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Once upon a time in a land
far, far away -

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well, Stoke-on-Trent, which is only
just off the A500 -

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there was a mystical table lamp
that held magical powers.

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Just one rub of this lamp

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would conjure a genie who would
grant the bearer three wishes.

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Some wished for power, some wished
for fame, and some just wished

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for a chair that had better
lumbar support.

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Siobhan...

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..get on with the show!

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It's week six and the seven potters
are making table lamps.

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Welcome to
The Great Pottery Throw Down.

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Last time...

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Good Lord Almighty!

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..our potters
tackled ghastly gargoyles...

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I'm concentrating on scary.

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..and a throw down
of monstrous proportions.

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Oh, but it is a big boy.

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While Lois tamed the beast
to claim Potter of the Week...

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Oh! Well done.

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..Rebecca had a nightmare...

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Looks like a cow, doesn't it?

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..and she became the latest potter
to leave the competition.

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It's just been the most
incredible journey,

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and you're friends for life.

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This week... Argh!

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..the potters will be throwing
enormous table lamps...

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It's well scary.

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..depicting a three-dimensional
landscape...

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Will they not break off, though?
There is a possibility. Oh!

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..and decorating delicate
Venetian masks.

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The only people who are going
to wear these

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are going to dodgy sex parties.

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Who will light up the pottery?

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It's brilliant.
You've done a fantastic job.

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And who will be facing lights out?

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Oh, no.

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It's week six, and our seven
remaining potters are back.

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I can't believe I'm still here
in week six, but I'm just going

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to give it my all. I'm going
to really enjoy today.

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Looks a little bit empty. Each week,

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it feels more and more crazy
to still be here.

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Walking back in again, like,
"Oh, my God, we're here again."

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And the potters are about to face
a super-sized throwing challenge.

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It's going to be a stress
just to make something that size.

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When you go big, you're playing
with large amounts of clay

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and it can just collapse.

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So it's terrifying.

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Hello, potters, and welcome
back to the pottery.

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For your main make challenge
this week,

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the judges would like you to make
a large, bulbous table lamp

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with a continuous
3D relief decoration

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of your favourite view.

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So it could be the New York skyline
or the rolling hills of Tuscany.

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Rich, can you shed any LIGHT
on the challenge?

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Helen liked that!

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We'd like you to throw your bulbous
lamp bases.

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Now, you might do that in one piece,
or you might make two pieces

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and join them together.
As these are functioning lamps,

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you need to account for
the lamp fitting and the shade,

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so take care with your measurements.

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That continuous 3D decoration wants
to be a mixture of sculptural

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and modelling techniques.

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They want to be realistic
and spectacular.

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Thank you, judges.
That has been ILLUMINATING.

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Thanks, Lord.

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You have been given six hours

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to make and refine your large,
bulbous table lamps

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and your time starts...now.

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For their biggest main make
throwing challenge so far,

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the potters have been given
a whopping 25kg of clay.

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It's probably one of the biggest
pieces of clay I've thrown with,

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so it's making me quite nervous.

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The more clay you've got, the harder
it is to throw and you've got to try

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and get the whole block of clay
centred and then you've got to get

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it up an awfully long way.

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That is not easy.

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Oh-oh-oh. I'm just trying to
wrestle it.

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Oh, dearie. You OK?
Yeah, it's fine.

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I'd rather it happen now than when
I've got the blooming thing

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halfway up here.

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Week six - we're really
ramping it up.

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I mean, this is a really tough
challenge.

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I'll be really interested to see
whether they're sort of brave enough

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to throw it in one. Yeah.

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..which would be a challenge,
because it's a lot of clay.

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Yeah. But they can throw it
in two sections. Yeah.

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I mean, throwing in two presents
a whole other set of challenges.

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Yeah. Because you've got a join.
Yeah.

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And you've also got to rely on the
two pieces that you're joining

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together being uber precise,
because if they're not

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millimetre perfect
then you're stuck.

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And, above all, they've got
to understand how they're going

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to hand-build onto that dome,
and whatever they choose

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will have joins,
lots and lots of joins. Yeah.

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Applying all that extra clay onto
this dome is a big ask, you know?

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It has to be strong, it has to be
robust enough, but also,

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it has to be interesting
and it has to play with the light.

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This lamp base here is very,
very simple

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in its decorative technique.

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I mean, it's black, but all
that textural sort of adornment,

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the way the light plays on it
is just absolutely wonderful.

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I mean, our potters are going to
choose their favourite view,

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so let's just hope that they're
as memorable after the challenge.

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Yeah. And not for the wrong reasons.

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Hello, Jon. Hi. Hello, Jon.

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Tell us about your bulbous
lamp base.

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So I've mapped it out in 3D form
to start with,

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just to get the general layout...
Course you have.

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Of course. It's the Clifton
Suspension Bridge in Bristol.

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OK. I see. OK. Is this a place
that's close to your heart?

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I was born there.
I went to secondary school there.

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I went to university there.
I met my wife there. Wow. Wow.

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I designed some buildings there

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and I built a scale model
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it was about this long -
when I was about ten. Wow. OK.

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Of course you have! Of course.

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Jon! Really!

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Jon will need all his engineering
skills if he is to wrap

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his three-dimensional clay
suspension bridge

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around the belly of his lamp base,

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which will also feature a sky full
of sprig-moulded hot-air balloons

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in his 50cm tall
ode to his birthplace.

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And you're throwing it
in two pieces. Two pieces, yes.

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OK, great.
Have you joined pieces before?

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I haven't, no. No?

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So I thought this was the best
place to practise it!

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So on national television! With two
judges!

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And... Whatever I am. ..whatever
Siobhan is. Yeah.

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And while most are striving
for height...

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And we go a bit taller...

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..one potter...

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Hi, Caitlin. Hello!

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..has chosen a wide spherical form
to display her chosen view.

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So I'm making two bowls
to make my moon jar shape

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for my lamp.
Sorry, what's a moon jar?

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It's a very bulbous pot,
like a really big sphere.

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It's a classic shape. Yeah.
Oh, gorgeous, lovely. Lovely, yeah.

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And then my skyscape is a place
called Crovie,

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in the north of Aberdeen.

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I used to go there every summer
as a child.

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I had great memories there.

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A row of three-dimensional cottages

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will sit on a harbour wall,

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which will stretch
all around Caitlin's ambitious

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spherical lamp base.

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It's throwing me that I'm the only
one doing a moon jar.

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I think that the risk that I will
have is that it will collapse.

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But whatever shape their bulbous
lamp base...

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Come, come, come!

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..throwing at this scale
is fraught with danger.

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I just push gently on the inside,
so gently stretching the clay

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and widening it out.

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

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I'm scared of bringing it too wide,

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because you know what can happen
when they get too wide, don't you?

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They go flop!

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Half an hour into the challenge

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and Caitlin is going to have to
start her moon jar all over again.

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Are you all right, Caitlin?

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Have a hug, have a hug.

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It just spun.
I didn't even mean to do that

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and that wheel just spun away
from me.

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Have a breather and think.
The options are go again

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same size or make it smaller.

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I mean, I think I'm just struggling
to...

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I'm just struggling with the weight,
actually, as opposed to the shape.

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I know I can do the shape.
It's fine. We'll work through it.

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As Caitlin prepares to start again,

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those who have thrown the bottom
part of their lamp bases...

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It turned out all right, that, yeah.

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I'm going to leave it alone now
before I wreck it.

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..now have the task of throwing a
top half

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that will fit perfectly on top.

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This is the challenge now.

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Can I get this to the same
dimensions as the other half?

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What could possibly go wrong?

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Hey, Caitlin. How's it going?
You all right?

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I don't know why I'm getting
into my head about it.

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It's sometimes
a mind-over-matter thing, isn't it?

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I think that is what I'm at.
The thought of it is worse.

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I don't think this one's going to
work out today. Just don't panic.

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You're going to be applying a lot
of decoration onto that.

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This is just the backdrop for that.
So, you know, really, don't panic.

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You know? I just need to get
a grip is what...

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Caitlin, just get a grip!

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Get on with it. Exactly.

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You can do it.

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Thank you.

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Throwing their lamp base in two
sections means the potters

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need to get both diameters
the same size...

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If I can just get this out
another...2cm.

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..but James is taking a different
approach and using coils to build up

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the top of his lamp base.

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I am making this up as I go along,
by the way.

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I've not done this before.

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The only difficulty could be that
I have to do it in so many bits.

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I've got to keep stopping
and drying it.

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And if that happens, then I've lost
loads of time.

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His towering lamp base is inspired
by the woodland walks

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that he and his family enjoy.

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As well as moulded hills
and shrubbery,

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James will attempt to build
a foreground

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of three-dimensional trees

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that will jut out from the surface
of his piece.

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Trees? Yes. Yeah. So are you making
the trees themselves

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separate elements that you then
stick on?

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It will be. Cos he wants it 3-D,

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and to make it rather than
just being a flat piece of clay,

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I was thinking I'll try
and curve it. Sounds good.

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Yeah, sounds good!

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A lot of trees to make.
There is, yes.

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James might be taking us
for a stroll through the woods,

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but Lois and her family prefer
a promenade along the sea wall

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in Margate.

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Where I've lived most of my life,

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we'd walk across the field
to Minnis Bay and Reculver Towers

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is always on the horizon. Yeah.

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And you just get some really nice
sunsets down there.

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So it's just a really special
place for me and my family. Yeah.

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With stylised, swirling clouds
and sunrays, Lois's colourful design

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will capture a beautiful sunset
above the rows of beach huts

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and Reculver Towers.

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The judges, hopefully, will
appreciate that

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I'm trying to put some
of my own style into it,

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and I'm just going to try
and make something that I like.

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So, hopefully, they will like it
as well.

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Also shining a light on a piece
of the Kent coastline is Helen.

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This looks a bit Dungeness.

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Yeah. Oh, it is. Hurray!

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Oh, good. One of my favourite
places. Yeah. Love it.

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Yeah, I've travelled quite a bit,
really,

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and lived abroad and worked
abroad in different places.

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But I just love coming home.

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Helen's scene will depict the iconic
lighthouse, railway line

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and oast houses that dominate the
Dungeness skyline.

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But rather than weighing down her
pot with huge sculptured structures,

242
00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:06,200
she'll use a combination
of slabs and sprig-moulded elements.

243
00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:10,040
This is the coastguard cottages,
so I've sculpt them in clay.

244
00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,280
And then I bought a big bag
of plaster and I've made

245
00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:14,760
some plaster sprigs.

246
00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:18,360
I know it's supposed to be 3-D,
but I just want it to look nice.

247
00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,760
George, on the other hand,
is going all out

248
00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,320
with this three-dimensional
Cornish beach scene.

249
00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,480
This is Bedruthan Steps, and that's
where I think is one of the most

250
00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:28,480
beautiful places in Cornwall.
So I'm going to do

251
00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:30,880
these pillars of rock coming
out in 3-D.

252
00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,960
George's tall lamp base will need to
be sturdy enough to hold

253
00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,880
the weight of his Cornish
rock formation, which will jut

254
00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,240
out of the surface of his pot,
along with a lighthouse.

255
00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:42,720
There's quite a lot to fit
onto a pot. Yeah.

256
00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,960
Some of these are very big, kind of
heavy, three-dimensional elements.

257
00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,960
How are you going to kind of
incorporate those?

258
00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,880
I wish I could say I had a plan...
You don't have a plan, George?!

259
00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,080
Well, I spent most of the time
actually practising

260
00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:56,560
making a pot this size.

261
00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,160
Look, you did really well last week,
and you had no plan.

262
00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:04,240
You know? Maybe that's the key!
You've got this far. Exactly. Yeah.

263
00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:06,040
Trust in yourself.

264
00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,760
Also taking a gamble on a giant
rock formation is Derek.

265
00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:15,480
So my lamp is based on the Giant's
Causeway in Northern Ireland.

266
00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,120
It's one of the great natural
wonders of the world.

267
00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,040
I love being near the coast.
I love being near the sea.

268
00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,680
And the Giant's Causeway is just
a really, really special place.

269
00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,440
Derek's dramatic homage
to his favourite stretch

270
00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,920
of Northern Irish coastline will see
a stormy sky above dozens

271
00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:32,600
of extruded hexagonal columns,

272
00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:36,480
which will hang precariously
from the belly of his pot.

273
00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:41,280
I think it would look cool
if they hung off the lamp in a way

274
00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,880
so they'd be only half stuck on...

275
00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,160
Right, OK. ..which is obviously
a bit of a danger. Right.

276
00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,320
But it would look more realistic...

277
00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:52,000
Because they don't curve. You don't
have curvy columns of rock.

278
00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,640
So it would look cooler... Sure.
..to have some of them.

279
00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:56,840
You're going to have to make a lot
of them, presumably.

280
00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:00,560
I'm getting crazy with the extruder.
Yeah, yeah. It's like going all out.

281
00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:01,760
Yeah.

282
00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:05,160
With the second sections of the lamp
bases ready for the drying room...

283
00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:06,480
I'm there!

284
00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:08,120
..and Caitlin back on track...

285
00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,440
That's lovely, Caitlin.
The hug really helped.

286
00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:15,560
..the potters can now make a start
on their 3-D decorative elements.

287
00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,880
I'm sprigging for England.
Are you? Yeah.

288
00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,960
Has England asked you to sprig?

289
00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,720
It doesn't it matter.
I'm doing it anyway.

290
00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,040
And while some are hand-sculpting...

291
00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,400
I'm going to do some pinch-pot
rocks.

292
00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:33,200
So that will be a rock
that I will then carve into.

293
00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:34,680
Go on!

294
00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,400
..others are extruding their
3-D elements.

295
00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,200
This is to make some of my
buildings, some of the towers

296
00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:41,840
and that sort of thing.

297
00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:43,920
Some sort of baking show!

298
00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,320
Derek's piping his icing.

299
00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,120
And then we have a little cottage.

300
00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,840
So that's one down, 26 more to go.

301
00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,520
There's a lot to do.

302
00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,480
How are you doing for time?

303
00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:58,080
Are you going to tell me?

304
00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,920
Are you about halfway through your
process? Because you know what?

305
00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:04,880
I think I'm about halfway through!
Potters, you're halfway through.

306
00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:06,440
Halfway through!

307
00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,400
What the hell is that?

308
00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:14,520
What was that, George?

309
00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,840
That's his mating call.

310
00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:19,360
What is in here?

311
00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:24,200
Hey, Siobhan, stop throwing SHADE at
the noises I make! Ahh!

312
00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,480
Yeah. It's both pottery AND light.

313
00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:29,360
Have you considered
being a presenter?

314
00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,720
Because that's all you need.
Bad puns.

315
00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,320
And is this the top bit
of your pot or the bottom?

316
00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:38,320
I don't know! Let's see what it
looks like when we put it together.

317
00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:42,120
The potters now face the most
critical part of the build...

318
00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:43,560
It's well scary.

319
00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,920
..joining the two halves of their
lamp bases together.

320
00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:50,320
A little bit of a sausage of soft
clay to help the two bond together

321
00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,480
and become one,
as a Spice Girl said. Um...

322
00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,640
OK, let's go.

323
00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,000
It's a big join.

324
00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:13,760
There we go.

325
00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:15,320
That's brilliant.

326
00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:20,080
I've never seen one done
in the wild before.

327
00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,320
It's not too bad.

328
00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,880
It's almost like it was planned.

329
00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:27,400
Ohh-hh!

330
00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,800
I'm putting my fingers there
just in case.

331
00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,240
No, I don't think it's going
anywhere.

332
00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:37,720
Oh!

333
00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:39,600
Oh, my God. It did.

334
00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:50,480
If you just support...

335
00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:52,520
Yep. Yep.

336
00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,200
All right?

337
00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,120
Oh, BLEEP.

338
00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,480
Right. Put it back on?

339
00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,040
Wait, wait. Just, um...

340
00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:04,080
Ohh! It's OK.
You can still save it.

341
00:17:04,120 --> 00:17:06,280
Put it on, though. Look,
I'll support that.

342
00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:08,920
You straighten out that a bit.
You've got it. Just support...

343
00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,360
I can hold... It's strong enough
for that.

344
00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,720
I knew I shouldn't have...

345
00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,840
Can you flip that edge out?
This one here. My edge. Yeah.

346
00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:23,120
Ohh! Let me just press it. Lift it.
There you go. There you go.

347
00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:24,440
I think you'll be OK.

348
00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,120
It's wet enough that it won't
have any stress cracks from that.

349
00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:28,880
You'll be fine. You will be.

350
00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,520
Thanks for your help, Caitlin.
Sorry I couldn't stop it.

351
00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:33,560
Mine did the same, George. Did it?

352
00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:38,000
Yeah. Well, I'm glad we're singing
from the same song sheet.

353
00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,840
Oh, George!

354
00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:48,000
Potters, you've one hour left.

355
00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,240
One hour left. Yay!

356
00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:55,320
With the lamp bases joined,
the potters can start building up

357
00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:58,280
their three-dimensional landscapes.

358
00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:00,960
So this is the hills
in the background.

359
00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,080
First bit of Bedruthan Steps is on.

360
00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:05,480
These are the main towers
of the Clifton Suspension Bridge.

361
00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,000
So these are quite important
to now just get on there.

362
00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,240
So the 3-D elements are
these columns.

363
00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:11,680
I'd like them like this,

364
00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:13,800
so they sort of almost define
gravity,

365
00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,200
but defying gravity
is quite difficult!

366
00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,560
I'd like to get the trees on
because, that way,

367
00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,240
it'll be raised from the surface.

368
00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,560
You'll actually be able
to get a finger behind it.

369
00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,920
Well, they not break off, though.
There is a possibility,

370
00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:28,160
yeah, but if I lean them towards...
Risk! Yeah.

371
00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,880
You like to live life on the edge,
James, I can tell. Me too.

372
00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:34,200
That's why I joined the world
of pottery.

373
00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,240
First Monopoly house going on.

374
00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,160
There's a lot of concentration
in this room at the moment.

375
00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:42,920
I mean, it is a tough challenge.

376
00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,000
And obviously,
all of the decorations, the bits,

377
00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,200
the additions that are going on
have to be at the right consistency.

378
00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,200
Yeah. They have to be made
perfectly.

379
00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,120
And it's not a matter
of just plopping them on.

380
00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:55,000
All of the backs have to be cut
into the curve of your form.

381
00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:57,960
Well, that's it. You have to follow
the contour of the build.

382
00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,280
We want that three-dimensional
sort of element

383
00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:01,960
within the design concept. Yeah.

384
00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:03,560
It's just how far you push it,
isn't it?

385
00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:07,040
You don't want that structure
to be too prominent, too fragile

386
00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:08,160
and too delicate. Yeah.

387
00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,360
Because you don't want it to crack
away or undermine

388
00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:11,880
the structure of the pot, really.

389
00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,920
I've tried to go pretty 3-D,
which also means there's a lot

390
00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,880
of clay in it, which means it's
heavy and it also means there's

391
00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:22,360
more chance of it falling apart.

392
00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,080
It's fraught with danger, this.

393
00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:26,920
Potters...

394
00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,120
..you've half an hour left.

395
00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:33,400
Half an hour? Honestly.
30 minutes. That's for you.

396
00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:36,400
Just trying to get a little bit
of a ball of clay on just to lift

397
00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,360
the balloons off the surface
a little bit.

398
00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:39,960
I think it'll look better.

399
00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,080
They're not completely in contact.

400
00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:43,760
That's like a tree.

401
00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,640
So not going to stay.

402
00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,040
I'm just adding some slip,

403
00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:49,760
because you can't really do
a 3-D textured sea.

404
00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:51,240
It's really difficult.

405
00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,040
I'm pretty happy
how it's turning out.

406
00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:56,440
Got some of those key features
on there, so, yeah...

407
00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,080
These are the sunrays.

408
00:19:58,120 --> 00:20:00,320
It will be apparent
when it's glazed.

409
00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:02,760
But as well as an impressive
3-D design...

410
00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:06,080
I think I could be criticised for
not actually making it

411
00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:07,800
stand out as much.

412
00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,560
So that's a bit of a concern.

413
00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,400
..the lamp bases need to be fit
for purpose.

414
00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,840
Hole! You all right? Haven't put
a hole in.

415
00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,040
You've forgotten to put the hole
in for the flex.

416
00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:20,960
Put your holes in! One minute left,
potters.

417
00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,640
Come on, let's start getting them
into the drying room.

418
00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,040
In we go. In we go. Thank you.

419
00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,880
Oh, my gosh.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

420
00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,560
Yeah. Yeah. Caitlin's here.

421
00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:34,280
Thank you.

422
00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:35,840
Ten seconds left.

423
00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,120
I love the way you're helping
each other!

424
00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,280
George, I've never seen you move
so quickly.

425
00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:44,160
..Eight, seven, six, five,

426
00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:49,000
four, three, two, one...

427
00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,480
And that's it. All done!

428
00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,240
Caitlin!

429
00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:59,520
Caitlin is so tired.

430
00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,360
Challenge six has done me in.

431
00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:06,480
I mean, I came here to be challenged
and, jeez, like, I totally was.

432
00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,240
I think the overall pot's probably
going to be reasonably sound,

433
00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:11,680
but there's going to be cracks,
things that work loose.

434
00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,320
But the bridge is so important
to the overall pot, I think,

435
00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:16,800
so hopefully that one survives
in a reasonable state.

436
00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,960
I've got a pot at the end of it
which has got kind of the stuff

437
00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,560
I wanted on,
so I can't complain too much.

438
00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,280
I'll look back on it tomorrow
and think,

439
00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:26,720
"Oh, that was actually quite fun,"

440
00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:28,760
but at the moment I'm just, "Ohh..."

441
00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:38,200
As ever, the potters face a second
challenge masked by mystery.

442
00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,000
I liked it better
when there was a clue.

443
00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,120
Masquerade!

444
00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:51,920
Potters, your second challenge this
week is a spot test.

445
00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:56,120
And that's right. You'll be
decorating Venetian face masks.

446
00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:57,680
Oh, wow!

447
00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,760
Now, judges,
any advice for our potters?

448
00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:02,440
Ha!

449
00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,440
It's actually Rich all along.

450
00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,920
Traditionally, Venetian masks
would have lots of intricate design,

451
00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:11,600
pattern and detail.

452
00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:15,480
Now, we've only given you thin
brushes, so a steady hand

453
00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,840
is needed here. Think about the
elegance and the excitement

454
00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,320
of a Venetian ball,
and bring that into your design.

455
00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:24,840
In a break from the norm,
we're actually going to be

456
00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:28,000
gloss-firing your masks
so they can be judged

457
00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,520
in all their decorative glory.

458
00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:34,080
So keep that in mind when
you're applying those underglazes.

459
00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:37,720
OK, potters, this is going
to be judged blind.

460
00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:41,880
So I'm going to ask the judges
to sashay away.

461
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,600
Bye. Cheerio.

462
00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,760
Rose, could you come out, please?

463
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:52,240
Now, potters, if I could ask you to
take a bisque-fired Venetian mask

464
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,440
and go back to your bench.

465
00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:56,440
Oh, I feel really nervous.

466
00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:58,400
Thank you, Rose.

467
00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:06,160
OK. You will have five minutes only
to sketch out your idea.

468
00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:11,040
Then you have 45 minutes
to decorate your mask,

469
00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,040
and your time starts now.

470
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,040
Oh, my God.

471
00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,520
Oh, this is...
This is an absolute curveball.

472
00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:21,880
It's funny how your mind goes blank!

473
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,600
Trying to think what patterns to
put in there

474
00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,880
that you can realistically create
in the timeframe

475
00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,200
with the skills I possess.

476
00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:32,800
All masks have been quite geometric,
so I thought I'd sort of do

477
00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:36,560
geometric, but funk it up a bit
and try and do a sort of spiral.

478
00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:41,040
OK, then, potters, you have 45
minutes to paint your decoration

479
00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:42,640
onto your mask.

480
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,080
Yay! Come on.

481
00:23:47,120 --> 00:23:50,640
This will be fun...if I can get it
done in time.

482
00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:52,560
Oh, God, this is terrifying.

483
00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,560
Any geometric patterns
are really good on 3-D forms

484
00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:57,480
because it accentuates the curve.

485
00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,960
I've got some checkers,
I've got some fleur-de-lis.

486
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:04,000
While James pairs a period pattern
with traditional Venetian checks...

487
00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:05,600
I'm going to do a lot of masking off

488
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,800
to just do those really bold
colours,

489
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,480
slashes and stripy things.

490
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,280
..Derek and George are taking
a more modern approach.

491
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,600
I'm already getting lost
in my own pattern.

492
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:18,600
I don't know why I've chosen such a
complex bloody decoration to do!

493
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,320
Just trying to create multiple types
of decoration on it, really.

494
00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:24,680
But Jon's opted for
a less-constrained approach.

495
00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:26,840
The judges are looking for
creativity,

496
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,840
so I try and do a splattering on one
side and then a marbling effect

497
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,560
from the underglaze and try and do
that on the other one.

498
00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,760
Whether I achieve
that is a different matter.

499
00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,000
And he's not the only potter
flirting with a free-flowing style.

500
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,040
I mean, this looks like maybe
it's going to have feathers up it.

501
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:45,000
So feathers and then I'm going
freestyle nature.

502
00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,240
I tend not to be a very girlie girl,

503
00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,800
so it's surprising me a lot
that I've chosen to go with flowers.

504
00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:54,240
But Helen's classical inspiration
is very much in character.

505
00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:56,840
This is from the ballet
called The Firebird,

506
00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:00,480
so he's going to have flames
leaping from his eyes.

507
00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:04,080
But if I don't get a move on,
he'll only have flames leaping

508
00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:06,080
from the side of one head.

509
00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:07,920
Oh, you're mixing them together.

510
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,080
I'm trying to get a sort of
marbling effect

511
00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:11,800
and then transfer it to the mask.

512
00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,360
Did you like my mask?
It's lovely. Yeah. Yeah.

513
00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,320
It really hid your face well.

514
00:25:16,360 --> 00:25:19,080
You're going down my list
of favourites.

515
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,360
This is very much out my comfort
zone, to be honest.

516
00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:26,600
I hope some fair lady would
want to wear it.

517
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:30,360
The only people who are going
to wear these in a modern era

518
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:34,040
are going to dodgy sex parties,
aren't they? I mean, you know!

519
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:39,240
Years ago, I went with my friends
to a masquerade ball

520
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,640
and everybody was dressed
in the most amazing costumes

521
00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:44,440
and we were all dancing.

522
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,040
We just had a fantastic time.

523
00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,360
I'd wear this down to Wetherspoon's.

524
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:53,840
So that's where we wear our Venetian
masks, usually, on a Friday night!

525
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,480
Why have they picked
this as a second challenge?

526
00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,960
Do you know what? I think
it's just to see if we can design

527
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,600
anything within an hour.

528
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,680
Well, actually 50 minutes.

529
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,960
Oh. How long left now?
Not long. Not long.

530
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:10,200
In fact, it's 15 minutes,
potters! 15 minutes.

531
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,280
Oh, God, I've missed you.

532
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,600
15 minutes.
And I need to glaze it all as well.

533
00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,360
I've got to put three coats on to
get this block colour.

534
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,240
But I can't take this tape
off until it's dry

535
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,040
otherwise it will smudge everywhere.

536
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,360
And time is ticking.
As usual, it will go to the wire.

537
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,440
George, how are we getting on?

538
00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,160
I was going to do a bit
of underglaze pencil on it.

539
00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,240
So will this be burnt off? No.

540
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:35,600
Look at that free hand.

541
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,440
Does it mind if he does?

542
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,080
Well, maybe I do mind, but I can't
really do anything about it.

543
00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:42,240
I don't mind, if that makes
any difference.

544
00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:43,920
Oh, that makes a world of
difference.

545
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:45,880
Yeah, well, you've got five
minutes left.

546
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:49,280
Five minutes left, potters.
Five minutes left.

547
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,760
Just giving it a bit of a highlight
on the bigger shapes.

548
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,600
It's funny how you start shaking
when it's not much time left.

549
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:57,720
We're wafting.
We're wafting to dry.

550
00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,680
Is this as wild as you get?
Yeah, this is it.

551
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,920
Waving a mask around.
Yeah, that's it.

552
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,360
It's just too wet. I don't have time
to wait for it to dry.

553
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:06,960
Don't smudge.

554
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,680
This is going well.

555
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,080
Where's the glaze? Where's the
glaze?

556
00:27:11,120 --> 00:27:13,720
Caitlin, what's your technique for
putting on the glaze?

557
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,840
Slap it on, but do it delicately.

558
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:19,800
Delicate slapping! That happens
at those parties as well.

559
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:22,160
Master of slapping it on.

560
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,560
Just trying to try to get some on,
really.

561
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:26,720
30 seconds left.

562
00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,320
Lois, well done.

563
00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:32,320
There you go. BOTH: Ta-da!

564
00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:36,280
James, welcome to the ball.

565
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:40,040
Ten, nine, eight,

566
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,240
seven, six, five,

567
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,240
four, three,

568
00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,480
two, one...

569
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,240
Good! Go.

570
00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:53,440
That was evil.

571
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:55,520
Well done.

572
00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:58,800
These are going to be taken
down to the kiln and fired

573
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,560
and you're all fired...

574
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,920
..for a little time.

575
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:05,720
Potters dismissed.

576
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,440
Rose will now take the decorated
Venetian masks

577
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:11,840
for an overnight firing...

578
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:13,440
I just really enjoyed it.

579
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,080
A bit Dame Edna, I felt, yours!

580
00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:19,120
..and the potters won't see them
again until it's time for judging.

581
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,280
It'll be a bit more
contemporary looking

582
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,200
than a traditional Venetian mask,

583
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:25,480
but you kind of hope we've moved on
a little bit

584
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,440
in the last 700 years.

585
00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,160
I don't like the pressure of that.

586
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:32,800
I was going, "Oh, no!" I've been
wanting a decoration challenge,

587
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:34,880
so the stakes are high for me.

588
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:38,160
I hope my colours pop. I hope I've
got enough layers of underglaze on

589
00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,000
and I hope I got my underglaze
pencil done right.

590
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,120
Let's just pray to the kiln gods
tonight

591
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,360
and see what they say tomorrow.

592
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:52,800
After an overnight gloss-firing,

593
00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:56,160
the potters' Venetian masks are
ready for judging.

594
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,920
I couldn't see my name for a second.
I thought they'd got rid of me.

595
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,360
Welcome back, potters.

596
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:06,560
So, judges, let's start judging.

597
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:08,440
Actually, do you know what?
Hold on.

598
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,600
I think we need a third voice.

599
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:16,840
Please welcome to the pottery
fashion and lifestyle designer

600
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,200
Henry Holland! Hi, everybody.

601
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,520
Hello. Hello. Hello. How are you?

602
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,720
Nervous.

603
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:27,240
The former creative director
of fashion label House of Holland,

604
00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:30,480
Henry developed a love
of pottery during the pandemic.

605
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,320
Passionate about creating objects
designed to be lived with

606
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:35,800
and treasured, he now produces his
own pieces,

607
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:40,040
featuring his signature colour
combinations and patterns.

608
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,400
I'm so excited to be here.

609
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,640
I can't wait to see
what you've been doing.

610
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:46,760
We are absolutely delighted
to have you here.

611
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,160
So tell me, Henry,
what are you looking for?

612
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,680
I'm looking for something
that really expresses your own

613
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:53,720
individuality, your personality.

614
00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:58,000
I want to go and talk to them
in a dark corner at a Venetian ball.

615
00:29:58,040 --> 00:29:59,800
I bet you do.

616
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,320
OK, let's start over here.

617
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,360
The magician's reveal.

618
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:08,400
Wow. Wow. I really like the bold use
of colour,

619
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,000
and I think the different textures

620
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,720
that they've used in those glazes
is really fun.

621
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:14,360
Sort of a splatter approach.

622
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:15,640
Hmm. Next one.

623
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,840
Oh, wow. Oh, wow.
So that's really quite different.

624
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,160
I think what I really like
about this one is the way

625
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,480
that they've used almost make-up
techniques in the corners of the eye

626
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:28,120
and then followed that up.
It's beautiful. Yeah. Yeah.

627
00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,440
Let's have a look at number three.

628
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,000
Wow.

629
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,760
I like the way that they've matched
the chequerboard to kind of marry

630
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,480
with the form of the mask.

631
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:40,280
But I just think you can see
too much pencil. OK. OK.

632
00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:44,000
Ohh! Wow. That's quite dramatic,
isn't it? Yeah.

633
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,680
The Baroque shape down the nose
bridge is really quite Venetian.

634
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,440
It's not quite as even
with the coverage on the glaze,

635
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,680
but I think the distinction of using
the black against

636
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,640
the bright colours is really
powerful. Right, OK.

637
00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:58,120
Wow.

638
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,640
That one's stunning. That's somebody
with a really excellent technique

639
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,360
with the brushwork, the feathers,
beautiful.

640
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,040
They've really thought about
the shape of the mask

641
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:09,880
and kind of incorporated so many
different details.

642
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:11,640
Excellent. OK.

643
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:14,800
This is very, very modern.

644
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,200
I can't tell
if this has been stamped

645
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:18,760
or whether it's been masked off.

646
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:20,320
I think it's been masked off. Yeah,

647
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:24,040
cos it's sort of pulled a little
bit of the glaze away there. Yeah.

648
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,240
I take it these are teardrops here.

649
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,120
Lovely. Someone's been to prison.

650
00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,080
Is that what you think?

651
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,840
OK. Last but not least.

652
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,400
Wow. Wow. It's almost got, like,
a chinoiserie reference in there

653
00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,240
with the blues and the whites and
then sort of marrying that

654
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:40,800
back to the Venetian check.

655
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:42,920
I think having that duality
on the mask,

656
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:44,280
I think is really clever.

657
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,360
It's a lovely use of colour,
isn't it?

658
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,160
Henry will now rank the potters'
Venetian masks

659
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:51,800
from worst to first.

660
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,400
In seventh place is this one.

661
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:55,760
That's Derek.

662
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,600
I really love how bold and modern
this one is,

663
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,960
but the execution could
have been a bit better.

664
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,840
In sixth place, this one.

665
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,800
George. I really like the way that
you tried to shape the chequerboard

666
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,560
around the nose bridge, but I
just think there's a bit

667
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,760
too much pencil on show.

668
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,960
Jon is in fifth place,
Caitlin in fourth,

669
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:17,560
and Helen takes third.

670
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,640
In second place...

671
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,960
This one. James.

672
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:28,520
We really loved the playful
Venetian chequerboard

673
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,520
and then this really beautiful
baroque style, blue and white.

674
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:35,040
But, unfortunately, there can only
be one winner,

675
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:37,920
who I'm guessing probably knows
who they are by now.

676
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:39,960
Lois. Amazing work.

677
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,280
The level of detail and I think
referencing those old pomp

678
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:46,480
and camp Venetian mask is really
smart, so really well deserved.

679
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,360
Oh, thank you.
I loved that. Thank you.

680
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,240
Well done, Lois.

681
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,480
And thank you so much, Henry,
for coming to the pottery.

682
00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,520
Thank you so much for having me.

683
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,320
I'm really happy.

684
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:03,000
Having Henry Holland be like,
"This one's really good"

685
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,040
and picking out nice things
about it.

686
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,480
I think James is secretly pleased
because it was starting

687
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,200
to get a bit awkward, wasn't it?

688
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,240
So I was like,
"Ah! Got you, got you!"

689
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:12,920
Five wins are over.

690
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,240
It's really good to hand the baton
over to somebody else.

691
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,200
I was going to do bits of eyeliner
and bits of fluting

692
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:19,720
around the outside in black.

693
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:23,000
But I thought, actually, I'll do
defining the lines with a pencil.

694
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:24,840
It was the wrong choice on
the wrong day.

695
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,800
But another day,
who would have known?

696
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,680
It's Decoration Day for the
panoramic lamp bases.

697
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:41,000
And after a 24 hour bisque firing,
kiln technician, Rose,

698
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,520
is laying out the parts ready
for glazing.

699
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:45,840
I'm a bit worried about my lamp.

700
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:49,120
I think it's going to be possibly
polishing a turd.

701
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:50,920
That's why I'm wearing my hat,

702
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,680
so I can tip my hat in case I go.

703
00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:58,480
I've done a lot of stuck on
additions to that pot,

704
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,200
but if it comes out in one piece
looking cool,

705
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,640
I don't want to ruin it by badly
decorating it

706
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:05,960
because you can easily do that,
you know?

707
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:12,280
Welcome back, potters.

708
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:15,840
Your lamps have been bisque fired
and are now ready for decoration.

709
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:19,200
This is a crucial stage of your 3D
relief design,

710
00:34:19,240 --> 00:34:22,960
so really take time to consider the
application of that decoration.

711
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,400
Well, you've put a lot of work
into creating your

712
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,320
three dimensional surfaces.

713
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,640
Make sure you use your decoration
to create additional depth

714
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,000
and really enhance your table lamps.

715
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:36,880
Potters, you've been given a range
of glazes and oxides and three

716
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,800
and a half hours to decorate
your lamps,

717
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,280
and your time starts...

718
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:43,840
When does it start?

719
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:47,440
Oh, yeah, it starts now.

720
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:53,080
Everyone's like, eeh!

721
00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:56,360
It's all in one place.

722
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,440
There's a lot of cracks.
Yes, I see them, but it's not...

723
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,400
A huge amount of cracks.
But no, it's not in the, erm...

724
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:02,240
..body of it, is it?
But look, there's loads.

725
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,440
Oh, yeah. All these cracked
everywhere. That's what I've got.

726
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:05,880
Yeah, that's what I've got.

727
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,160
Bridge is a bit dodgy.
I wouldn't walk on it. Um...

728
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:10,480
I've got a few cracks but
a little crack.

729
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,240
That's not too bad. I'm not...
I'm not too upset about that.

730
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,040
So, yeah, I'm very happy.

731
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,400
It's there, it's still on!

732
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,520
So, yeah, that's - I mean,
without that it's not

733
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:26,480
the Giant's Causeway,
it's just a big pot.

734
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:29,560
Um, so, yeah, that's what makes it.

735
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:33,320
So I need to do it justice now
through the decoration.

736
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,720
I feel a bit overwhelmed with
all the colours. Yeah.

737
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,720
I'm a bit overwhelmed in general.

738
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,080
Well done for keeping it in one
piece, though.

739
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:43,440
To help bring vibrance
to their vistas,

740
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,640
the potters have been given a
selection of glazes and oxides.

741
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,760
I'm just going to create a sunset,
so we'll have orange,

742
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,560
and then it's going to hopefully
kind of fade into the blue.

743
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:55,520
This is really dark blue.

744
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:59,360
Actually, and that's looking more
sea-like just doing that.

745
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,760
I'm looking forward to getting onto
the detail,

746
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,800
like the lighthouse and the...
and the train and, you know,

747
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:06,360
those other little bits.

748
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,040
I'm looking forward to doing those.

749
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:11,720
Helen might be leaving the
lighthouses of Dungeness for later,

750
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,720
but after a tricky day yesterday,
George is just happy

751
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,640
his Cornish coastline is in one
piece.

752
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,480
Hello. How are you?
I'm... Yeah, all right.

753
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,240
Good. Had a bit of a disaster...
Oh!

754
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,520
..in the make. I mean, it's all
looking fairly intact.

755
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:29,000
So how are you, how are you going to
emulate these rocks, then?

756
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:31,880
Well, I want to... I want to have a
play with oxides.

757
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,520
Oh, right, OK. So I think they
actually work quite well. Yeah.

758
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,000
Sort of slightly dull,
but shiny-ish rocks.

759
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:39,800
Great, yeah. And you're feeling
confident about this?

760
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:41,920
Well, I mean, I'm glad
it's in one piece.

761
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,680
And when you're having to struggle
along and make a make

762
00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:47,680
that's not going well, it's a really
rubbish feeling and, um...

763
00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:49,920
Yeah, yeah, we'll see what happens.

764
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:53,000
Well... We'll see what happens.
..it's all to play for, mate.

765
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,880
Carry on. Cool, thank you.
Focus.

766
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:59,040
George might be hoping sunnier skies
are just around the corner,

767
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,680
but the forecast for Derek's
Giant's Causeway

768
00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:03,400
isn't looking quite so bright.

769
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,600
It is quite sort of dark and moody.

770
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:07,000
Right.

771
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,320
Stormy sky, stormy sea type affair.

772
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:11,520
Yes. Just to give a bit of drama
for this.

773
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:13,920
I mean, it's going to be difficult
to build that subtlety in

774
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:15,920
with a sort of a darker
colour palette.

775
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:19,360
Yeah, I think of it as a more of a
sort of subtle

776
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,480
reading lamp or just mood lamp or
whatever... Yeah.

777
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:22,960
..that you've got in the house.

778
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,320
Bit of Barry White.

779
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:26,720
A bit of Barry, stick it on that,
run the bath, you know.

780
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,080
Sounds perfect.

781
00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:33,040
Potters, you're halfway through.

782
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:34,400
Halfway through.

783
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,160
Okey dokey.

784
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,840
All I'm trying to do at the moment
is just try to put a background

785
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:41,920
colour on everything and then I can
take time to put some detail in.

786
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,160
It always takes a lot longer
than you think.

787
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:47,520
And while detail is important,
it's crucial the potters

788
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:50,680
consider how the lamp light will
play across their vistas.

789
00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:54,960
I'm hoping that with the light from
above that the hot air balloons

790
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,640
will sort of stand out.

791
00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:59,200
The light like will get on the back
of them, and it will feel like

792
00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:01,280
they really are floating in
front of the scene.

793
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,720
And George is hoping oxides will
bring a coastal shimmer

794
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,760
to his Bedruthan Steps.

795
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:08,360
Oxide are very, very... They're
sort of quite raw,

796
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:10,000
natural, funky pigments.

797
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:13,000
And they give a really sort of
lively, organic look and you never

798
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:14,840
quite know how they're going
to turn out.

799
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:16,760
Hi, Caitlin. Hello.
How are you?

800
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:18,160
Yeah, not too bad.

801
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:21,320
I'm very pleasantly surprised with
the limited amount of cracks.

802
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,280
I expected a lot more.
Good, good.

803
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,720
So you're in a better place now
than you were making it?

804
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,800
Yeah. Good. It's nice to see it all
out the bisque, it survived.

805
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,560
No, I mean, it's great. I mean, it's
a testament to your hard work,

806
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,120
really, and your perseverance.

807
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,280
Yeah. It's looking great so far.
Thank you so much.

808
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:38,000
Yeah, brilliant. Thank you.

809
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,360
Potters, you've half an hour left.

810
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:45,440
30 minutes, OK? Ta.

811
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:51,360
I need to finish off my, um,
my cottages and then I'll be done.

812
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:52,880
So not that much.

813
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:56,960
This is how you paint a cottage
in a panic.

814
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,760
Ah! Just slap it all on, I think.

815
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,680
Increase in speed and reducing
quality I think is the answer.

816
00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:05,080
So...

817
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,560
I might just try and do
a couple of details,

818
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,560
a couple of birds in the sky.

819
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:11,960
I need to just leave myself enough
time to put the glaze on,

820
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,640
otherwise it'll be a stress at the
end and I hate that.

821
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:19,200
Feeling stressed already, so...

822
00:39:19,240 --> 00:39:21,680
It's glazy time!

823
00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:24,440
The potters can add a coat
of transparent glaze

824
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,320
over their painted pots to create
a lovely shiny finish.

825
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,000
I've got to spend a bit more time
than other people doing the glaze,

826
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:33,680
cos I've got to avoid glazing my
rocks with my lovely oxides on.

827
00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:36,360
I'm just going haphazard with this
because I just need

828
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:37,960
it on at this point.

829
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:42,320
Yeah, just keep slapping it on
till time runs out, really.

830
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,360
10n seconds left.

831
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,120
James. How's your bottom?

832
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,360
It's nice and clean.

833
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:51,880
Three, two, one.

834
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:54,000
Tools down.

835
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:55,440
Well done, guys.

836
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,800
Well, well done.

837
00:39:57,840 --> 00:39:59,960
God, it's heavy.

838
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,960
The potters must now take
their lamp bases to Rose

839
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,040
for one final firing.

840
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:06,080
Is your finger stuck?

841
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:09,160
There's only a certain way where my
finger goes out.

842
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:12,480
The next time they see them,
their bulbous pots will be thrown

843
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:15,120
under the judges' spotlight
once and for all.

844
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,440
That's not what it's going to look
like when it comes out.

845
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:18,840
That's what it looks like now.

846
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,680
That blue will go a lot darker,
but I'm really pleased.

847
00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:24,720
You know, I'm going to get a lamp
out of it and that's the main thing.

848
00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:26,760
It's a nice feeling now. You...

849
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,960
I can't do any more to it.
It is what it is.

850
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:30,680
See how it comes out.

851
00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:32,120
Then I can put it behind...

852
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:34,440
Put this week behind me, hopefully.

853
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:44,280
It's judgment day, and after a 24
hour glass firing,

854
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:46,800
the potters are up early to collect
their bulbous lamp bases

855
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:48,800
from Rose.

856
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:50,600
Hello, potters.

857
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:53,440
What do you think?
Oh, my Lord.

858
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:55,120
Big cracks going across it.

859
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:56,600
That didn't do what I wanted.

860
00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:59,400
There's a few cracks but all of my
cottages are still on.

861
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:03,760
It's turned out slightly
darker than planned.

862
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:05,720
It's night-time at the Giant's
Causeway so...

863
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,960
I want to see the lamp come on,
and then see how

864
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,440
the light works with it.

865
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,880
Because that's - to me,
that's the important bit.

866
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:13,320
Oh!

867
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,800
None of these huge structural cracks
were there in the bisque firing.

868
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:19,480
Anyway, I can't do anything
about it now.

869
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:21,720
I can just try and make it shine -
quite literally.

870
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:24,360
Oh!

871
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,040
Oh, no. Oh!

872
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,200
Super glue, George. Super glue.

873
00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:30,880
Blast!

874
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:44,400
Ah..!

875
00:41:46,240 --> 00:41:48,960
George, do you want some alone time,
or...? Yeah. OK.

876
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:52,480
I don't know why you care
so much about...

877
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:54,400
..stupid ceramics.

878
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,720
Before they're presented
to the judges,

879
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:02,000
the potters have 45 minutes to
transform their panoramic pots

880
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:03,920
into working lamps.

881
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:06,880
And again.

882
00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:09,160
Is it wired in? Yeah.
Oh, it's wired.

883
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:10,800
We've got... Oh!

884
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:13,520
I can't get my arm - it's too long.
There we go.

885
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:16,280
But George has some fixing to do
first.

886
00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:19,320
Glue, glue...glue.
Glue I think will be needed.

887
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:24,040
Stupid how emotionally invested you
get in the pot, isn't it?

888
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:29,240
I'd love to say it with the bulb on.

889
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,920
But it looks like a table lamp.
That's fine.

890
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:35,320
Yep. It's done. Yeah!

891
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:44,120
Seven bulbous table lamps now face
the judgment of Keith and Rich.

892
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:49,760
Potters, your table lamps look
incredible.

893
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:54,080
I cannot wait to see them all
illuminated in all their glory.

894
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:57,200
Jon, would you please bring your
lamp up to the judges?

895
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:06,360
This is fantastic.

896
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:08,280
It's really, really good.

897
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:12,280
And dare I say, you're giving
us your kind of style.

898
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:16,880
You've come out of that engineering
personality into the kind of artist,

899
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:19,520
into the craftsman, into the potter.

900
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:21,240
And this is just brilliant.

901
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:25,280
The balloons on there, raising them
off the surface and, you know,

902
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,880
thinking of that light and how that
light's going to pour over the top.

903
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:32,640
Yeah, and just the quality, how well
observed all of the elements are.

904
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:34,760
You've got balloons that are
just painted on the pot

905
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:37,000
and it just immediately throws
them into the distance.

906
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:39,760
It really plays with the idea of
perspective and depth.

907
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:42,480
Right. Shall we see what it
looks like with the light on?

908
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:47,800
It makes those balloons pop even
more because that light

909
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:50,720
just trickles down and creates
a shadow. Trickles down behind them.

910
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:53,360
Genius.
It's bloody brilliant, mate.

911
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:55,160
It's really great, Jon.

912
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:04,000
I really love it.
I love the composition.

913
00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:07,000
I think the proportions of the base
work really beautifully

914
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:09,880
and it feels, as ever, of Lois,
you know, just... Oh, yeah.

915
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:11,880
It's got your lovely style about it.

916
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:15,280
Yeah, it definitely has your style,
Lois. I love the way that you've...

917
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:19,000
You've managed to get those under
glazes and colours working

918
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:23,280
as a sunset, and I really like the
way you've stylised the wind

919
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,280
that works really, really
well for me.

920
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,120
Shall we turn it on? Yes!

921
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:28,480
Yes. That's be nice.

922
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:33,320
Aw! All of the three dimensional
elements are really highlighted

923
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:35,480
by that light coming down
from above. Yeah.

924
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:37,560
This is a bit on the dark
side for me.

925
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:40,640
It's really, really dark and the
darker the colour... Yeah.

926
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:42,800
..the heavier the piece will look.

927
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:48,520
The lighthouse is fantastic and
really, really striking.

928
00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:51,720
You've managed to get that really
pop of red in the door,

929
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:53,360
which looks great, actually.

930
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:56,920
But, yeah, it would have been nice
to see a bit more 3D relief.

931
00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:59,880
Yes, there aren't masses and
masses of sort of big

932
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:02,640
three dimensional pieces
sort of stuck on.

933
00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:04,760
But I love the windy sky.

934
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:07,080
It just has a lovely, stormy,
blowy,

935
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:09,680
sort of angry, energetic,
kind of feel to it.

936
00:45:09,720 --> 00:45:11,880
It's really wonderful.

937
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:16,760
It's lovely. You know, the way the
light pours over there,

938
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,240
it really accentuates the landscape.

939
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:22,280
It really brings out all that mark
making that you've done on there.

940
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:24,400
Nice. Really nice.
Thank you.

941
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:32,040
When you told us that you were doing
trees, I was kind of thinking,

942
00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:33,800
Oh, trees, really?

943
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:36,800
You know, it's really hard to sort
of emulate that,

944
00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:39,800
especially in a three dimensional
form on a lamp base.

945
00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:42,720
Yeah, well, I mean, the quality
of the base itself

946
00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:44,160
is really quite lovely.

947
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:47,160
You haven't got any major kind of
splits or cracks or issues,

948
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:48,840
apart from these thin tree elements,

949
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:50,680
which were always going
to be a challenge.

950
00:45:50,720 --> 00:45:53,080
I mean, connecting that top section
of the pot to the bottom

951
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:54,560
with a thin strip...

952
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:56,960
I mean, you're a braver man than
I would have been, you know?

953
00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:03,720
Mm. Those two main sort of three
dimensional trees really work

954
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:06,080
with that light pouring
down over the top.

955
00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:08,880
And for me, the best part about it
is that water -

956
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:11,600
simple carving away and then just
adding that blue

957
00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:13,760
in sort of different variations.

958
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:16,360
Really, really works well.
Yeah, well done.

959
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:26,680
It's...it's brilliant.

960
00:46:26,720 --> 00:46:28,560
OK, there's some cracks in there.

961
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:30,520
But...

962
00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:35,400
Caitlin, you really, really
struggled with this.

963
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:37,920
We... You really struggled.

964
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:41,360
And here it is, and you've done
a fantastic job.

965
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:44,600
Over to Rich,
while I compose myself.

966
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:46,160
It's brilliant.

967
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:49,640
Initially, to go for that moon jar
type form... Yeah.

968
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:52,920
..is so brave because that's one of
the most difficult

969
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:54,640
forms to get right.

970
00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:58,040
And it just lends itself perfectly
to your overall design.

971
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:01,440
Look, when I see it, Caitlin,
I just think it's a testament

972
00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:03,880
to your tenacity to carry on.

973
00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:06,960
You were really struggling with
getting that basic form

974
00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:09,720
and, actually, I think that
worked in your favour

975
00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:13,120
because, actually, the form that
you've created is really lovely.

976
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:17,320
It's very uniformed, it's very
round, and it has some uplift.

977
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:23,840
Just that simple colour on the top
of the houses,

978
00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:26,680
just - it's just brightens
up the whole thing.

979
00:47:26,720 --> 00:47:29,680
If ever there was a metaphor for
keeping going

980
00:47:29,720 --> 00:47:34,120
and feel the fear and do it anyway,
this is it, mate.

981
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:36,520
You've done a great job.
Thank you.

982
00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:44,120
Well, it's certainly dark.
Yes, it is dark.

983
00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:45,800
It's certainly 3D.

984
00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:48,440
It is quite impressive that
those haven't come off,

985
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:51,600
and that's obviously a testament
to the way you built it.

986
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:54,200
It cuts quite a striking silhouette.

987
00:47:54,240 --> 00:47:57,520
Mm. You know, there are a lot of
three dimensional elements on there.

988
00:47:57,560 --> 00:47:59,600
You've really, really run with that.

989
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:03,320
But it's very difficult with
those under glazes to judge

990
00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:05,720
what kind of tone you're
getting with them. Yeah.

991
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:08,040
And it's not until it comes
out of the firing

992
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:10,280
that you have the luxury
of seeing in hindsight

993
00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:12,600
what you were actually hoping for.
Yeah.

994
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:16,560
It does catch the light in quite
a lovely way.

995
00:48:16,600 --> 00:48:18,760
It's a shame you've lost some
of the kind of subtlety

996
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:21,720
to that decoration, but you can kind
of sense what you were going for.

997
00:48:21,760 --> 00:48:23,520
And it's - it's close.

998
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,200
Apart from the bleeding obvious...
Yeah.

999
00:48:31,240 --> 00:48:34,120
..that it's in a fair
few pieces,

1000
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:37,520
there are some elements that are
really, really good.

1001
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:40,840
Um, I love these...
these seagulls.

1002
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:43,280
Really, really simple but lovely.
Yeah.

1003
00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:45,240
Absolutely fantastic.

1004
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:48,880
The rock formation works
really, really well.

1005
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:53,560
The lighthouses, really simplistic
design - works really well.

1006
00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:57,000
The build, however... Yeah.
..is a bit horrendous. Yeah.

1007
00:48:57,040 --> 00:48:58,600
It's a real, real shame.

1008
00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:01,160
I mean, this is a perfect
case of dunting.

1009
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:04,120
So dunting is when you get kind
of uneven cooling of a pot

1010
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:06,560
and it essentially kind of just
pulls itself apart.

1011
00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:08,960
But there are some beautiful
elements on this.

1012
00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:12,520
I think the way you've heavily
loaded these rocks with oxide

1013
00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:14,920
and you've kind of left the beach
matte, but you've glazed

1014
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:16,880
the headland - it's beautiful.

1015
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:18,720
It's a really lovely touch.

1016
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:24,200
The light is almost emitting
from the lighthouse and shedding

1017
00:49:24,240 --> 00:49:26,960
that light sort of across the
headland and down onto the beach.

1018
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:29,240
I think it works beautifully.

1019
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:31,680
I'm still harking
on about these seagulls.

1020
00:49:31,720 --> 00:49:34,000
If I could just take that bit
and frame it,

1021
00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:35,400
that would be wonderful.

1022
00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:38,560
Mind you, I probably could, really,
cos it's in pieces anyway.

1023
00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:42,480
I think it's hard not to get
emotional when you've been putting

1024
00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:45,680
all your effort into nine-ish hours
of work.

1025
00:49:45,720 --> 00:49:49,160
Yeah, it's... And then you end up
with the top in your hand.

1026
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:52,880
I had to have a moment,
just because, yeah, I hate it,

1027
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:56,440
but you do get really upset when
things don't go right.

1028
00:49:56,480 --> 00:49:59,400
I don't know what to think now,
really.

1029
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:02,400
You know, I just... I...I overdid it
on the decoration

1030
00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:07,080
to the point where it's very,
very night-time

1031
00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:10,560
on the north coast and
having finished last

1032
00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:13,440
in the second challenge,
it isn't a great look either.

1033
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:17,320
So I'm probably, I would say I'm
probably in the drop zone today.

1034
00:50:24,240 --> 00:50:25,960
What a week!

1035
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:28,600
We have been all over the world
with some beautiful views.

1036
00:50:28,640 --> 00:50:31,120
We've gone to a masked ball
in Venice.

1037
00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:33,160
How do you think they got
on overall, though?

1038
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:35,200
Look, they've given us some
wonderful work.

1039
00:50:35,240 --> 00:50:37,080
But, you know, we're in week
six now. Yeah.

1040
00:50:37,120 --> 00:50:38,560
We're upping the ante,

1041
00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:41,440
and it's just interesting to see
who's coming to the fore.

1042
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:43,320
So who impressed you this week?

1043
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:45,280
Jon!

1044
00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:47,920
He did! He gives us more and more
and more. Yeah.

1045
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:50,960
And he just becomes more, dare
I say, flamboyant.

1046
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:53,840
We just admired how he
just went for it. Yeah.

1047
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:56,680
You know, Jon really kind
of pushed himself.

1048
00:50:56,720 --> 00:50:59,200
I mean, I think in the past,
his pieces have felt perhaps

1049
00:50:59,240 --> 00:51:02,760
a little formulaic, but he's just
been really ambitious

1050
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:04,720
and really brave this week.

1051
00:51:04,760 --> 00:51:07,000
So is Jon in line for
Potter of The Week?

1052
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:08,680
Could be. He could be.

1053
00:51:08,720 --> 00:51:10,040
Oh! Who else?

1054
00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:12,800
Caitlin, for me. I think we've both
been impressed by Caitlin.

1055
00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:16,520
Honestly. I mean, that Moon Jar,
it's a difficult form to master

1056
00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:19,920
because you're essentially putting
together two really open bowls,

1057
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:22,320
but it was just a well thought
out design.

1058
00:51:22,360 --> 00:51:24,480
Who's in danger?

1059
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:27,280
Well, for me, George has got
to be down there.

1060
00:51:27,320 --> 00:51:31,120
That lack of planning that we see
with George and that sort of

1061
00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:34,360
slightly naive idea of just slapping
more and more clay on

1062
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:37,160
and not realising what that clay's
going to do in the kiln.

1063
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:39,600
There's some lovely elements -
the sea... Oh, so lovely.

1064
00:51:39,640 --> 00:51:42,440
..the rocks. I think he just
underestimated how strong

1065
00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:44,960
the build element had to be in order
for these pieces

1066
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:46,800
to survive the firing.

1067
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:50,360
Talking of lovely rocks,
we have the Giant's Causeway

1068
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:52,960
with the beautiful basalt
formation from Derek.

1069
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:54,640
I loved the build, actually. Right.

1070
00:51:54,680 --> 00:51:56,960
I loved the silhouette
that it created.

1071
00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:59,840
I just think his decoration has
really let him down,

1072
00:51:59,880 --> 00:52:03,360
both in the second challenge
and in the main make.

1073
00:52:03,400 --> 00:52:06,520
Yeah, the build was sound, lack of
understanding of decorative

1074
00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:10,000
techniques and what aesthetic he was
going to give us at the end.

1075
00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:13,360
It's difficult with Derek and George
and our decision really could go

1076
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:16,280
either way, but, you know,
for very different reasons. Yeah.

1077
00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:19,040
You've got Derek, where his
decoration is kind of starting

1078
00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:21,760
to let him down a bit, and George,
where his construction

1079
00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:23,280
is letting him down.

1080
00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:26,360
So we just need to figure out where
we place the most importance.

1081
00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:29,480
You have some difficult
decisions to make.

1082
00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:32,600
Ha! I'm going off to have
a biscuit. Bye.

1083
00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:46,760
Potters, you have brightened up the
Pottery with your beautiful

1084
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:49,040
table lamp creations.

1085
00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:51,720
The judges have deliberated,

1086
00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:54,480
and they have come
to their conclusions.

1087
00:52:56,280 --> 00:52:58,800
First of all, the good news.

1088
00:52:58,840 --> 00:53:00,960
This week's Potter of The Week is...

1089
00:53:02,720 --> 00:53:04,240
Jon.

1090
00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:07,520
Well done, Jon. Yes!

1091
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:14,120
Yeah, now the horrible bit.

1092
00:53:14,160 --> 00:53:16,320
After much deliberation...

1093
00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:21,680
..the judges have decided that the
potter leaving the Pottery is...

1094
00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:26,800
George.

1095
00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:27,960
Yeah...

1096
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:29,560
No, it's just - fair enough.

1097
00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:31,600
I'm so sorry, George.
Yeah.

1098
00:53:31,640 --> 00:53:35,240
Honestly, it's been such a pleasure
to get to know you.

1099
00:53:38,320 --> 00:53:40,680
I think it's a... It's a funny old
experience this,

1100
00:53:40,720 --> 00:53:43,960
and you learn so much and you just
want to - just want to keep going.

1101
00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:47,440
You've been really great. I hope
you're proud of yourself.

1102
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:48,960
Oh, yeah. You'll be really missed.

1103
00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:51,920
I think it was just...
Just too much, too fast, too big.

1104
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:53,560
You know... I've...

1105
00:53:53,600 --> 00:53:56,440
Yeah, before I came here,
a good sized mug

1106
00:53:56,480 --> 00:53:58,320
was pretty much my limit.

1107
00:53:58,360 --> 00:54:00,520
Well done. Oh, thank you.

1108
00:54:00,560 --> 00:54:02,360
Well done George. Ah!

1109
00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:05,600
Yeah, my final goodbye to the
Pottery.

1110
00:54:05,640 --> 00:54:07,000
Um...

1111
00:54:07,040 --> 00:54:10,720
It's going to be sad to leave,
but, yeah, onwards and upwards.

1112
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:16,280
As George says
goodbye to the Pottery,

1113
00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:19,520
Jon's bulbous Bristol lamp base
takes pride of place

1114
00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:21,480
in the Throw Down Gallery.

1115
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:24,880
I am so pleased that John
is our Potter of The Week.

1116
00:54:24,920 --> 00:54:28,240
His bulbous table lamp was
perfect on so many levels.

1117
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:31,600
It was well constructed, the design
flowed around the surface

1118
00:54:31,640 --> 00:54:35,560
and when we switched the light on,
it just really sang.

1119
00:54:35,600 --> 00:54:39,920
What we're seeing with Jon every
week, is just that freeing up

1120
00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:41,600
of his artistic side.

1121
00:54:41,640 --> 00:54:43,400
It was just absolutely wonderful.

1122
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:45,080
Planning obviously is a
big thing for me,

1123
00:54:45,120 --> 00:54:46,840
thinking it through and
planning it through.

1124
00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:48,840
But I think they're starting to see
where I can take that

1125
00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:50,920
a little bit further and I can use
that planning as a good,

1126
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:53,200
solid foundation to then be creative
in the actual make

1127
00:54:53,240 --> 00:54:55,640
and the decorating phase and see
the ideas coming through -

1128
00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:57,040
not just the planning.

1129
00:54:57,080 --> 00:54:59,240
Particularly those balloons -
everyone loves the balloons.

1130
00:54:59,280 --> 00:55:00,680
I've got to do more with
those balloons.

1131
00:55:00,720 --> 00:55:02,640
So, yeah, that's just great.
Really, really...

1132
00:55:02,680 --> 00:55:05,040
..you know, really pleasing, really.

1133
00:55:05,080 --> 00:55:06,160
Next time...

1134
00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:07,520
Just trying to wash his bottom.

1135
00:55:07,560 --> 00:55:09,480
..our six remaining potters go
wild...

1136
00:55:09,520 --> 00:55:11,600
I'm channelling my inner sloth
today.

1137
00:55:11,640 --> 00:55:13,680
..and tackle a Throw Down first...

1138
00:55:13,720 --> 00:55:15,760
We're going to burn you!

1139
00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:18,160
..with some DIY oil drum firing.

1140
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:19,440
Turn it off!

1141
00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:22,640
And a second challenge that
reaches dizzying heights.

1142
00:55:22,680 --> 00:55:24,400
I think I'm getting carried
away now.

1143
00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:26,320
Who will be crowned
Potter of The Week?

1144
00:55:26,360 --> 00:55:28,920
It just creates a real feast
for the eyes.

1145
00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:31,800
And whose pottery
dreams will crash and burn?

1146
00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:34,640
It's brilliant -
all for the wrong reasons.

1147
00:56:02,200 --> 00:56:04,200
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