmes over the course of a month telling the story of the students development would have been much better. It continually staggers me that that we have cookery programmes galore (despite being an obese nation), Great Bake-Offs, Gardening shows, Master Chef, even a show about sewing but nothing for these crafts. I know this latest series is not on the BBC but the first one was and it is part of the BBC charter to cater for all people but it seems as if you are only of interest if you sing/dance or are willing to air your dirty linen in public. What a waste of an opportunity.
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