Make It At Market
Dom Chinea works with a team of business and craft experts to help a group of budding entrepreneurs make a living from their crafting hobby - setting them challenges that will assess the amateur craftspeople and shape their business plan.
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- Cast:
- Dominic Chinea
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Today’s aspiring artisans are leather designer Jo from Essex and portrait artist Jill from Newbury. Jo’s dyslexia and dyscalculia have prevented her from finding the right career path, but everything finally clicked when she discovered leather work. Jill had to give up her dreams of being an artist at an early age but, after a 22-year career in nursing, the time is right. Both makers are given eight weeks to turn their new careers into successful businesses, but can they bring in the sales to prove they’ve got what it takes to make it in the creative world?
Pointillist artist Will can’t imagine a world without art, but he needs to find a way of making it pay. Mentor Claudia is impressed with his work but thinks he needs to work on creating a more distinctive style so that customers instantly recognise his pieces. Part-time physiotherapist and aspiring jeweller Ange dreams of making her craft pay, but mentor Rachel thinks she needs to improve the finish on some of her creations, as well as work on making more affordable designs.
Textile artist Jennifer from Hampshire and stone carver Louise from Oxfordshire are hoping Dom and his team can help them turn their passions into profits. Jennifer is hoping to swap her job as a pharmacist for a new creative career, but she has a big decision to make about whether to become an artist or a print designer. Former key worker Louise returned to education two years ago in the hope of becoming a full-time stone carver. After honing her craft, she’s hoping it can now pay the bills.
Nineteen-year-old Harrison decided to follow his furniture-making dream after his father passed away two years ago. He has big ambitions, but will Dom and his mentor, Bruce Kenneth, be able to help him achieve them? By day, Rachel works in the world of corporate learning and development. But by night, she makes wearable cake shoes in the hope of doing it full time. She wants to show her daughters that you can achieve anything if you work hard enough, no matter how impossible it may seem.