Home Is Where the Art Is
Home Is Where the Art Is
Nick Knowles challenges three artists to create beautiful artworks for people they've never met. Our trio must try to work out the buyer's style and taste by snooping around their home, but when the two sides finally do meet, who will win?
Episode 1
Today's artists travel to Lancashire to a renovated worker's cottage. The mystery buyer wants a gift for his wife and has a budget of £200, but will it be a wood sculptor, painter or ceramicist who makes the sale?
Episode 2
Today's mystery buyers live in Northamptonshire and have up to £1,000 to spend on a work of art to celebrate their family life. Will an abstract artist, an illustrator or a bronze sculptor who's pushed for time win out?
Episode 3
Today's artists are travelling to a home in Birmingham. It's an emotional brief from the mystery buyer who has up to £750 to spend on a piece of art to reflect a family bond. Will the artistic trio be able to create what she is looking for?
Episode 4
In today's episode, the artists travel to Lancashire. The mystery buyers have up to £500 to spend on a piece of art to celebrate their love for their dogs. Will a pet portrait artist, a wool farmer or a wood sculptor win the sale?
Episode 5
Our arty trio must try to work out the buyer's style and taste by snooping around their home, but when the two sides finally do meet, who will win the coveted commission?
Episode 6
In today's episode the artists are in Oxfordshire. It's an emotional story: the mystery buyers are looking for a joyous, uplifting piece in light of a recent cancer diagnosis. Will it be a metal sculptor, painter or textile artist who fulfils their brief?
Episode 7
For three years the mystery buyers had a space on their living room wall that they haven't been able to fill. Now, with £1,000 to spend and three artists turning detective around their home, can they finally find a piece they like?
Episode 8
Today's artists are heading to an art-loving home in Cheshire. It's an emotional brief: the mystery buyers would like a work of art to reflect a beloved dad who they lost in 2011. Can the creative three make them the perfect piece?
Episode 9
Today's artists are heading to north Wales. The mystery buyers have lived all over the world but now want a work of art to celebrate putting down roots and buying their Llandudno forever-home.
Episode 10
Today's artists travel to South Manchester. They mystrey buyer would like a piece of art to mark the end of a difficult journey. Will a metal sculptor, a wood carver or a mosaic maker create the perfect piece and take home the £1,000 on offer?
Episode 11
Today's mystery buyers live in the Lake District. Having uprooted the family from the other side of the country, they want a piece of art to celebrate their move, and in particular to thank their children.
Episode 12
Today's artists are in Cheshire. The mystery buyer wants to mark a new time in their life, being recently single and moving home. Will a textile artist, a painter or a magazine collage creator make the perfect piece and take home the £500 sale?
Episode 13
Today's artists are heading to central Manchester. The mystery buyers are on the move and want a new piece of art for their new apartment in an old cotton mill.
Episode 14
Today's mystery buyers want a bespoke piece of art to mark their ruby wedding anniversary. As they've recently moved from Essex to Cheshire, it's a tough snoop as the artists try to distinguish the homeowner's style from that of the previous occupants.
Episode 15
Today's artists are heading to Lancashire. The mystery buyer wants a piece of art to mark a new time in their life. With a budget around £600 on offer, will a glass maker, a clay sculptor or a stone carver win the sale and make the mystery buyer's day?