Monty Don's Real Crafts

Across the country thousands dream of escaping the stresses of modern life and turning to the crafts of the past. This new breed of gifted amateurs are taking centuries old traditions and skills and rediscovering them for the contemporary world. In this series Monty Don will be giving some of the best an opportunity to train under the country’s master craftsmen and offer them the chance to compete to win a commission from some of the UK’s most prestigious buyers, this could set them on the road to a future life as professional Craftsman. Each Programme will focus on a separate craft and across the series Monty will meet Blacksmiths, Furniture Makers, Stonemasons, Glassblowers, Potters and Weavers, all hoping to turn their passion for crafts into a career.

SUPPLIERS

BLACKSMITHING

Vaughans - sales@anvils.co.uk

Abraweld - sales@abra-weld.com

Tecnik - Tecnik1@btconnect.com

Darren Broome - djbroome@hotmail.co.uk

WOOD

Bill Cotton - Furniture - cotton@trouthouse.freeserve.co.uk

Vastern Timber - Tom@vastern.co.uk

Vastern Timber (Bates and Lambourne Furniture) info@batesandlambourne.co.uk

The Green Dragon - peteandtrace@hotmail.com

Benchmark furniture - sean@benchmarkfurniture.com