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Raku!

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Raku!

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Raku!

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Raku! Raku!

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It's week four,
and we've nine potters left.

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And you've guessed it -
it's raku week.

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Welcome to The Great Pottery
Throw Down. Yeah!

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Raku!

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They're everywhere.

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Last time...

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..the potters reached new heights
with a trio of birds...

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I'm soaring, I'm flying,
I'm winging it.

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..and grappled... Oh!

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..with an old-fashioned
hot-water bottle.

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This is embarrassment.

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James's marvellous macaws...
They're almost perfect.

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..saw him crowned Potter of the
Week. Oh, thank you. Thank you.

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But it was Christophe's falcons
that failed to soar.

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Don't drop it.

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And he became the third potter
to fly the nest.

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Friends for life. Friends for life.

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This time... I hate... I hate you
at the moment!

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..it's week four, and our potters
are getting into their groove...

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You make me dance now.

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..transforming mounds of clay
into decorative hanging planters.

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The best thing you've done
in the pottery.

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There's a surprise guest
setting a spot test.

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I've never been so excited
in my life!

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And our potters head outdoors...

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It's burning me. ..to play with
fire. Come on, kiln gods.

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But whose hopes of staying
in the competition...

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Take it easy. Don't drop it now.

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..will go up in flames?

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Oh!

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Oh, Jesus.

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Ring Of Fire
by Johnny Cash

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Our nine remaining potters
are back in Stoke,

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fired up for their most exciting
challenge yet.

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Yay! Week four!

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Getting to raku week
is like some sort of boss level.

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Raku is an ancient firing technique
where pots are rapidly heated.

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It's just so exciting.
There's fire, there's smoke.

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When they reach around 1,000 degrees
centigrade, the potters

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remove their pots from the kiln.

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What's the fun without a little bit
of danger? Do you know what I mean?

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It's like the rock and roll
of pottery.

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The pots go into a metal reduction
box, where they catch on fire.

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I think all little boys
are slight pyromaniacs.

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That's never really grown out of me.
Might go wrong,

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but God, I'm excited.

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With the box closed, the chemical
reactions create raku magic.

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I have never done raku,
but I have a lot of adrenaline.

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I'm going to be dancing everywhere.

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It's going to be a lot of movement
in my body.

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This year, our potters
will be doing naked raku -

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naked because the finished pots
won't feature any glaze.

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Welcome back, potters,
to the pottery, and to raku week.

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Raku!

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Eh?! Yay!

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You've made it to raku!

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This week, the judges would like you
to make a pair of hanging planters.

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Now, these are going to be
hanging from above,

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so we want your planters to have
a statement finial underneath.

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Now, these don't have to look
identical,

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but we want them to look like
an obvious set.

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We'd like you to choose
how you hang them.

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That could be lugs
or holes in the planter walls,

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but it needs to be practical.

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Otherwise, your planters
won't hang properly.

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And the trade description people
will be after you.

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You have six hours to make
and refine your hanging planters.

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Potters, get potting.

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Let's go.

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Happy raku.

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The beauty of raku...
It's clay and fire, isn't it,

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basically, at its most
simplest form.

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So I'm so excited.

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Yes! I love raku week.

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The fire, being outside, the smoke.

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It's the sheer alchemy of pottery,
isn't it?

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So we've asked our potters to create
these planters with a lovely finial.

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That's going to be a real testament

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to the way they think about
this whole process.

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Not just the design,
but the firing itself.

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What raku doesn't like
is big changes of thicknesses.

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Yeah. You don't want big chunky
finials into very thin walled pots,

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because those two elements
will expand and contract at

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different rates, and they'll just
pull apart. That's it.

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And then let's not forget
the design itself.

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I really want to see that process of
raku integrated into their design.

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I mean, this is a beautiful example
of naked raku.

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What we're seeing here is
the cracking of the top layer

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of glaze and slip, which has allowed
the carbon in,

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and then they're going to put
paper stencils

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on the outside of that
to create the design.

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And we just hope that those
paper stencils will leave enough

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of an impression on that lovely
burnished surface of the pot.

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Well, let's hope. Fingers crossed.
It'll be exciting.

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I'll have everything crossed.

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Hello, lovey. Hi, Fabiola.
Good morning. Morning.

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I have to say, you look so pretty.

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Vibrant colours. Oh, thank you.

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Nice, isn't it?
Tell me about your design.

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My design is based on the equality
of people.

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For me, this is very important.

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We have to love each other.
All of us, you know?

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Fabiola's homage to love
will feature intricate characters

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representing gender, religion
and cultural acceptance.

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Her ambitious finials will be
thrown and altered to represent

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clasped hands and a heart.

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How are you attaching this heart?
It's going to have a long stem.

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OK. So it's attached by this?

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I hope it works.

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So do we. So do we, lovey.
Exactly.

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We hope it works, too.
Exactly.

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When it comes to raku,

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this bit, the making, is the most
important step of all.

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Exactly. Getting that right.
Exactly.

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We're off and running!
What could possibly go wrong?

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Unless the potters throw
their planters with thin walls,

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they'll be too heavy to hang.

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I'm trying to coat it up nicely.

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I don't want to use too much clay
because it would just make it big

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and fat and heavy. But too thin, and
the planters won't be robust enough

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to support their finials.

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I am a bit worried about
the thickness of it

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and whether it will survive
the weight of the finial.

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So I've added an extra bit
of clay.

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To ensure his planters
are perfectly balanced,

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Jon's leaving nothing to chance.

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So, these pieces of paper fit
together to make the whole pot.

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So if I throw that piece,
it matches,

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and then when I throw that piece,
it matches,

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they should form
a relatively smooth form.

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Hello, Jon. Hi.
Tell us about your design.

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We've gone mathematical.
So I've gone spiral.

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Would we expect anything less, Jon?

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The golden rectangle.
The golden spiral kind of idea.

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Fibonacci. Fibonacci
and that kind of stuff.

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So it's that kind of idea
of fractals,

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obviously on a much bigger scale.
Obviously, obviously. Yeah, yeah.

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Engineer Jon is in his element,
combining precision and design

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by carving a deep spiral winding down
the body of his planters,

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complemented
by a teardrop pendant finial.

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The one thing about the Fibonacci
spiral, it's perfect.

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It is. It is.

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Are you confident you're going
to get that perfection? Yeah.

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I've got templates. The spirals
themselves will be Fibonacci.

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The one down the pot isn't.

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You can't do that
round the pot form,

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but the ones that come off will be.
Well, good luck with that.

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While Jon's aiming for
mathematical precision...

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I want one spiral
for one revolution.

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..Helen's taking
a more relaxed approach.

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It looks like a bowl, so we're
heading in the right direction.

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Where I live, there's an oak tree
that's collapsed and it's split

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completely in two.
It's a work of art.

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It really is.
So I thought, "Oh, yeah, oak leaves.

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"Let's have a go at that."

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Celebrating her local Kent
countryside, Helen's design mimics

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a cascade of fluttering acorns
and leaves.

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The 2D leaves on the body of
the pot will be complemented by

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3D sculptural oak leaves
around the finial.

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So, is raku something
you've ever done before?

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I recently bought a raku kiln.

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OK. So I can have a little go
in the garden.

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We've got a guy in the village
who does raku days,

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so you can go along
and it's a social thing.

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Oh, OK. Do you live in
a pottery village? No!

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She lives in a little pottery
village with pottery elves.

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I am throwing it upside down.
That's quite a lot of clay for me.

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Can suddenly get really
out of control.

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Don't, don't, don't!

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This is a bummer.

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I've made it a bit squat.

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I probably made it a bit thin,
and it just started sagging down.

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And once it starts sagging,
it's a losing battle.

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I have to wedge it again
and hope that it will work.

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Come on, we can do this.
We can do this.

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We can do pottery, right.
Yeah, of course we can.

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So, my inspiration is the '80s.

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I don't think it's ever
been done before, taking raku

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into the '80s, so I'm doing it.

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Rebecca plans to bring the ancient
Japanese art of raku into the '80s

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with her geometric
multicolour design,

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which is replicated
in the finials as well.

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So you're really excited
about raku week.

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Yeah, really excited.
Have you ever done it?

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Yeah, I've done it
about three times.

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And you still find it exciting?
Yeah, I love it,

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because it's different every time.
Every time, things have cracked.

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But... You know the old saying,
fourth time lucky? Yeah.

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I'm taking my frustration out
from the first pot.

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While George... I hate you!
I hate you at the moment!

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..and Fabiola are hoping it
will be second time lucky

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getting their pots up...

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Oh! Just be very, very gentle
because I slap her so much,

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so she's not that happy with me.

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..the rest of the potters
have finished theirs

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and can begin
their decorative finials.

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Caught you at a sensitive moment.
Fiddling with your finial. Yeah.

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Fiddling with me finial.

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Well, tell us about your design,
then,

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that will include the finial.
I am doing two spaceships.

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Of course you are.

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And the plants will be the plumes
coming out of the engine.

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Derek will marry his passion
for mid-century design

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with his childhood fascination
of space travel.

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The bullet-shaped rockets
will have delicate fins

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and classic ray-gun shaped finials.

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Are your finials going to be hollow
or is that...? That's hollow,

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so the air can get in, because if
it's thick, clay would just explode.

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Yeah. Going to have to be careful
with those. Very careful with those.

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Not only must their finials
be hollow... At the moment,

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there's air inside, but I'm worried
that once it comes out and I press,

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it will break.

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..it's vital that they match
the thinness of their pots,

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so once attached, they will dry
at the same rate.

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If that finial was really thick,
it would just cause problems

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and it would definitely crack off.

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But while Derek's shooting
for the moon... This is going

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to be the start
of the chicken's neck.

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..James is staying more
down-to-earth.

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We have four bantam chickens.

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They sunbathe,
run away from the children.

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His generously rounded pots
will replicate the body

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of his sunbathing birds,

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and he's hoping his stylised
finial heads

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will capture their unique
personalities.

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This is Eggletina, the bigger one,
because she keeps escaping.

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I don't know how they get out.

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Apparently, they're doing it again
while I'm away,

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so I've got to go back and try
and put some more chicken wire up.

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00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,680
Lois has also been inspired by home.

242
00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:18,160
So the finial, I want it to, like,
echo sort of shell shapes.

243
00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,240
I grew up by the beach,
and it's the best place

244
00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:24,680
you can be, really. By the sea,
in the sea, on the sea.

245
00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:28,960
Lois will add blue slip as a base
for her seascape, accentuated

246
00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:32,880
with Matisse-inspired seaweed
and Dover sole markings.

247
00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:35,440
Shells really are an important
thing to you. Yeah, they are.

248
00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:37,760
When you hold your ear to it,
can you hear the sea?

249
00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,800
Maybe. Should we try? Yeah.

250
00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:42,720
Oh, you can! It works quite well,
actually.

251
00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,040
Oh, yeah, it does, yeah. Wow.
Surprisingly good.

252
00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:47,200
Lois has the sea in her finial!

253
00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,520
No pressure, but she has the ocean.

254
00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:52,600
Lois isn't the only potter...

255
00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:54,480
I need to get on with my finials.

256
00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,640
..hoping their planters
make a splash.

257
00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:59,920
The first pot I got given
was an octopus-catching pot.

258
00:11:59,960 --> 00:12:01,480
They'd drop it down into the ocean.

259
00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,200
Lovely, warm, dark hole -
octopus jumps in there.

260
00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,360
You pull it up later
and you get an octopus in it.

261
00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,600
A bit of a play on it.
I'm going to do the octopus

262
00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:10,920
attacking the bottom
of the octopus pot.

263
00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,520
George is recreating the murky ocean
depths using blue-coloured slip

264
00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:17,720
and stencilled tentacles.
He's chosen to hang his squid

265
00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:21,320
and octopus using rope tied
around risky, delicate handles.

266
00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:23,600
Raku, being an intense firing
process,

267
00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,600
it's going to test the joins
like no tomorrow.

268
00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,200
How many tickles does it take
to tickle an octopus?

269
00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,120
I don't know. How many tickles?

270
00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:34,400
Ten tickles.

271
00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,320
But George's squid and octopus...

272
00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,520
I'm really scared about
these dragon heads. ..might not be

273
00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:44,880
the most precarious hanging planters
in the pottery.

274
00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:46,680
Playing a bit of a gamble.

275
00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,400
I'm using dragon heads as my lugs.

276
00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:51,720
Right, OK. Wow.

277
00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,800
So I'm really going to have to
get them stuck on well.

278
00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:56,800
Just got to hope they stay on.

279
00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,160
As a nod to her heritage,
Caitlin is adding

280
00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,960
Chinese lantern-shaped finials
onto her bulbous-shaped forms,

281
00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,400
but her planters will be relying on
the dragon heads holding up.

282
00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:08,760
My mum is from Hong Kong,
and growing up,

283
00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,280
she always had all these
Chinese dragons.

284
00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,400
And they bring good luck
and prosperity.

285
00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,160
Good luck to take it
through the raku firing.

286
00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:19,960
Potters, you're halfway through!

287
00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,520
Got to speed up a little bit,

288
00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:24,520
but that's the story of
my Pottery Throw Down life.

289
00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:26,880
The potters will need to
get a move on.

290
00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:28,080
God, it's a bit of a mission.

291
00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,960
They still have to trim and refine
all of their pieces...

292
00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,000
I've got quite a bit of turning
of these.

293
00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:36,760
This is heavy as. ..and carefully
attach their finials to the planters

294
00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,160
so that they survive
the raku firing.

295
00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,280
Very nervous about getting these
to stick on.

296
00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:44,840
Because it's going through
such a harsh process,

297
00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:47,320
any sort of joins are very risky.

298
00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,560
It might explode. Might shift
or break off. I get ya.

299
00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:51,880
Oh, God, this is heavy.

300
00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,120
I hope they don't fall apart
and explode.

301
00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:55,600
They've gone together quite well.

302
00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,800
I can't tell where the finial sits
and where the main body does.

303
00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:00,680
So I'm going to put the leaves on.

304
00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,160
While some of the planters
are coming together...

305
00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:04,480
I'm struggling a little bit.

306
00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,880
The clay, because it's groggy,
breaks.

307
00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:10,840
..Fabiola's celebration of unity
is threatening to fall apart.

308
00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,680
Two hands holding a heart.

309
00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:16,000
They were supposed to be 3D.
Not any more.

310
00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:17,280
So I'm just going to carve.

311
00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,680
It's a lot of work, and I need to go
and start burnishing.

312
00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:22,480
It's super important.

313
00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:26,080
Burnishing is key to ensuring
successful naked raku.

314
00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:28,800
Firstly, a slip called
terra sigillata is applied,

315
00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,120
which also has some added colour.

316
00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:34,240
Terra sigillata, which is just
an incredibly fine-particle slip,

317
00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:35,920
which means that
when you burnish it,

318
00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:37,960
it will get
really nice and shiny.

319
00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:43,160
I've used all four colours
so I can get that '80s design.

320
00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:45,680
The benching battle has begun.

321
00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,680
The potters must rub their planters
with a smooth item

322
00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:50,160
like a pebble or spoon...

323
00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,200
I've chose spoon gloves!

324
00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:55,560
I'm throwing everything at it!
..pushing down grog in the clay

325
00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,080
and bringing the fine particles
to the surface,

326
00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:01,200
resulting in a wonderfully polished
finish.

327
00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,480
Choice of weapon
is shiniest soup spoon

328
00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,360
I could find in the canteen.

329
00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:09,040
So I'm using this stone
and a spoon from the canteen.

330
00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:13,080
I tried to make a cup of tea
earlier - I had to use a fork!

331
00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,720
Can somebody tell the canteen
all the spoons are up here?!

332
00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:18,240
We've found the spoons!

333
00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,880
After having to improvise
a new finial design...

334
00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,400
I'm going to start burnishing,

335
00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:24,440
otherwise it's going to be too late
for me.

336
00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:26,920
..Fabiola is changing plans
once again.

337
00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:30,080
I stick my finials
nearly to the end.

338
00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:33,360
Hopefully that will work.
In my head, it will work.

339
00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,200
And Fabiola is not alone.

340
00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:37,920
I need to judge when I put the
octopus on and have enough time to

341
00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,400
make the octopus look nice,
but also save myself enough time

342
00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,600
to burnish everything.

343
00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:46,400
That burnished slit is the canvas
to all of their decorations.

344
00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:48,880
Everything. Well, the gloves
are doing all right.

345
00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,520
I mean, this particular naked
raku process, a couple

346
00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,800
of things could happen if they don't
burnish them well enough. Yeah.

347
00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,680
Firstly, the flame effects,
the carbonisation

348
00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:59,000
could be very dull.

349
00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,920
Secondly, there's every risk
that the resist-slip

350
00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:06,120
and the high-alkaline glaze
could stick and not peel away.

351
00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:08,320
And not give them
the effect they want.

352
00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,200
It's going to be a long afternoon.

353
00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:12,640
There's more process that goes
beyond this. That's it.

354
00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:15,680
But this is the bedrock
for all that comes next.

355
00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:17,560
OK. This is going to start
hurting my arm.

356
00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,160
You can't train for this.
You have to just go...

357
00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,360
Potters, you've one hour left!

358
00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,720
Oh, there's no spoons anywhere!

359
00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,760
Oh! Oh! The pain! The pain!

360
00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:34,240
Just burnish like mad.

361
00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:37,640
I'm sweating cobs,
but I'm going for it.

362
00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:39,960
But for those with construction
left to do...

363
00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:44,400
Right, I need to do these heads
now because an hour is stressful.

364
00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,800
..burnishing will have to
take a break.

365
00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,480
A bit of slipping and scoring
and get it all together, I hope.

366
00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:51,840
It's a bit tricky
because this is all mucky,

367
00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:54,800
so I'm risking ruining
my lovely smooth, polished bit

368
00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,920
by doing big hand marks
in the wrong place.

369
00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:59,280
But I've just got to suck it up
and get on with it.

370
00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:03,040
It would be an actual miracle
if these stay on.

371
00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,480
I hope that the heart
is not coming off.

372
00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:08,880
So... Can I help in any way?

373
00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,120
All right.
But you make me dance now.

374
00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:14,760
You always put that in my mind,
you know?

375
00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,920
I know. Are we dancing
to the same tune?

376
00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,240
Go, go, go!

377
00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:24,400
I'm really, really trying to get
a bit of a sheen on this.

378
00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:28,480
Ten minutes left, potters! Oh!
Ten minutes left!

379
00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,720
I don't have much of an idea
when it's done, so we're just going

380
00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,200
to keep going until the time
runs out.

381
00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,280
Oh. Thanks for reminding me
that I've only got ten minutes.

382
00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:40,440
I'm just putting my handle on.
Hoping a good push will attach it.

383
00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:43,560
Into the hen house with you.

384
00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,440
Fabiola, my love,
how are you getting on?

385
00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,440
Yeah, I think I'm going
to make it. Done.

386
00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,560
One small step for the pottery,

387
00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,000
one giant step for Derek.

388
00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,200
So, George, it's only you
we're waiting on.

389
00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:58,360
Bye-bye, my baby.

390
00:17:58,400 --> 00:17:59,920
Well done, guys.

391
00:17:59,960 --> 00:18:01,560
Absolutely fantastic.

392
00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,960
I'm getting a reputation
for working right up to the end.

393
00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,720
George, have a shower.
Maybe next week.

394
00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:14,120
I think I'm also getting
a reputation for having more clay

395
00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,240
on me than in my pot.

396
00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:18,360
Once dried, Rose will take
the planters

397
00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,120
for their first bisque firing
to harden the clay,

398
00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:25,320
ready for decoration
and their final intense raku firing.

399
00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:29,280
I just pray to the kiln gods
that it will come

400
00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:31,080
as it was - a nice heart.

401
00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:34,320
The finials coming off
would be the disaster.

402
00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:45,880
It's time for the potters to face
a flamboyant second challenge.

403
00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,520
We're going to do an autopsy!

404
00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,640
Pottery autopsy.

405
00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,480
Welcome back, potters,
to your second challenge.

406
00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,240
And it is a spot test.

407
00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:00,920
Oooh!

408
00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:06,000
And we have a very special
guest judge.

409
00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:09,280
You may remember them
from series two.

410
00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:11,200
Freya Bramble-Carter. Oh!

411
00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,040
Freya, come on in.

412
00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,520
Hi! Very nice to see you.

413
00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,320
How does it feel being on this side
of the bench? Weird.

414
00:19:18,360 --> 00:19:21,600
Great. But I know how you feel,
guys, seriously.

415
00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,520


416
00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:27,360
After appearing on The Great Pottery
Throw Down, Freya has gone on to

417
00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,040
become a successful ceramicist.

418
00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:32,480
Her beautiful sculptural vases
have been exhibited in prestigious

419
00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:34,920
art galleries, and she has been
featured in the likes

420
00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:38,920
of British Vogue, the New York Times
and House and Garden.

421
00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,880
Judges, would you like to show the
potters what they will be doing?

422
00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,800
Uh-oh. Oh, my goodness.

423
00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:47,440
You don't have to make the body
of the vase.

424
00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:49,840
We're just talking about
the really beautiful, elaborate

425
00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,320
flourish on top.
So, Freya, take it away.

426
00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:56,920
So you've been given this
free-thrown bottom.

427
00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,320
You're going to coil-build
your structure on top.

428
00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:02,360
Start with a thick coil.
You definitely wouldn't want

429
00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,480
skinny coils flopping
as you build the pipe.

430
00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:08,000
And right from the beginning,
I'm blending the inside as I go.

431
00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,000
Freya, you're looking for that
relationship between the coiling

432
00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,560
and the thrown pot underneath.
Yes. You've got this femininity

433
00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,840
and masculinity balance going on.

434
00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,640
A lot of my inspiration comes
from that. Right, blending.

435
00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:23,320
This is what you're really going
to use to join the thrown vase

436
00:20:23,360 --> 00:20:25,720
to your coils.
I'm just going to stop here.

437
00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,160
Yours will be a lot taller.
How tall would you like them to be?

438
00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:33,040
Can they please be 30cm tall?
Towards the edge here,

439
00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,160
you can taper the tip,
get it a bit thinner.

440
00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,600
You can go in like that.

441
00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,040
Wide, narrow.

442
00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:42,120
We're looking for flamboyance.

443
00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:43,600
Go for it. Go for your character.

444
00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,000
You can be a bit weird. Whatever.
It's yours. All right?

445
00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,000
They're all weird, Freya.
That's what we want.

446
00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:53,200
And I'm going to look at the beauty
of your frill in any shape and form.

447
00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:55,440
Big, small, in, out.

448
00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:56,920
Shake it all about.

449
00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,320
Thank you very much.
That was marvellous.

450
00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:03,680
Potters, back to your benches,
please.

451
00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:08,240
This is going to be
blind judged, so...begone.

452
00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:09,760
Get out.

453
00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,640
OK, potters,
you have been given one hour...

454
00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:15,680
Oh! Oh.

455
00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,840
..to make your flamboyant
vases,

456
00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,040
and your time starts now.

457
00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,720
Oh, that's a nice vase.

458
00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,760
I like it as it is.

459
00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,160
Not a throw down!

460
00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,720
I've never been so excited
in my life.

461
00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,200
I wanted something a bit different.

462
00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,320
So, yeah, I'm really looking
forward to this one.

463
00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:37,080
I wouldn't think of myself
as flamboyant,

464
00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:39,160
so this is outside my comfort zone.

465
00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,000
I'm trying to do quite long coils.

466
00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,000
I'd like to do a lovely tall
trumpety hibiscus flower.

467
00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,960
But as the potters begin adding clay
to flare out their pots...

468
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,520
I'm thinking more of like a tulip.

469
00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,040
..Jon has begun by subtracting clay
from his.

470
00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:53,880
I'm going with an ovular
form on top.

471
00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:55,240
So I've started to cut the neck

472
00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,400
to create that ovular form
from the very outset.

473
00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,840
So, try and create something
a little bit different.

474
00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:02,800
I'd like, if I get around to it,
having extra little bits coming out,

475
00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:04,920
so like petals of flowers
around the side of it.

476
00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,600
That's the idea. We'll see.

477
00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:10,120
She said flamboyant,
so...we'll do flamboyant.

478
00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:11,960
Before the potters
can even think about

479
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,600
the shape of their flourishes...

480
00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,480
Oh, wow. It's high.
..they need to build the height.

481
00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,080
I'm doing them fairly thick,
especially near the bottom.

482
00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:21,680
It's got to be quite strong,
otherwise it will just fall apart.

483
00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,040
I don't want it too heavy because
then once you've created height,

484
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:26,920
the heaviness of it
will bring it down

485
00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:28,840
and potentially collapse
at some point,

486
00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:30,560
which you want to avoid, obviously.

487
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,400
So you've nearly got to 30cm.
No, it's not, look. Oh, my gosh!

488
00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,840
30cm is so much more than
you think, guys.

489
00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,520
I want to just spend half the time
doing that

490
00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,360
and then half the time
making it look nice.

491
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:47,280
So an hour sounds like a long time,
but it isn't really.

492
00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,520
You're going out already?
Yeah, yeah.

493
00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,640
Maybe slightly faster than I was
planning on.

494
00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,480
The grand design was
supposed to be ovular.

495
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,600
Greater out this side,
more vertical on this side.

496
00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,720
Oh, yeah. Someone's not really told
the pot that.

497
00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:00,880
Is the pot misbehaving? Yeah.
It's not listening.

498
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,680
I keep putting them, putting them
and it doesn't go up!

499
00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,920
It's only 18cm. Jesus!

500
00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,000
She's going to say
30 minutes in, isn't she?

501
00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,840
Potters, you're halfway through!

502
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,920
Halfway through!
It's not annoying at all, is it?

503
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:21,120
I'm not even close,
so I'm going to have to really

504
00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,240
motor a bit. Hi, George.
How are you getting on?

505
00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:27,000
I'm not sure I'm the most
flamboyant man out there.

506
00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:28,720
That's actually
a really good question.

507
00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,400
Potters, who is the most flamboyant
in here?

508
00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:34,520
Fabiola. Yeah, Fabiola.

509
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:38,680
Yes! Yeah. And who would be
the least flamboyant here?

510
00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:44,080
Jon. Jon. Jon, I have faith in you
and your inner flamboyance.

511
00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:47,040
Well, it's certainly more droopy
than flamboyant.

512
00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,320
I think mine has probably
pushed the brief to somewhere

513
00:23:49,360 --> 00:23:51,000
it wasn't supposed to be going.

514
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:52,680
I'm just creating some indents

515
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,880
to sort of get a bit of a trumpet
going up.

516
00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:58,120
Put that bit on there.
And then start shaping.

517
00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,800
Potters, you've 15 minutes left!

518
00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:02,880
Oh!

519
00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,160
While most are now on a flamboyant
burst to the finish...

520
00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:07,640
Mr Floppity-Floo.

521
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,920
..a few of the potters are
experiencing structural issues.

522
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,400
I should have done my coils
a little bit thinner as we got

523
00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:17,160
to the top, so if I cut in...
But it will still just flop out.

524
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,560
Me and Jon's look the same now,
don't they?

525
00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,040
Every time I touch it, it goes
a bit further down, really,

526
00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,720
which isn't really what I was after.
It looks a little bit like,

527
00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:26,920
you know, it works in accounting.

528
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,320
It's done a spreadsheet.
What about the inside?

529
00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:32,320
Look at the inside.
No, the inside...

530
00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:35,760
Five minutes left, potters!
Five minutes left!

531
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,000
God, it's amazing how quick
time goes in here.

532
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:41,960
Now that's flamboyant.

533
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,600
Every bloody time.

534
00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:45,040
Oh, my Lord.

535
00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,360
It's looking a bit nice.

536
00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,640
Going to try and put some extra
petals, and it's organic, so you can

537
00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,640
get away with quite a few things.
Do one more tiny bit.

538
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:59,160
And you've got great height there.
About twenty...four.

539
00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,160
You've got one minute left.
One minute? Yeah.

540
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,440
Potters, one minute left!
Oh, dear.

541
00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,600
To gain 6cm. No, it's not going to
happen, is it?

542
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,440
Now it's just one minute
of smoothing down the clay

543
00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:12,800
as much as possible.

544
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,800
I'm just trying to bodge
a bit of finesse onto this pot.

545
00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:17,800
Every second counts.

546
00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,840
Five, four, three,

547
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,520
two, one. Well done.

548
00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,320
Tools down.

549
00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:27,880
Flamboyance finito.

550
00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:31,840
You could faff about with that
for about a week.

551
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,280
I think I'm the least worried about
it because it's already flopped.

552
00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,960
OK, then, potters,
let's welcome back the judges.

553
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,200
Wow.

554
00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:44,320
There's a lot of movement,
a lot of dynamic energy, I see.

555
00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:46,400
Should we get started?
Well, let's start, yeah.

556
00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:49,360
Let's start at this end.
Wow. I like the shape of this,

557
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,840
mirroring the shape.
It's really beautiful.

558
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,800
Really good blending on the inside.
Fantastic. Well done.

559
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,280
This one, it's got some throat.

560
00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,600
I really like this shape.
It's subtly random.

561
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,280
You can still see some of the joins,
though, can't you? Yeah.

562
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,480
It doesn't look like it's been
blended much at all on the inside.

563
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,000
Number three. I'm questioning,
has it collapsed?

564
00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,240
They've made something out of it.
Made a feature. Well, exactly, yeah.

565
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,400
I mean, it's a good way
of getting around a problem.

566
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,400
OK, number four. Hmm, interesting.

567
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,080
The inside is amazing.

568
00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,840
The mark-making has really added
to the form, hasn't it?

569
00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,600
It has. Number five. Tighter frills.

570
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:27,640
I like that.
I like these big trunks.

571
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,000
Almost remind me of roots to a tree.
Yeah.

572
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,000
Could have done with a little bit
more finishing

573
00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,640
on the inside. And slightly
more on the join.

574
00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:36,240
OK, number six.

575
00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:37,520
Wow.

576
00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,440
We've got a few sort of
stress cracks around the rim.

577
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,160
You can kind of see where some of
those... It collapsed a bit there.

578
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,320
It's quite orchidy,
with one side lifted up.

579
00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:47,960
Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Number seven.

580
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,560
It's really nicely finished off
on the inside, isn't it?

581
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,440
Yeah. They've really made a
conscious effort to tidy up the rim.

582
00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,920
The blend is quite well
in most of it. Well done.

583
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,800
Number eight. I love this shape.

584
00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,640
It's very flamboyant.
Very flamboyant.

585
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,440
It looks almost like a shell
or something. Yeah, yeah, it does.

586
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,600
It doesn't have the height
of some of the others.

587
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,920
It's holding itself well.
Yeah, no, I kind of like it.

588
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:14,000
Last but not least... Almost
reminds me of, like, a gooseneck.

589
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:15,600
And this is, like, the beak.

590
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,000
The small frills and big frills
are quite nice,

591
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,720
the variation. Fantastic.

592
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:25,520
The judges will now order
the potters from worst to first.

593
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,840
OK. Ninth place is this one.

594
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:30,680
You got really good height.

595
00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,840
However, the integrity of
the building,

596
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,600
it looks like it collapsed
a little bit.

597
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,160
Eighth place was this one.

598
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,960
Oh, Caitlin. Did it collapse?

599
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,880
Thought so. Seventh place, this one.

600
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:50,240
Jon! Jon, you've given us
your flamboyant side. Who knew?

601
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,960
Did you have problems
with it falling outwards?

602
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,120
Yeah, it was going to be ovular,
but not that ovular.

603
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:57,720
In sixth place is Derek.

604
00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:59,400
Fifth is Rebecca.

605
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,000
Fabiola comes fourth,
and it's George in third.

606
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,240
This is two.

607
00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:07,320
Well done, Lois. You've blended it
really well on the outside,

608
00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:09,720
and this proportion sits well.

609
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,320
OK, so the winner is this one.

610
00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:14,320
James! Well done, James.

611
00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:24,520
You've blended it beautifully on
the inside as much as the outside.

612
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,160
And these touches here are just
really quite beautiful.

613
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,640
Yeah, we particularly liked those.

614
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,320
The asymmetrical kind of design
was really lovely, wasn't it?

615
00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:33,520
Yeah. Well done, James.

616
00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:35,680
You're our favourite flourisher.

617
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,400
And thank you so much, Freya.

618
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,040
You've been absolutely fabulous
and fantastic.

619
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:41,520
Well done to all you, potters.

620
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,160
You deserve a break now.
So, potters, dismissed.

621
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,000
Came first in the second
challenge.

622
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,160
I think all the potters are keen to
knock me off, definitely.

623
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,600
It's all to play for still.
With the raku firing,

624
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,640
anything can happen. I've been
seventh before, but it's nice to get

625
00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:57,880
the most flamboyant one.

626
00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:00,920
I think gravity helped. Shows you
can step outside your comfort zone.

627
00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,520
I was quite pleased with
the height of it, but yeah,

628
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,040
it didn't look good.
So really ups the pressure, eh?

629
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,200
If you come last,
you've got to really do well

630
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:09,360
in the next challenge.

631
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,400
So, yeah, I've got my fingers
firmly crossed.

632
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,920
The potters' hanging planters
have had their first firing.

633
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,160
Now it's time for decoration.

634
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:26,520
Ooh la la!
What is in there?

635
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,680
But until they peek under
the hessian, the potters won't know

636
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,640
if their planters
are still in one piece.

637
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,320
Welcome back, potters.

638
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,760
Your hanging planters have been
bisque-fired and are now hiding

639
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,080
under the hessian,
ready to be decorated.

640
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,240
We've given you resist-slip
for those burnished areas

641
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:45,520
of your hanging planters.

642
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:49,000
Now, this will protect those areas
from the reduction process

643
00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:50,200
in the kiln.

644
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,120
So make sure you use it -
and use it carefully.

645
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,960
You've got paper to use
for masking on your planters.

646
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,840
Now, the areas you mask off
are very likely to go black

647
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:00,240
after the raku firing,

648
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:03,080
so try and incorporate that
into your design.

649
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,120
You have been given
one and a half hours

650
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:10,680
to decorate your hanging planters,
and your time starts now.

651
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:12,680
Ah!

652
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,880
Oh! Yes! They're super good.

653
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:18,920
They're strong.

654
00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:20,520
They're alive.

655
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:23,240
Oh, jeez, there's cracks.

656
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:27,200
But the heads are on.
I can only be thankful for that.

657
00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,000
Oh...bugger.

658
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,720
Oh, Derek, what has happened?

659
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:37,280
I've lost a finial.
Oh, no. Oh, no!

660
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:38,720
Oh, no.

661
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,480
It's only mine that's done it, so...

662
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,200
That obviously doesn't
bode well for this.

663
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:46,080
It's just that difference
in drying. That's hollow,

664
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:47,480
and that's really thick.

665
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,560
Obviously pretty disappointed,
but I'm not giving up on it.

666
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,160
You could put that on top
and leave it and the glaze

667
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,400
might glue it together.
You might get away with that.

668
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:58,160
Might get away with it.
Positivity. We'll get there.

669
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,560
It might mean I can make
a couple of pots. Absolutely.

670
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,560
We're testing our potters
with a unique decorating technique.

671
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:09,080
The burnishing they did earlier
not only ensures a smooth finish,

672
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:12,240
it also helps this procedure
perform its magic.

673
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:13,720
All right, let's do it.

674
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:17,160
A magic involving
a resist-slip and a clever glaze.

675
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,640
Whoa! Whoa, that's thick.
That is thick.

676
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,000
First, our potters apply
the resist-slip...

677
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:24,960
I need to make sure that
I cover it all.

678
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,440
..a temporary barrier protecting
the burnished surface.

679
00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:29,600
Oh, get out.

680
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,360
Then the potters will apply
their paper stencils

681
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:33,920
to create their design.

682
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,320
Anywhere the potters place
their paper stencils will go black.

683
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,960
This is a bit different
to the raku we normally do.

684
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,560
It's a totally different process.

685
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,400
And I had just gotten to terms
with the old raku and now

686
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,520
I have to learn a new raku.

687
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:50,240
I'm going to have a nice
pale yellow background

688
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,080
with some black leaves
scattered around.

689
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:57,680
I want to get a really nice outline,
rather than a black blob.

690
00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,440
To achieve a crisp silhouette,

691
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,400
the paper stencils need to be glued
with the utmost care.

692
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,600
You want it as stuck down
as possible.

693
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,760
You don't want a wee foot
sticking up in the air,

694
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,480
because then the glaze will go
underneath it and then that will

695
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:10,800
blur the lines a little bit.

696
00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:13,440
So then it will be the black dragon
and the black head,

697
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:15,920
and then the blue background
with the raku effects,

698
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,040
like they're in the water.

699
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,040
After his broken finial...

700
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:23,800
I've got tweezers, so I'll be like
a chef, going like this.

701
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:26,320
..Derek can't afford
any more mistakes.

702
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,240
I really want to get
that crackle effect.

703
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:32,000
So these are quite sparingly put on.
I'm giving it every chance

704
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,040
for the raku to be the star
of the show.

705
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,480
I want the remaining one
to look really good

706
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,200
because otherwise, I'm out of here.

707
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,280
While Derek is hoping
his minimalist design will be enough

708
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,000
to rescue his rocket... So these
are supposed to be feathers.

709
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:46,520
We'll get as many on as possible.

710
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,800
..not every potter
is being so restrained.

711
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,040
They've got a variety of shapes.

712
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:54,880
Just making sure that
it looks '80s.

713
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:56,760
But the more intricate the design...

714
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,560
Oh, it's too fiddly. I hate this,
I hate this, I hate this.

715
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:01,480
..the harder it will be to stick on.

716
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:03,680
Oh, come on.

717
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:05,760
That one's disintegrated.

718
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:09,600
These are really fragile,
so they're quite hard to work with.

719
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:12,320
Oh, come on!

720
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:16,000
Oh, God, I messed up with this.

721
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,440
Too much paper on my hands.
What are you doing to your people?

722
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,200
Well, you know... They're upside
down. Do you know what I'm doing?

723
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,920
Taking the heads off,
the legs off, everything off,

724
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:26,440
because this paper is very thin.

725
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,280
So they'll turn black
when they come out?

726
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,040
I hope so. I really hope so.

727
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:32,120
And I really hope that they stay.

728
00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:36,160
If we won't see the people there,
we'll be...kaput.

729
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,240
Potters, you've half an hour left!

730
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,080
Oh! Oh! Better put a wiggle on.

731
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:49,800
Oh, no! I'm worried
I've made all my legs too long.

732
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:53,080
I'll just have to do
a bit of amputation.

733
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:56,080
So, how's it all going?
I think it's going OK.

734
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:57,520
My fish...

735
00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:01,160
The template was a bit big
so I just tore it to try and...

736
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:05,640
Oh, I love this, like, on the cuff,
on the hoof adaptation!

737
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,880
Yeah. It's jazz pottery, man.
You wanna see...

738
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,800
Oh! This paper,
because it's very thin,

739
00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:14,560
I'm leaving them
without arms or legs.

740
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,480
So I'm going to change
for the thicker one to see

741
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:21,360
if it hopefully will stay.

742
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,640
I think that's fine.
I think I don't want to overdo it.

743
00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:25,000
I don't want to underdo it.

744
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,680
I think that's...
That's what I wanted to do.

745
00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:30,120
With the paper stencil
firmly stuck down...

746
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:33,040
I really do hope it comes out,
because I think I'll love it

747
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,040
and I will actually put it
in my house.

748
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,800
..there is one final stage
to complete -

749
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:39,720
applying an alkali frit glaze.

750
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,320
This clever glaze should protect
the potters' designs

751
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,520
before cracking off
in the reduction box,

752
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:46,680
revealing the finished pot
underneath.

753
00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:49,400
George, how many coats of glaze
are you doing?

754
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:52,880
No idea, Helen. Glaze is meant to be
doing the overprotecting, isn't it?

755
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:55,560
So I think we want a good amount
of it. Yeah.

756
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,560
Put a good old dollop on there.

757
00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:59,480
And for Derek,
getting the glaze right...

758
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:01,280
As long as it sticks on, it's fine.

759
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:02,800
..could be make or break.

760
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,120
Is there any way you can stick it?
Look, you've got PVA.

761
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,720
I'm going to try and do it like this
to stick it with the glaze,

762
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,440
and just lift it out very carefully

763
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,240
and put it in the box
very carefully.

764
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,600
And if it works, it works.
And if it doesn't, it doesn't.

765
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:18,120
There's always a chance.
It's not over yet.

766
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:26,080
Raku day!

767
00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,480
Now we're getting down to the nitty
gritty of what raku

768
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:30,400
essentially is - the firing process.

769
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:32,480
So I think people
are really excited.

770
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,680
I don't think anyone can really
prepare for it,

771
00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:36,480
because anything can happen
in raku.

772
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:41,000
Will they come the way I want to?

773
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:42,480
I don't know.

774
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,520
But I have never seen anything
like this.

775
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,840
I hope that I can show my message
through my plants.

776
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:52,160


777
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,880
I've got one that is possibly
not going to work.

778
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:59,040
Obviously, if the finial
comes off, that's not great.

779
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,720


780
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,480


781
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:08,520
Hello, potters.

782
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:11,960
Are you nervous? Yeah.
This is going to be a fabulous day.

783
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,280
The raku kilns are ready
for you to load and fire up.

784
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:18,800
Our technicians, Kevin and Rose,
are on hand to help.

785
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,520
All I want to say is the raku firing
process is really intense.

786
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:26,240
So take care, especially of those
statement finials.

787
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,480
You decide when to take
your planters out of the kiln.

788
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:31,200
So really think about
the temperature

789
00:36:31,240 --> 00:36:33,720
you're going to go to.
We're really keen to see

790
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,720
all of your surface pattern
come to life.

791
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:39,600
Lois, Derek

792
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:43,040
and Fabiola... Oh!
..you're up first!

793
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,000
You're up first!

794
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:50,000
Now, please, don your gloves,
goggles and aprons,

795
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,200
and let the fun commence.

796
00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:54,720
Before they can face
the volatile raku firing,

797
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,880
it's safety first. Oh, these are
quite fancy, aren't they?

798
00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:00,160
Thank you so much. OK, let's do it.
Let's do it.

799
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:03,560
Three potters will raku-fire
their pots at a time.

800
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:05,840
You ready, Derek?
I'm ready, Rose.

801
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:09,240
Let's go, then. Come on.
Fire it up! Fire it up!

802
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:14,120
Oh, my God.

803
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:17,680
Lois... It's not going to be easy,
is it?

804
00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:19,600
..Fabiola... Yes! Yes! All right.

805
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:21,960
..and Derek. Be careful. Yeah.

806
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,240
We're going to be OK.
..are now in the driving seat.

807
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,920
Let's go. Door on,
and let's do this.

808
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:34,880
Raku is one of the shortest,
most intense firings in ceramics...

809
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:36,080
Oh, ho!

810
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:39,000
..reaching over 1,000 degrees
in minutes.

811
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:40,880
What temperature do you want
to go up to?

812
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:44,760
I think 950 and then have a look.

813
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,840
The higher the temperature goes,
the more tension will be placed

814
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,960
on their planters as they rapidly
cool once removed from the kiln.

815
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,520
924. 920! It's going pretty fast.

816
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:58,480
This thermal shock could cause
their vulnerable finials

817
00:37:58,520 --> 00:37:59,760
to crack off.

818
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,760
It will be interesting to see
how Derek sorts his finial out.

819
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,120
It's just whether he can get it
out of the kiln,

820
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,080
into the reduction box
in one piece.

821
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,440
But take out the planters too soon,
and the glaze

822
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:13,040
won't have melted and sealed
to the slip underneath.

823
00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:15,640
We're nearly there. Hold your nerve.

824
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:18,480
And any areas with unsealed
glaze will turn jet black

825
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:20,280
once placed in the reduction box,

826
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:23,840
and their painstaking stencil
decorations will be lost.

827
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:25,160
A bit more. A bit more?

828
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,320
They're not glisteny yet,
so we're going for a bit more.

829
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,480
Now we have to wait for the
glossy part, which I don't know

830
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:33,120
which one it is.

831
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,840
Right, have a look.
Yeah, that's glossy.

832
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,720
That's good? One of them's
falling over. A shelf has cracked.

833
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,760
But your pot's still intact.
All right. Good.

834
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:43,400
Right. Can we turn it off?

835
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,720
But the firing is not over yet.
Take a breath.

836
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:49,000
Let's go.

837
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:51,720
The potters must delicately
move their planters

838
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,360
to the reduction
box, being careful not to knock

839
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,280
the alkali frit glaze or the slip.

840
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,120
Just be mindful to
keep the slip on there,

841
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:00,920
so watch how you pick it up.

842
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,720
We've got to go finial
and hope they don't fall off.

843
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:07,520
It's in one piece.

844
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:09,720
Well done. Same again.

845
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:13,240
Once the planters have ignited,
the reduction box is sealed,

846
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:17,480
starving the pot of oxygen and
starting the carbonisation process.

847
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:18,920
Well done. Yes!

848
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:20,400
If the potters have completed

849
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:22,960
all stages of the decorating
technique correctly,

850
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,080
their rims and finials
should be jet black,

851
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:27,520
and they should have
a coloured smoky background

852
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,520
featuring their black design.

853
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:32,680
Oh, the kiln shelf has gone.

854
00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:34,360
So I just hope he can get it out.

855
00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:35,760
Everything crossed.

856
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:43,840
Yes! Well done. Well done, Derek.

857
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:46,080
Oh!

858
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,400
Is it all in one piece?
Come on, Fabiola, take it easy.

859
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:50,080
Don't drop it now.

860
00:39:55,240 --> 00:39:56,440
Oh, Jesus.

861
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:00,680
I mean, anywhere that that glaze
and slip has come away

862
00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:02,120
is essentially going to go black.

863
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:05,160
She's just going to lose all that
design that she's put on there.

864
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,160
That was hard.

865
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:09,840
Oh, the kiln shelf's gone
completely.

866
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,840
The other bloody finial's come off!

867
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:20,080
Derek's finial and kiln shelf
have both been victims

868
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:21,480
of thermal shock.

869
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:24,080
The kiln gods have not been kind
to Derek. No, no, no.

870
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:27,040
It's my lucky week!

871
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:28,240
Oh, bad luck, Derek.

872
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,520
Well, somebody else
has to have a go now.

873
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:32,240
Whoa!

874
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:34,440
Rebecca, are you ready?

875
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,320
As I'll ever be. Yeah!

876
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:38,920
Now you behave yourselves
while you're in there.

877
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:40,920
No matter how experienced you are...

878
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,480
Are you going to go to 1,000?

879
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:46,240
It's what I do at home,
and see what happens.

880
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:49,160
..the Raku process
is always a challenge.

881
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:50,360
Going in!

882
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,040
Come on, kiln gods.

883
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:53,560
We'll keep going up to the thousand.

884
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,800
The back one's not got a shine on it
yet. 999.

885
00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:56,960
OK. Yeah.

886
00:40:58,480 --> 00:40:59,920
Oh, my chicken.

887
00:40:59,960 --> 00:41:01,760
Yay! Thank you very much.

888
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,360
Now, this one, not so easy.

889
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:04,920
You've got the big one, pincer it.

890
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:08,080
But as well as finickity finials
to contend with...

891
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:10,160
How the hell am I going to
get hold of this?

892
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:13,120
..Caitlin's dragons have given her
even more to worry about.

893
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:15,920
Because I've created life
20 times difficult for myself

894
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:17,960
by putting these dragons
on the sides.

895
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:19,200
Pray for the heads.

896
00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:21,880
The higher you push it, the more
the thermal shock will be,

897
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,640
so the more risk of my handles
and my fins and bits coming off.

898
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:25,800
I've got to hold my nerve.

899
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:27,040
That is so heavy.

900
00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:31,480
Oh, God.

901
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:33,640
Yay! We did it!

902
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:36,320
You ready? Yeah.

903
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,000
Oh, no!

904
00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:45,200
Oh, well, it is what it is.

905
00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:46,880
I mean, we are over a thousand.

906
00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:48,080
Oh, let's go for it, then.

907
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:49,320
Oh, it's hot, isn't it?

908
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:51,000
It's burning me.

909
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,000
Have you got hold of it?

910
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:54,840
Got it. Go on, Becks.

911
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:56,680
Take it easy, George.

912
00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:58,040
Everything's intact so far.

913
00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:00,000
Yes, George.

914
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:01,840
That's it. Great.

915
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:03,080
Good stuff.

916
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:06,160
Yes!

917
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:09,400
As long as my heads stay on,
there's still hope.

918
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,440
We did Raku!

919
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:17,920
After the intense firing,
the potters must now begin

920
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:20,280
the delicate process
of quenching their pots...

921
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:23,480
This may take a bit more scrubbing.

922
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:27,960
..and chipping off the slip and glaze
to reveal their stencil designs.

923
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:29,920
Oh, look. Yeah.

924
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:31,520
Look at my fish!

925
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:33,920
I'm really surprised.
I love this.

926
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:35,520
Oh!

927
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,000
Well done, mate!

928
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:40,080
Oh, my God.

929
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:44,440
Oh! Oh, look at that.
Oh, look at that.

930
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:47,240
I know, it's flaming
like the fiery dragons.

931
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:49,160
Oh, I'm so chuffed.

932
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:50,400
Oh, it's just beautiful.

933
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:54,040
I mean, you can kind of see
the outline of the limbs,

934
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:57,560
but I probably could have
got that a bit better.

935
00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:59,280
Oh, that came off nice.

936
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:02,000
Oh, very pleased with those.
It did work.

937
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:04,920
But not everyone has had
such a pleasant surprise.

938
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:06,520
Oh, it's broken.

939
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:07,680
Sugar.

940
00:43:07,720 --> 00:43:09,880
The finial is broken.

941
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:13,400
And a broken finial
isn't Fabiola's only problem.

942
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:15,240
It looks black.

943
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:18,120
Your slip came off. I think your
green's been exposed to the smoke,

944
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:21,520
so it's always going to be that sort
of blacky greeny colour.

945
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:23,520
All right, so I have to
live with it.

946
00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:26,040
I think so, unfortunately.

947
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:27,960
Oh, it's just carbonised.

948
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:29,480
The slip's fallen off.

949
00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:33,280
It's been a bad week
at the office, guys.

950
00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:35,080
But the week's not over yet.

951
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:38,080
The potters have one final task
to complete...

952
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:40,200
I'm using chicken wire
to help hang it up.

953
00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:43,600
..before they present their
hanging planters to the judges.

954
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:45,480
This is not my vibe,
doing this weaving.

955
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:49,200
And those with broken finials
are going to have to improvise.

956
00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:51,320
So I'm just trying to attach
my finial.

957
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:54,080
So using my holes, my plan B holes,

958
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:57,000
but hopefully I can still try
and suspend them from the heads.

959
00:43:57,040 --> 00:44:01,960
We're trying to make some
rudimentary cradle from spare rope,

960
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:06,640
tying these through the holes,
so it's kind of stuck on it.

961
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:09,320
It might wobble a bit
when it's hanging up.

962
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:13,600
Unfortunately, the kiln gods
didn't help me this time.

963
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:14,920
I think it's better to leave it.

964
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:17,920
You could've tied that on,
at the bottom.

965
00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:20,640
No. No? I don't think so.
I don't think so.

966
00:44:20,680 --> 00:44:22,240
It came out, it came off.

967
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:25,600
We'll leave it and we'll just
give it to the judges.

968
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:36,440
It's judgment time for the potters'
raku hanging planters.

969
00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:40,800
James, would you please
bring your planters up to be judged?

970
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:49,600
They look like they're
at the butcher's.

971
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:52,400
I'll have the small one, please.

972
00:44:54,080 --> 00:44:56,360
Oh, James, that's great.

973
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:58,640
It's really great. Thank you.

974
00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:00,200
The weight's fantastic.

975
00:45:00,240 --> 00:45:03,240
That's really nice to hold,
a dead chicken.

976
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:05,640
It's just beautifully made.

977
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:08,840
It's got such character,
and it is beautifully finished.

978
00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:10,280
Paper stencils have worked.

979
00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:12,800
Yeah, but they're not too obvious,
are they, Rich? No.

980
00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:15,560
They just create depth and subtlety
to the surface,

981
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:18,000
which is what this form
of raku is all about.

982
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:21,280
And then we've got the chicken wire,
which is just sublime.

983
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:23,960
It works really well.
The whole thing just really fits.

984
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:27,440
Dead chickens with flowers in.
Who doesn't want that?

985
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:30,280
Well done. Thank you. Cheers, James.

986
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:32,680
Well done, James. Well done, Eggman.

987
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:42,960
Well, they're not a bad weight.
Really?

988
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:44,680
They're not a bad weight. OK.
No, no.

989
00:45:44,720 --> 00:45:47,880
But you've got some lovely,
lovely mark-making here.

990
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:49,800
Your seaweed on this,

991
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:51,640
it's subtle, but it's there.

992
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:53,720
The burnishing is beautiful.

993
00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:55,920
The slip application
is really consistent,

994
00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:58,920
and you've got some really lovely
naked raku effects.

995
00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:01,200
You know, you've got a good
consistent wall thickness

996
00:46:01,240 --> 00:46:02,520
right the way into the finial,

997
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:04,440
and consequently
you don't seem to have

998
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:07,120
any kind of structural issues
at all.

999
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:08,920
Got away with throwing it
upside down.

1000
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:10,200
Yes. Job done.

1001
00:46:10,240 --> 00:46:11,480
It works really well.

1002
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:19,840
They are a little on the heavy side.

1003
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:22,160
Yeah. But the finials
have stayed on,

1004
00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:25,040
and you've got a nice,
lovely reaction.

1005
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:27,840
You obviously got a good level
of burnish,

1006
00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:30,920
and I love the subtle sort
of colour changes that you've got

1007
00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:32,160
from those multiple slips,

1008
00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:35,240
and the paper stencils,
you've got quite a good clarity.

1009
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:37,840
The colours you've chosen,
your hanging cords,

1010
00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:39,120
feels '80s, doesn't it?

1011
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:41,400
They all feel like they're
in keeping with the theme.

1012
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:43,240
Well done, Rebecca.
Thank you very much.

1013
00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:54,480
That heart on there,
it's really nice.

1014
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:56,440
It makes that structure really work.

1015
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:58,680
Obviously, the big issue in the room

1016
00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:00,960
is quite a lot of
that slip-resist...

1017
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:02,800
Oh, yeah, it came off.
..fallen off, yeah.

1018
00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:05,320
Because of that, you've lost
quite a bit of your design.

1019
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:07,480
This one is almost totally black,

1020
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:09,840
and obviously your finial
has fallen off.

1021
00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:11,320
It would have been beautiful.

1022
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:13,960
The line of the pot would
have been really, really lovely.

1023
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:17,120
It's just a real shame about
that slip and glaze, really. Yeah.

1024
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:18,760
Cheers, Fabiola. Thank you.
Thank you.

1025
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:31,320
So these are my mid-century space
rockets, with detachable nose cones.

1026
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:34,200
I mean, it's a shame.

1027
00:47:34,240 --> 00:47:36,880
I mean, those finials are
really solid.

1028
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:39,680
They are. And you've got
that solid lump of clay

1029
00:47:39,720 --> 00:47:42,440
on this hollow structure
of a planter.

1030
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:45,080
The whole process of raku
is so severe

1031
00:47:45,120 --> 00:47:47,640
that you're going to get that
difference in cooling down,

1032
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:48,800
that thermal shock.

1033
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:51,520
Actually, overall the design
is beautiful.

1034
00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:53,200
A really nicely applied slip,

1035
00:47:53,240 --> 00:47:55,040
some beautiful naked raku effects.

1036
00:47:55,080 --> 00:47:56,960
And I love the way they work
together.

1037
00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:58,960
Definitely admire the binding job
as well.

1038
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:00,800
That's a great rescue.
Thank you.

1039
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:10,400
I mean, it's a miracle
that all of these oak leaves

1040
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:13,240
are in one piece and have survived
the process. It's great.

1041
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:16,520
You can tell that they've perhaps
gone on a little soft

1042
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,160
because it looks like you've lost
some of the definition

1043
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:20,680
between the separate leaves.

1044
00:48:20,720 --> 00:48:22,720
And the first thing I noticed
when I picked this up

1045
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:23,960
is the burnishing.

1046
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:25,400
It's just fantastic.

1047
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:26,840
Really, really smooth.

1048
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:28,800
It's a bit on the heavy side.

1049
00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:31,520
Bit of a murder weapon. You wouldn't
want to drop it on your foot, no.

1050
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:40,200
The general structure is wonderful.

1051
00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:41,360
I like the finial

1052
00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:44,840
and the way the whole finial marries
in with the body of the planter.

1053
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:47,600
The slip has worked far better
on this one.

1054
00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:51,400
You had to get that perfectly
around this spiral.

1055
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:54,240
But actually, the raku effects
have been kind

1056
00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:57,400
because you don't actually notice
how crisp the edge is, or not.

1057
00:48:57,440 --> 00:48:59,880
So, yeah... Thank you, raku.

1058
00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:07,240
This is such a lovely idea,

1059
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:09,120
really nicely executed.

1060
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:11,440
Had a bit of a finial issue
on this one?

1061
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:15,720
I can't... I can't believe the head
stuck on and the finial came off.

1062
00:49:15,760 --> 00:49:17,920
But where you've got the bodies
of the dragons,

1063
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:19,800
it's like they're under water.
Yeah.

1064
00:49:19,840 --> 00:49:23,000
It's a really lovely way
to use the technique

1065
00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:25,080
to really demonstrate your concept.

1066
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:27,000
That whole idea of
the water dragons.

1067
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:29,480
I just think it's a really
well thought out idea.

1068
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:30,960
What does it say on the bead?

1069
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,760
It's the Chinese symbol
for happiness. Lovely.

1070
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:36,400
So, yeah... You should be really,
really proud of them, Caitlin.

1071
00:49:36,440 --> 00:49:38,240
Well done, Caitlin. Thank you.

1072
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:45,120
They're gorgeous.

1073
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:47,360
They're really lovely.
They're fantastic.

1074
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:49,800
That blue is absolutely exquisite.

1075
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:53,160
And you can really sense the squid
on the bottom of the pot,

1076
00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:56,360
and they work really, really well
together as a set.

1077
00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:59,520
It's just that transition between
the three dimensional

1078
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:01,520
and the flat two dimensional surface

1079
00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:03,480
that I'm perhaps not
quite so sure about.

1080
00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:07,000
But I really admire the bravery
to go with a lug like this

1081
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:08,680
and put it through the raku process.

1082
00:50:08,720 --> 00:50:11,360
And the fact that they've come out
is definitely testament

1083
00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:12,800
to your construction.
Yeah.

1084
00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:14,840
Those had to be really well
stuck on.

1085
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:16,160
I really commend you for that.

1086
00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:18,360
In fact, I think it's probably
the best thing

1087
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:19,800
you've done in the pottery.

1088
00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:21,480
Yeah. I think it is. Yeah.

1089
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:23,760
Oh, I've had the most amazing day.

1090
00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:25,760
I'd love to be Potter of the Week,

1091
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:28,080
but I think competition
is just too strong.

1092
00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:29,480
It was nice to see them laughing.

1093
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:31,320
It's pottery.
It's just playing with mud.

1094
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:35,120
So it doesn't matter
if it's highbrow, lowbrow.

1095
00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:36,360
It's all fun.

1096
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:38,720
Big theme-park roller-coaster
of a day.

1097
00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:43,640
But in the end, I'm really happy.

1098
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:45,400
It's been such fun.

1099
00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:47,120
I could stay, I could go.

1100
00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:49,720
Anything is possible right now.

1101
00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:52,120
I'm optimist.

1102
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:56,200
I'm an optimist and I don't think
I will go home this week.

1103
00:50:56,240 --> 00:50:58,080
I just want to be optimist.

1104
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,560
Now the judges must decide
who is Potter of the Week

1105
00:51:08,600 --> 00:51:10,600
and who is going home.

1106
00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:13,800
So, another successful raku week.

1107
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:15,120
How do you think they got on?

1108
00:51:15,160 --> 00:51:17,720
Well, they all did incredibly well,
really.

1109
00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:21,560
This is one of the most difficult
techniques in raku to master.

1110
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:24,320
And we had a very interesting second
challenge this week as well.

1111
00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:26,760
Yeah, great to see Freya back!
And Jon!

1112
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:28,440
And who knew? Jon!

1113
00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:30,400
He was the most flamboyant.

1114
00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:32,640
So who's in line for
Potter of the Week?

1115
00:51:32,680 --> 00:51:35,360
Well, James - the build of them
was sublime,

1116
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:37,240
the message was fantastic.

1117
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:40,680
He just thought about every aspect
of the design and the concept,

1118
00:51:40,720 --> 00:51:42,320
and it was beautifully put together.

1119
00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:43,480
What about Lois?

1120
00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:44,800
Lois has had a great week.

1121
00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:46,600
She didn't have any
structural issues.

1122
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:48,720
They worked really well as a set.
Yeah.

1123
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:50,120
Who else did really well?

1124
00:51:50,160 --> 00:51:52,320
For me, I think Caitlin
did really well.

1125
00:51:52,360 --> 00:51:55,680
Oh, yeah. You know, the intricacy
of the design concept

1126
00:51:55,720 --> 00:51:58,400
that she had
and the way she executed that

1127
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:00,280
worked really, really well.

1128
00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:05,400
So who do you think is at risk of
leaving the pottery this week?

1129
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:06,960
Well, one, Fabiola.

1130
00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:09,320
She came fourth
in that second challenge.

1131
00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:12,960
And quite frankly, she hasn't had
a good week in the raku kiln. No.

1132
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,800
A lot of her work was burnt out
by that carbon.

1133
00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:17,360
The build wasn't brilliant.

1134
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:19,200
Fabiola's concept was so positive,

1135
00:52:19,240 --> 00:52:22,080
and it was a shame that
the kiln gods were so unkind.

1136
00:52:22,120 --> 00:52:24,440
Derek lost a finial.
Yeah.

1137
00:52:24,480 --> 00:52:28,000
Again, it's that sort of attention
to detail with the build

1138
00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:31,080
and that lack of understanding
of what that thermal shock

1139
00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:32,960
is really capable of doing.

1140
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:35,720
Oh, I don't want
either of them to leave.

1141
00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:37,280
You make the decision.

1142
00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:39,000
I will be glaring over here.

1143
00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:55,320
OK, potters.

1144
00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:57,400
Well done for this week.

1145
00:52:57,440 --> 00:53:00,320
I know the judges
were really, really impressed

1146
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:02,080
with all of your work.

1147
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:04,560
And I'm delighted to say
that this week's

1148
00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:06,080
Potter of the Week is...

1149
00:53:09,240 --> 00:53:10,640
..James.

1150
00:53:10,680 --> 00:53:13,120
Well done.

1151
00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:17,200
Well done, James.
OK, then.

1152
00:53:17,240 --> 00:53:19,320
Now the really horrible bit.

1153
00:53:19,360 --> 00:53:23,000
The potter who is leaving us is...

1154
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:30,240
..Fabiola.

1155
00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:31,960
It's OK. It's all right.

1156
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:33,640
Oh, Fabiola.

1157
00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:35,200
Oh! It's fine!

1158
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:43,360
I'm going to miss you so, so much.
I'm going to miss you, too.

1159
00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:45,640
But I had the most amazing time.

1160
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:47,240
My husband and my children...

1161
00:53:48,720 --> 00:53:50,200
..they're going to be over the moon.

1162
00:53:50,240 --> 00:53:52,640
They're always proud of me.

1163
00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:54,160
And what else do I want?

1164
00:53:54,200 --> 00:53:56,600
Thank you so much for everything
that you've said to me.

1165
00:53:56,640 --> 00:53:57,960
I will treasure forever.

1166
00:53:58,000 --> 00:53:59,320
We're going to miss you.

1167
00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:01,080
I'm going to do my pottery.

1168
00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:02,880
I'm going to continue dancing.

1169
00:54:02,920 --> 00:54:05,000


1170
00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:08,960
I'm sorry to see you go!

1171
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:12,080
I really bonded with Fabiola,

1172
00:54:12,120 --> 00:54:13,720
and I'm going to miss her so much.

1173
00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:16,720
She was just a little ray
of sunshine.

1174
00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:18,960
You've dodged a bullet.Yeah.

1175
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:20,640
Yeah, yeah. Again. Yeah, yeah.

1176
00:54:20,680 --> 00:54:22,600
Oh, skin of my teeth, I think.

1177
00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:24,480
But still here!

1178
00:54:24,520 --> 00:54:27,640
So that's good. But really sad
about Fabs going.

1179
00:54:27,680 --> 00:54:29,120
And well done, James.

1180
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:30,280
Well done!

1181
00:54:30,320 --> 00:54:32,440
It's a really good feeling
to be Potter of the Week.

1182
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:33,800
Two in a row now.

1183
00:54:33,840 --> 00:54:35,600
James! Well done, mate!

1184
00:54:35,640 --> 00:54:38,440
Well done. It's the recognition
which is really nice.

1185
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:40,200
It's a really nice feeling
when people go,

1186
00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:41,840
"You're actually pretty good
at this!"

1187
00:54:41,880 --> 00:54:43,840
We're all kind of like,
"Oh, it's James again."

1188
00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:45,960
But he is incredible.

1189
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:48,960
He's an incredible potter and we
can't take that away from him.

1190
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:52,480
Not another dancer goes...
Yeah, well...

1191
00:54:52,520 --> 00:54:54,800
As Fabiola leaves the pottery,

1192
00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:58,280
James's planters take their position
in the Throw Down gallery.

1193
00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:02,560
Next time...

1194
00:55:02,600 --> 00:55:04,760
He's a naked oboist.
Right.

1195
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:07,120
..it's a beast of a week
for the potters...

1196
00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:09,840
It's genuinely disgusting
and scary.

1197
00:55:09,880 --> 00:55:13,280
..as they face
a monstrous hand-build...

1198
00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:16,160
Oh, my God. ..and a gargantuan
throwing challenge.

1199
00:55:16,200 --> 00:55:17,560
It's like a flipping car tyre!

1200
00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:18,960
Oh, but it is a big boy!

1201
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:21,400
Who will conquer their demons?

1202
00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:22,960
Oh, James is finished!

1203
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:24,960
Oh, bugger off, James!

1204
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:27,600
And who will beat a hasty retreat?

1205
00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:29,280
I can't get it off.

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