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Commission An Artist: 'Home Is Where The Fine Art Is' (Episodes 1-5)

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If you're interested inwards the artwork produced past times artists pitching for a committee inwards the BBC's novel afternoon demo "Home Is Where the Art Is" you lot tin uncovering out below:
  • What their names are 
  • Links to their website in addition to social media
  • Who they are in addition to what they do
  • How to contact them
Patricia Lee (right) amongst the travel commissioned past times her client (left)
I wrote almost the BBC's novel demo inwards Home Is Where the Art Is - needs a makeover! in which I highlighted about concerns. One of these was the absence of whatever refer credit inwards text inwards the programme

For all those maxim that the names are said inwards the programme thus why practise they postulate the credits?

Well a number of reasons:
  • to honour the travel of professionals - only every bit the credits at the destination of the programme honour the travel of the people behind the scenes who brand the programme
  • two of the 3 are unpaid - in addition to providing a named credit is fair commutation for the many hours given for gratis to brand content for the BBC. Otherwise it's the equivalent of working for gratis for the exposure - but without the exposure inwards terms of a refer to enable people to uncovering you!
  • the names mightiness live said - but nobody spells them out. In the outset calendar week in that place are THREE artists where I had to croak on replaying the segment to psyche to the names over again in addition to over again - in addition to fifty-fifty in addition to thus travel identified them using information from elsewhere inwards the programme (eg "Gallery Windermere paintings cattle" got i of them).
  • the BBC is hypocritical and ignores its ain rules when it suits it - such every bit making certain it gets bully guests on the Graham Norton demo - because they are alone in that place to promote their latest whatever - in addition to e'er do!
I experience a missive of the alphabet to the Radio Times coming on.... ;)

PS I experience similar making a plea for rather less chainsaw forest sculpting!

Commission an Artist 


Links to websites in addition to commutation social media are provided.
  • If the website has a commissions page this is included. 
  • contact links are embedded inwards the name
It's actually interesting to come across the dissimilar means people approach providing information almost commissions - in addition to which are apparently to a greater extent than experienced at working to commission.

I'm going to live updating this listing each Dominicus amongst all the artists from the episodes inwards the previous week.

WEEK ONE


Episode 1: 


Location: Burnley, Lancashire
Commission: a gift his married adult woman - reflecting their honey for their cottage in addition to its social history
Budget: £200
Media: none specified
Media represented: Ceramics; forest sculpture, icon inwards mixed media
Outcome: bought the ceramic jug amongst flowers produced past times Sally Toms



The Artists inwards Episode 1 were:
Even the creative somebody who didn't larn picked for the committee has had a expert time


Episode 2


Location: Northamptonshire
Commission: to celebrate identify unit of measurement life inwards a novel house
Budget: upwards to £1,000
Media: none specified
Media represented: bronze/brass sculpture; illustration; abstract painting
Outcome: Bought both industrial plant produced past times Theresa Wells in addition to Roger Davies

The artists inwards Episode 2 are:
  • Theresa Wells (Winner) - a good established in addition to multi laurels winning figurative sculptor inwards bronze in addition to mixed media whose travel is displayed inwards several galleries. She works on commission as good every bit producing pieces of her ain choosing.
  • Roger Davies (Winner) - a painter/illustrator (and musician) based inwards Brighouse, Yorkshire who sells via a gallery
  • Swarez - a self-taught professional person abstract creative somebody based inwards Stroud inwards Gloucestershire amongst paintings sold to 42 countries. He paw delivers inwards the UK.
    • website https://www.swarez.co.uk/
    • He has a department on his website inwards which he explains how commissions work. 
    • He demonstrated the size of the icon he could hit for the committee budget - in addition to too indicated the size he idea would travel better. (A strategy too used inwards Episode five - amongst a ameliorate result). Given the fact he has a VAT registered fine art business, I'm non surprised he wasn't prepared to budge on price.
    • Facebook
    • It's worth taking a await at the website for an creative somebody who needs to register for VAT!

Episode 3


Location: Birmingham
Commission: To reflect a identify unit of measurement bond subsequently donating one-half of her liver to her mum
Budget: upwards to £1,000
Media: none specified
Media represented: icon on drinking glass in addition to metal,
Outcome: (see icon demo at the top) bought the drinking glass fine art produced past times Patricia Lee

Glass fine art - on committee - past times Patricia Lee (see whole slice inwards travel past times picture)

The artists inwards Episode 3 are:
  • Patricia Lee (Winner) - a drinking glass creative somebody based inwards Holmes Chapel, Cheshire. She too runs running arts and crafts courses in addition to workshops inwards Glass Fusing, Stained Glass in addition to Mosaic.
I actually enjoyed beingness involved inwards the programme. (and) I don’t experience ‘used’ past times BBC. But I was actually disappointed when I spotted that the artists weren’t credited.

Episode 4


Location: Lancashire
Commission: to celebrate the honey of their dogs
Budget: upwards to £500
Media: none specified
Media represented: Textile fine art (in wool), creature painter, chainsaw forest sculptor
Outcome: purchased a stuff artwork incorporating their dogs' hair

The artists inwards Episode 4 were all based inwards Cumbria.
  • Charlotte Ashley (Winner) - a stuff creative somebody in addition to needle felter who industrial plant using the wool she grows, scours, cards, blends, spins in addition to dyes on her ain farm inwards the Edeny valley inwards Cumbria.
    • website: https://www.charlotteashleyart.co.uk/ 
    • her strapline is "Home grown, Hand Processed wool images" (and she certifies where all her wool comes from past times breed in addition to farm)
    • mainly industrial plant to commission
    • Facebook | Instagram | keep scrolling for contact details!
Blessed are the weird people, the poets in addition to misfits, the artists & writers , the music makers, dreamers in addition to outsiders for they forcefulness us to come across the the world differently.
  • Thuline de Cock - Belgian painter who married a Brit in addition to right away has a a Studio/Gallery/workshop infinite inwards Windermere. Has taught fine art since 1997.
  • Andy Levy - a chainsaw forest sculptor based inwards the Lake District
    • website: none that I could find
    • Facebook includes telephone number in addition to business organisation electronic mail address



Episode 5


Location: Morecambe Bay
Commission: to celebrate the graphic symbol of her Equus caballus Dragon who has helped her possessor through hard times
Budget: upwards to £1,000 (eventually spent £2,500 to larn a bigger sculpture)
Media: none specified
Media represented: steel sculptor; pet portraiture; chainsaw forest sculptor;
Outcome: budget increased in addition to a bigger in addition to ameliorate steel sculpture was bought (see below)

The winning committee - inwards steel - past times Clare Bigger

The artists inwards Episode 5 are:
I was really impressed past times Kate O-Brien who tackled the number of Commission Fees caput on amongst this prototype at the travel past times of her Twitter Feed in addition to Facebook Page

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