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It's week three and just eight potters remain,
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so it's time to turn up the heat raku-style,
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as the potters master the art of Japanese-style ceramics.
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So welcome and konnichiwa, my friends,
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to the Great Pottery Throw Down.
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'Previously...'
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- Ryan's on the pull.
- Hey!
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'..time was against the potters.'
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- Tick-tock, tick-tock.
- '..as they constructed clocks.'
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Look at the cracks. Ah!
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'James clung on.'
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I'm angry because it's just a block.
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'As Daniel's lack of hand-building skills...'
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This is very naughty clay.
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'..meant he had to leave the pottery.
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'And despite Ryan's impressive clock,
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'it was Elaine who claimed the second spot
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'in the Pot Of The Week gallery.'
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You're going to make ME cry.
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'Now, we're heading east...'
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- Onegaishimasu.
- Dou itashimashte.
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'..with a Japanese Main Make in the explosive raku style.'
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It's hot, hot, hot.
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'A Spot Test from hell itself.'
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I'll have to make it up as I go along.
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'And a Throw Down that never stops.'
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- I've run out of clay.
- You've done that many?!
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No, I've done them that big.
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'But who will clinch the third spot in the gallery?'
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It's brilliant!
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'And who will be walking the cobbles home?'
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- Have a whiff of this. It seems to be working today.
- Right.
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# Making time
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# Shooting lines
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# People have their uses
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# People have their uses... #
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It's raku this week,
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so I thought I'd put a shirt on to match the fiery nature of raku.
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I love raku, but anything can happen with it.
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Number one, just follow the brief.
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I'm going to slightly stick to the brief
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a little bit more than last time.
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I will finish on time.
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I have to finish on time!
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I'm super excited about it, due to the fact I'm a pyromaniac.
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'But before the raku pyrotechnics begin,
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'what will the potters be firing?'
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Good morning, potters.
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For your Main Make challenge this week,
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Kate and Keith would like you to throw a Japanese sake set.
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One bottle, of maximum 25 centimetres in height, and six cups.
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You've got enough clay there to throw two complete sets.
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However, you must then choose your favourite to decorate and raku fire.
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It's one of the most exciting and unpredictable processes in ceramics
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and we want to see you embrace that and step out of your comfort zone.
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Potters, you have two hours to throw your sake sets.
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Time starts now.
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'Traditional sake sets usually consist
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'of an elegant bottle with matching delicate cups.'
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The most difficult part is to get all of it exactly right.
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'To produce two sets in two hours,
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'the potters are free to throw as many cups and bottles as they like.'
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I've thrown my balls a little bit on the heavy side.
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Just because I've got big hands and I need...
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a bit more clay to centre.
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'But more attempts to get a matching set will mean more work.
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'And more balls to slap.'
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I am going to use a decoration technique
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at this throwing stage that I've
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never done before. I'm a little bit nervous about it,
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so I made three balls of clay.
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SHE LAUGHS
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Two hours of throwing to produce two sake bottles and 12 cups.
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We want to see the whole set like a family, working together,
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with that character right across them all.
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But also, it's a functional task.
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You know, there's six cups, there's a bottle,
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the bottle has to fill the six cups.
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And you actually put a cup to your lips, don't you?
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- You kiss it, in fact.
- Yeah.
- You know, when you drink.
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So it's got to feel nice.
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I don't want to see any rough edges
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that are going to be horrible to drink from.
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And maybe after a couple of glasses of sake,
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I wouldn't mind what I'm drinking it out of!
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'These delicate sake cups are the smallest items yet that the potters
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'have been required to throw.'
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Normally, you cone up with both hands and use equal pressure.
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With a tiny piece, you're sort of just using one finger.
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The boys are going to have a lot of difficulty with big hands.
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This is like making a miniature.
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None of this sar-key, it's sack-ee where I'm from.
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It helps having weird fingers.
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I'm double jointed in my fingers, and throwing small stuff,
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I can kind of twist in to the side.
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'Nam's flexible fingers will conjure up a sake set with a bulbous form,
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'inspired by the drinking bottles featured in his favourite films.'
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You see it in a lot of kung fu movies
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and it's this thing where they keep
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alcohol in and they fight with it.
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And it's just literally a curved form, like a fat waistline.
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That's the problem when you watch loads of kung fu movies
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as a kid, you get influenced by everything.
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I'm not very experienced at making lots of things that look identical.
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But this gauge is quite a useful little tool,
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and as long as you have each of the rims kind of in the same place,
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- that'll help.
- That's just missing by half a mill.
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Which I know I can just push a tiny bit with my little weird fingers.
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In Japan, they have these sort of little gauges.
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This is the depth of the cylinder
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and this is the width of the cylinder.
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So this is the height and you can dip in and see the height,
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and then this can be the width.
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So that needs to come out a little bit more.
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'Ryan's straight-sided cups will have sharp-edged feet and will be
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'joined by a traditionally shaped sake bottle.
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'And he's managed to get in a bit more practice
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'than his fellow potters.'
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Is this something that you've done many times before, raku?
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I have done a few raku before.
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- OK.
- Yeah, I built a raku kiln.
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- You've built a raku kiln?
- I built a raku kiln, yeah.
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- It was in my grandma's garden.
- Is your grandma's garden now
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- just transformed?
- Yes, I've just taken it over.
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It's just a big old pottery yard.
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Poor lady, she can't hang out her washing.
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She's got a lovely little pony, as well,
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which sometimes I steal their hair, horsehair, for the raku, as well.
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- Put it on the pots.
- So you give the ponies a brush
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- and then use the hair?
- A little trim, yeah, a little clip.
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I've never made a sake set before.
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Not something I've ever thought of doing.
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Maybe after this, I might take it up.
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'Last week's winner of Pot of the Week Elaine's first attempt at raku
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'will see cups decorated with a slit design and a bottle with buttons on
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'the neck. But their shape is still a work in progress.'
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I'm going to see what grows out of the clay on the first one and then
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just follow that. As usual, the clay is the inspiration.
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It's how it feels.
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Just going to compress the bottom.
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I think I'm warming up, just getting the flow of it.
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Once I've got the knack of one, two, it just all pops out like candy.
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I'm just going to pull it out a little bit more.
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Hopefully, I'll get six somewhere similar.
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I'm going to stop being so fussy.
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'Whilst Elaine has found a form she likes...'
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Fiddly, fiddly.
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'..Freya's still got a few decisions to make.'
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I practised, but never did decide on one particular shape.
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'When practising, all Freya DID decide on
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'was that she would create a male
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'and female-formed sake set and then make a choice.'
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I think the hardest thing is to get the cups to match the bottles.
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I'm going to get the cups first and then I'm going to get the bottle
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to match the cups, which sounds a bit backwards,
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but... There's too much to think about!
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Why do this? I chose to do pottery for an easy life.
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This isn't easy right now.
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'Even if the potters are happy with the shape and size of their
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- 'first few cups...'
- That's about six centimetres,
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so I can probably make it a bit taller than that.
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'..this first throwing stage gets a little bit harder.'
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The trickiest part of this challenge is to actually get them off
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the wheel in one piece.
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If you don't throw the face thick enough,
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you've got nothing to hold on to and you just squash it.
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You've got to have, like, feather touch at this point.
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Two very different cups!
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Oh, my gosh.
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I'm trying to be as conscious
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as I can not to sort of warp it in any way.
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Not bad for a first two of them.
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'James's sake set will see the colours
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'and designs from Japanese body suit tattoos
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'adorning a straight-sided bottle,
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'and cups that will hold more sake than is probably good for you.'
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That's naturally the kind of shape and size that I would throw.
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Because you are from the land of the giants. That's why, James.
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- It's a giant sake cup, isn't it?
- This is your sake cup, yeah.
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This is like throwing a miniature, for me.
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Well, you're measuring against the ruler for your height?
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Yes. You know, I've got a rough point...
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A rough point?
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- Well, a rough, by which I mean...
- A rough point?!
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- That's a terrible word to use.
- We're asking for identical beakers.
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We'll take that again!
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Potters, you're halfway through your time now.
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You've got an hour left.
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I've made nine cups so far,
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which is three short of how many cups I need to have made,
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and I've not started my bottles.
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'Rather than perfecting all 12 cups, some potters are moving on.'
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Get the bottles done and then it's like a production line for the cups.
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I know we've got to throw two,
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but I need to concentrate on the first set.
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Going to collar it in at the top and push out a belly.
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I'm going to try and get a shape that isn't too complicated.
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'But even the simplest forms aren't easy to pull off.'
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I just lost it at the top.
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So instead of trying to fix it, I may as well throw a new one.
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Do not overwork it, Clover!
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'Clover's having another attempt at a sake bottle
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'that will celebrate kyudo,
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'which means "way of the bow" - the ancient Japanese art of archery.'
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Archery has been closely linked to Zen Buddhism practising and also has
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this nice flow that could potentially work
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quite well with a sake set.
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How the sake is going to be poured out,
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how the arrow is coming out from the bowl.
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All could be related.
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I wanted to press a shape of the bow into my bottle after it has dried
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out a little bit. And then on the sake cup,
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- there will be the bottom of the...
- The feathers.
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So hopefully they will bring together this magic throwing moment.
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Magic throwing moment.
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So I was going to give it hips and a waist.
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I was thinking of the human figure.
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I seem to be really female-orientated.
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Four done and a bottle, so I'm way behind,
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but I have already changed the shape completely.
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Cos I was kind of doubting myself ever so slightly.
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This one's rounder, which is a bit more me,
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but I looked at my cups and realised that they're quite straight,
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so I just wanted to make a nice straighter version, really.
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Hopefully, that would be comfortable to hold and you just do...
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Like that. And it would be...
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This is just a practice, yeah.
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Whilst most potters are obsessing over the shape of their bottles,
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Richard's given himself even more to worry about.
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What I'm looking for is to put a nice curve on one side
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and if you bend the top over, it should enhance that profile.
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Richard's first ever attempt at raku is all about profile,
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but the sweeping curve on his bottle will create even more work.
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Obviously, if you bend the top,
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you're going to have problems pouring,
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so if you attach the pourer on the other side, that actually helps.
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Richard's the only potter throwing spouts for his sake bottles.
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If you can get the movement of the pourer, as well, in an arc,
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it just adds something to it.
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I think, actually, the first one's form I'm the most happy with.
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And I've sort of managed to recreate it a few times.
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When Cait finally stops throwing cups and moves onto bottles,
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their profile should be very familiar.
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My inspiration are the bottle kilns around this area,
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so we're making bottles, so it's a fairly obvious form to use.
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And the raku process is all about firing.
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Cait's kiln-shaped sake bottle will be joined by cups that are also
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a nod to Stoke's potting heritage.
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The sake cups, I've chosen to use the saggars as a sort of inspiration
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for what they look like.
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- What's a saggar?
- Saggars are basically to protect the ceramics
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from getting damaged in the firing process.
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Saggars are like crude pots, if you like.
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But the real pots are put inside them and the saggars, then,
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are built up inside the bottle kiln
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and it stops all the coal and the carbon
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getting to the really nice pieces inside.
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And is raku something you've done before?
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I've done it, I think, once or twice before.
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Cait, I hate to mention the T word.
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- I know.
- Time.
- Yeah.
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Can you please just not be running down the pottery when I'm at
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- five, four...?
- I'm so sorry.
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Cos I don't know if we can take it.
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We're on medication. CAIT LAUGHS
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I'm already on heart pills as it is.
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Half an hour left to finish throwing 12 sake cups and two bottles.
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This could be very exciting, so I hope you're ready.
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SHE GROANS
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I've started again. I've scaled it down because I think,
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having a quick cheeky look around the room, mine was way too big.
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So I've halved the size of clay that I was using.
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So that was a pound, I'm now doing half a pound.
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Get my head down, get these bashed out.
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I'll close my eyes and do it, for the hell of it.
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Ah!
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Going to put me nozzle on.
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Got six cups and three bottles and a fourth on the way.
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You need 12...
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Are those your cups, as well?
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Yeah, yeah, over there.
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Rubbish, rubbish, rubbish.
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Oh, it's not high enough.
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Two, four, six, eight, ten... 12 little sake cups.
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One sake bottle, another on the way, and not three seconds remaining.
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- Yes!
- Well, ten minutes isn't ideal for a bottle, but, yeah,
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- we'll get there.
- Have a whiff of this.
- Oh!
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Seems to be working today.
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Potters, this is your five-minute call.
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It's about refining now, getting that final shape.
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If I have as many as I can done,
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then I've got the choice of which ones are good, which ones are crap.
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Not ideal.
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Guys, you've got one minute left. You've got to get all of these sets
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in the drying room, please, in 60 seconds. Lots of you still
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working at the wheels here. I'm not sure what's going on.
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I'm just pressing the shape of the bubble on to the sake bottle.
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- Ten...
- No way, is that...? Ah!
- ..nine,
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eight - careful - seven...
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- No!
- ..six, five, four, three,
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two...
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one. You're mad. You're all mad.
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I've never seen Richard move so quick.
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He was like a whippet then.
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I bit the bullet and put a spout on my bottle.
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It looks very smart, actually.
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I'm very pleased with that result.
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I knew I was up against it to get a bottle out in ten minutes.
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- SHE SIGHS
- It's a bottle form.
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I'm fairly happy with my sake cups.
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The bases seem a little bit thin.
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Throw Down challenge next.
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I was sixth the last time, which isn't great.
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I don't want to be in the middle again.
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I'm going to try my best and claw my way up to the top.
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Whilst the sake sets are in the drying room,
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this week's Throw Down will test the potters' ability to demonstrate
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a skill that's been the cornerstone of Stoke's potteries since
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they were founded, right up to today.
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Under huge time pressure,
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they'll have to prove they can combine quality with quantity.
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This week, Kate and Keith would like you to throw as many rice bowls
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as you can. You're going to be throwing off the hump,
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which is essentially throwing each little bowl off the same great big
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whacking lump of clay. Keith, do you want to show us how it's done?
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So, you've all been given a 20lb lump of clay and it's already
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been centred. So you can start off quite quickly,
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building up the stem to make your first rice bowl.
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You go down, you grab your clay,
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you try and grab the same amount of clay every time.
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It's a very traditional method of throwing lots of pieces out of
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the same lump of clay without having to centre every single piece.
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This is a Japanese wiring method
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where you take the tail of the wire,
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place it round the base and just let it do the work.
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But just be ready to catch it.
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'The potters now have 15 minutes to throw as many perfectly formed
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'rice bowls as they can.'
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Your time starts now.
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I'm just going for consistency, trying to...
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Well, I say consistency, that was completely wrong.
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Just trying to go for as many as I can.
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I'd be chuffed if I got five done.
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Remember - quality, quality.
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Remember quantity, quantity.
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Can I just add in about size, as well?
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We don't want any egg cups, please.
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The sponge is like a giant doorstop.
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This is the tricky bit, here.
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Just place the tail on there.
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Whoo.
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- CLAPPING
- Come on.
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Oh, my God!
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- SHE SIGHS
- That's frightening, isn't it?
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It's just this whole bit is just alien.
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The difficulty is the trimming it off
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cos I've never used that tool at all.
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There's a couple that would be good if you're on a diet cos all the food
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would drop out the bottom. THEY LAUGH
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- But you've got a few nice ones, keep going.
- Thank you.
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Now then, if I had to go to anyone's for dinner,
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it'd be yours, James. HE LAUGHS
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- These are a bit more substantial.
- Big boy portions.
- Yes.
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Big boy pots.
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Seven. No holes in them.
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- You're on fire.
- I'm on fire.
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- Smoking today!
- SHE LAUGHS
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- Oh.
- Let's have a look.
- I shan't take this up as a living.
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Oh, you say that, you've got four gorgeous ones here, Elaine.
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Yeah, but I haven't looked around yet.
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There's no chance!
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Five minutes, guys, five minutes.
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- There's eight on here.
- Well, there's eight...
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There's a couple that are a bit dodgy.
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But keep going.
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They look like a sort of higgledy-piggledy family.
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Daddy and Mummy bowls.
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- We'll go with that.
- Yeah, positive spin.
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- Colour sisters.
- Yeah.
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Good colour choice.
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Oh, I've run out of clay.
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Oh, you've done that many!
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- No, I've done them that big.
- THEY LAUGH
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Potters, one minute left.
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Come on!
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- JUDGES:
- Five, four, three, two, one.
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Stop!
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Back from your rice bowls, please.
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'From 20lb of clay,
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'the potters had to throw off the hump as many consistently sized
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'and shaped bowls as possible in 15 minutes.
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'But those who don't reach Keith and Kate's high standards will end up
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'in the rejects bin and not be counted.'
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How many have we got here? We've got one, two, three, four, five, six,
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seven, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
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But I don't think that's going to hold much rice.
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- No, no.
- Ah.
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Bye!
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- That one, do you reckon, Kate?
- Yeah, it's got a hole in.
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And the elephant in the room.
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It's kind of more like an egg cup, isn't it?
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- That one's too big, isn't it?
- Yeah.
- Bye-bye.
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One of them's a little small, isn't it?
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It's not as similar as the rest.
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- No.
- That's harsh.
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That's the runt of the litter you've just separated from its family.
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Hello. Hi, Ryan.
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Sticky rice? No?
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Is that pulling the cord too high?
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Yeah. No, yeah, just didn't judge where the cord was going through.
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Hello.
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Oh. You are a beast.
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I think there's one that stands out as smaller than the others.
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Yeah, yeah.
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So that one's going in.
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- That one going in as well?
- Yeah.
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Oh!
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JAMES LAUGHS
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Really tough. I'm really seeing the dark side of you, KBJ.
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And you, madam.
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I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry about this.
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'After so many of the potters' rice bowls
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'hitting the judges' reject bin,
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'which potter has managed' to throw the most?
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In joint last place, with six rice bowls, James and Cait.
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'Richard and Elaine both made eight bowls,
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'putting them in joint fifth place.
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'Freya is in fourth place with ten bowls,
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'and in third place is Ryan with 11, leaving Clover and Nam.'
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In second place, with 12 rice bowls,
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is Clover.
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First place, with 13 bowls, is Nam.
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Well done, Nam. Well done.
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Whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo!
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I set out to get first in the Throw Down,
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That's what I said I'll do, and I did it. Feels good.
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Feels really good.
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I came joint last.
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At least I wasn't all there on my own.
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Not ideal, but I'm not going to stress about it.
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I've never thrown off the hump at all, but, yeah, trimming next.
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The sake sets are now dry enough for the next stage of the Main Make...
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..turning and trimming.
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I can just centre the top here and turn off all this sort of
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rough edge here.
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The potters have 90 minutes to refine the edges
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and form of both their bottles and their 12 cups.
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This is good. I like doing this,
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this is, like, me in my happy zone right now.
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When you throw a pot, you've got it to a point, but turning a pot,
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you can discover its character.
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By the way you use your tools you can accentuate the various forms,
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give it a much more curved belly or a foot ring.
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So how you use your turning tools
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defines the character of the pot you're throwing.
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God, I sound like a potter. Shoot me now.
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But it's not a process that should be rushed.
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I've given myself 30 minutes to get them done,
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30 minutes to get them done
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and then 30 minutes to kind of make them a little bit more jazzy.
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Spend too little time trimming a pot...
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Woohoo, come back.
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..and the edges and bottoms could remain dirty.
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Keith is right to ask for a good bottom.
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But over trimming can lead to much worse.
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You've got to be really careful.
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9Many times I've put holes in the bottom of my pots
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cos I've turned them too much.
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And there's only one way to avoid a hole in your bottom.
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You can really hear it, it's like a real hollow sound. You can sense
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it's just really thin. So I'm actually not going to touch that cos
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if I do, it'll just go through.
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Can you feel it thinner here and thicker here? What are you hearing?
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It's definitely thicker here, you can hear the echo.
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There it goes.
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Judging the thickness of the clay is crucial, as most of
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the potters are turning a foot into the bases of their sake sets.
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Thankfully, there isn't a lot to do with mine.
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And whilst James is being cautious...
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So, I've gone from that, to that, just taken that edge off.
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That's all I really want to do.
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..Nam is going a bit further than a few feet.
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I'm turning the bottoms and then I'll give them a three foot...
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- Oh, OK.
- Trying to stay honest to the form and not change too much
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but also giving it a bit of characteristics.
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Any word of advice would be nice.
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00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,879
- No, I'm kidding. I know you can't.
- Well... Yeah, conflict of interest,
488
00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:44,480
you see. I can't really give you too much advice.
489
00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,119
Those spaces are incredibly thin, aren't they?
490
00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:55,439
Yeah. But I really wanted them to, just so it has that weight factor.
491
00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,039
'As well as their 12 cups,
492
00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,679
'the potters need to leave enough time to turn and trim
493
00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,279
'both their bottles.'
494
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:02,640
A tale of two bottles.
495
00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:05,759
Yeah, quickly becoming.
496
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,239
The tall, slim brother
497
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,359
- and the stout other one.
- Beefy, rugby player type.
498
00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:13,519
- I wonder where the inspiration came for that one.
- Mmm...
499
00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:17,999
This is my masculine set and this is my feminine set.
500
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,839
This is more me and this is just me kind of playing it safe
501
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:25,279
and just trying to get a functional sake set,
502
00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,559
instead of going crazy on it.
503
00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,919
SHE WOLF WHISTLES Occasionally, I'm forced
504
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,559
to wolf-whistle a pot. That is beautiful.
505
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:38,319
- It's not often you can say, "I like that."
- Yeah.
- But I do like that one.
506
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:40,159
- You'll never forget that pot.
- No.
507
00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,879
It's one of those pots where you think, "I'll always have that pot."
508
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,559
HE CHUCKLES 'While Richard added a few extras
509
00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,279
'at the throwing stage,
510
00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,679
'Elaine's using the turning stage to start decorating.'
511
00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:51,999
I'm just putting slip on.
512
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,839
It's just made out of clay and water.
513
00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,159
It's a clean line, but I love the dot
514
00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,079
at either end just to finish it off.
515
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:01,439
Such a lovely atmosphere in here,
516
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,159
it's a shame to give a time call in case it stresses you out,
517
00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:05,959
but there's 15 minutes left.
518
00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:07,719
HE GASPS
519
00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,799
- That has slightly stressed me out!
- HE LAUGHS
520
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,040
That was very dramatic, Nam!
521
00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:17,199
- Are you happy?
- They do look like the bottle kilns.
522
00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,399
- That's a little wide at the top, isn't it?
- It is.
523
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,600
- I didn't leave enough time to get the walls up high enough.
- Mmm.
524
00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:29,319
Still quite heavy, actually.
525
00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,400
SHE SIGHS
526
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,999
I'm trying to get spontaneity.
527
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,720
It's not happening. My hands are shaking so much.
528
00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,799
Time's up. Well done, ladies and gentlemen.
529
00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,879
Excellent work.
530
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:00,799
The first part of your Main Make is over,
531
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,599
so now you can go home for a few days, possibly... yeah,
532
00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:04,839
go and lie in a darkened room,
533
00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,600
but we will see you back here quite soon.
534
00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:14,080
It takes 48 hours to dry the sake sets completely.
535
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:19,119
Only then can Rich take them for their first firing.
536
00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:22,479
So these sake sets are now ready to go into the electric kiln for their
537
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:24,959
bisque firing, so when they apply the glaze,
538
00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,799
and the water's absorbed by the body of the piece,
539
00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,719
it won't turn back to raw clay.
540
00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:32,999
It's fixed, it's ceramic, it's a solid object.
541
00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,760
The bisque firing takes another 24 hours.
542
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:38,119
So when the potters return,
543
00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:40,439
while their sake sets are cooling in the kiln,
544
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:44,959
Japanese Week continues with a Spot Test from hell.
545
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,559
Good morning, potters.
546
00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,919
Now, your sake sets have been fired, they are ready to be decorated,
547
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,399
but first I think there's time a little Spot Test.
548
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,159
Kate and Keith would like you to pierce and cut
549
00:26:56,160 --> 00:27:00,719
a design of your choice into a leather-hard Japanese lantern.
550
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,239
This is also known as devil's work.
551
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:07,359
You've got 50 minutes to cut and pierce your Japanese lanterns.
552
00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:09,160
Let the devil's work begin.
553
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,959
Devil's work is a highly skilled craft first pioneered in Asia
554
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:19,239
by the Chinese Ming dynasty in the 14th century.
555
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:23,159
It's a decorative technique where holes are pierced in unfired clay.
556
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,479
I poke holes in clay all the time but not intentionally.
557
00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:28,959
It's usually cos I'm clumsy.
558
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,439
I haven't quite worked out what I'm going to do yet
559
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:32,519
but we'll get there.
560
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:36,999
It's sort of suiting my like of precision.
561
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,720
My main problem, I think, is my hands are shaking.
562
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,479
With just 50 minutes to carve their lanterns,
563
00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,559
the potters need to work quickly.
564
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,239
Oh, my God, is he doing it already?
565
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,079
But they also need to work efficiently,
566
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:52,719
demonstrating knife skills,
567
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,759
a fluidity of design and a lightness of touch.
568
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,039
I'm just using a knife at the moment.
569
00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,199
It's not actually that sharp, which is a bit annoying,
570
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,199
cos it's actually harder to push through the clay.
571
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,039
Normally people have days doing this stuff.
572
00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:05,639
We've got a few minutes.
573
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,159
I haven't got any sort of plan at all.
574
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:08,399
I don't have time for a plan.
575
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,639
I'm more conscious of it being quite a functional thing,
576
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,479
so I am going to try and cut away the majority of it.
577
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,279
It's a lantern. It has to be fit for purpose.
578
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,279
They've got to understand how the light will shine through that.
579
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,639
Well, there is the practical thing about if you have a huge open block,
580
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,959
you're going to see right through to the light, aren't you?
581
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:29,119
- Yeah.
- We actually really want to see differences in scale of holes.
582
00:28:29,120 --> 00:28:34,599
My design's inspired by Minami in Japan, where, in the summer,
583
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,199
they have fireworks.
584
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,079
These are just the sort of patterns that I doodle when I'm bored.
585
00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,399
That's how I came up with it.
586
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,479
There is no plan. I have to make it up as I go along.
587
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:48,359
With devil's work, one false pierce, one false cut,
588
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,679
you can't really go back on that.
589
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,399
You've got to be very careful.
590
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,039
My goodness! I tell you, it's frightening.
591
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:58,919
Here we are in the oasis of calm that is Richard's world.
592
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:01,159
Well, I wouldn't say it was that calm at the moment.
593
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:02,679
Oh, gosh, really? That's not like you.
594
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,519
- I know.
- Ooh, yours is like a castle version,
595
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,399
mine's like a church version. Ha-ha!
596
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:12,159
Oh, my God. What are people doing? They're so good, aren't they?
597
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,559
Potters, you're halfway through your time. 25 minutes left.
598
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,519
Ah, I need to hurry up.
599
00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:18,999
Do not panic.
600
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,679
Could've been neater. Kind of hacked away at it, really.
601
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,759
I think I've possibly give myself a little bit too much to do in
602
00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:26,719
- the time available.
- There's a lot of solid there.
603
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,079
There's quite a bit, isn't there?
604
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:31,159
I think I might need to be amending my design.
605
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,759
Some of my lines are not even going to be cut out.
606
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:35,919
And I like that. It's meant to be a lantern, right?
607
00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:39,319
So let's create some flames here and there.
608
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,119
No!
609
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,040
I just realised there's an actual scalpel.
610
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:47,399
- Oops.
- This is your one-minute call.
611
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,679
- One-minute call, potters.
- Oh...
612
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:53,159
Potters, you've got one minute left of this Spot Test.
613
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:54,959
- Why?
- JAMES LAUGHS
614
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,399
- Why?
- I thought we were friends, Sarah!
615
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,959
- I thought we were friends.
- I know, I'm so sorry.
616
00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:02,559
I've just realised why mine's so messy in comparison to everybody
617
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,839
else's is that I've only just realised there is actually
618
00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,439
a real sharp knife here and I've just been using a nice blunt knife,
619
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,639
so everything's pushed rather than actually cut.
620
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,679
- HE LAUGHS
- Literally one minute to go,
621
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,479
I've just found there's an extra scalpel there.
622
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,679
So, yeah. Bit of a shame.
623
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,559
No, I've cut too much.
624
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,479
It's not very beautiful, is it?
625
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:22,319
Let's just put some holes in it.
626
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,319
That'll do. They'll come out fast.
627
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:29,399
- Ten, nine...
- One more door, one more door!
- ..eight, seven, six,
628
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:32,679
five, four, three,
629
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:36,439
two, one - potters, tools down, please.
630
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:37,879
Step back from your lanterns.
631
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:38,920
Tools down.
632
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,719
- It's like a gazebo that's about to collapse.
- Well done, potters,
633
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,879
please bring your lanterns to the front of the room for judging.
634
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,999
'Kate and Keith will be looking for lanterns with intricate
635
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:53,479
'and well-planned designs,
636
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,919
'perfect knife skills and a solid structure.'
637
00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:00,239
Here you go then, eight lovely Japanese lanterns for your delight.
638
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,719
- Happy judging. KATE:
- I like this.
639
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,399
I think this is really nicely cut.
640
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:06,719
It's very clean, isn't it?
641
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,279
- KEITH:
- Nice use of the knife.
642
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:13,079
I should think these three carved panels would be quite stunning
643
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:14,999
on a dark night, with the light shining out.
644
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,519
But there is quite a lot of surface area here
645
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:19,280
that's really not been used.
646
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,319
Were you using your fingernails to cut it out?
647
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,479
It's so annoying cos it's such a great design.
648
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:28,239
You know those knives you get in the airport,
649
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,239
- it looks like it was done with one of those.
- A plastic knife.
650
00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:32,479
There's nothing left.
651
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,599
It is the devil's work but, also, these have a job to do.
652
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:37,879
They're lanterns.
653
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:39,559
Yeah, obviously they've run out of time.
654
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:43,479
Or maybe they've made it kind of a feature of sort of just peeling away
655
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,479
- the leaves.
- The lines of light would actually be very nice.
656
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,199
You think it's been left behind by accident?
657
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,719
Er... kind of.
658
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:53,479
That's really, really nice.
659
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:57,559
And there's a lovely sense of the design just carrying through.
660
00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:00,359
They made a decision and they executed it very well.
661
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,079
Really good knife work.
662
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,079
So this is like firework night.
663
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,999
It's got a lovely sense of design all the way round.
664
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:11,359
Yeah. It's just a bit disjointed in surface pattern for me.
665
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:12,719
It's really, really lovely.
666
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:17,039
They're showing a nice flowing form coming up from the base of the pot
667
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,880
- up to the rim.
- There's strength running up through it.
668
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:23,799
The judges must now decide which potter has shown
669
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:25,519
the best devil's work.
670
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,599
In eighth place is this.
671
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:30,479
I could put my arm through it, couldn't I?
672
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,279
It's just too much taken away.
673
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,280
In seventh place, this one.
674
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,679
We just didn't think the design was great
675
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,199
and we didn't know if this would actually work.
676
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:42,639
Richard is sixth,
677
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:44,679
Ryan carves out fifth place
678
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,119
and Freya is fourth.
679
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:49,479
Third place is this one.
680
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,039
Whose is that?
681
00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:52,079
Nice, Clover.
682
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:55,959
We like the joyfulness of it and a nice execution with the knife.
683
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,600
And in second place today...
684
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:01,879
..this one here. Well done, Elaine.
685
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:05,279
Really nice scale of holes
686
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,639
and beautifully executed.
687
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,399
So the winner of the Spot Test is James.
688
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,679
Well done, James. Beautifully finished, beautifully executed,
689
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,799
- great design.
- Thank you.
690
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,159
Won the Spot Test, which was a bit of a surprise.
691
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,519
I'm trying to be humble with it, you know. Yes, I've had a win,
692
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:22,599
but I've got to look forward now to the next step.
693
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,119
I think I'll get a bit of stick for that one, just not having a look
694
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:26,959
and seeing what my tools were before I started.
695
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,199
I was quite lucky to still come fifth, so I was quite happy
696
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:30,479
with that, really.
697
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:35,519
It was a little bit overly light for a lantern, but it stayed up,
698
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:36,680
which was good.
699
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:43,399
Moment of truth.
700
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:45,479
The sake sets have been bisque-fired
701
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:46,919
and it is Rich's job to get them
702
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:49,999
back to the studio, ready for decorating -
703
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,079
the crucial stage that could decide
704
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,479
the potters' future in the competition.
705
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,399
So whose sake set are you most excited about seeing?
706
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:58,799
I can't wait to see Clover's.
707
00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:01,079
I just think her design is glorious.
708
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:04,519
It even brings in the costume that the archers wear in Japan.
709
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,919
Richard's done a lovely spout on his.
710
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:10,759
He's the only one that's really done a kind of appendage to his bottles.
711
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:12,679
Nam, his set is so exquisite.
712
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,519
Those three little feet underneath.
713
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:16,959
And I'm really looking forward to seeing Elaine's.
714
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,759
We know she lacks confidence when she's decorating.
715
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:21,479
This might be the right challenge for her
716
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,479
because when you put things in a raku kiln
717
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,440
you can get some wonderful results.
718
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,399
Who are you worried about, who could we be bidding farewell to?
719
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,079
I'm a bit worried about James.
720
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:33,839
I think his original idea was slightly diluted.
721
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:37,319
He hasn't focused from his drawing through to making.
722
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:38,559
Cait could be in trouble.
723
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,519
Her lovely idea of the bottle kiln, she threw them a little short
724
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:44,839
- and they're a bit stumpy.
- We could be bidding farewell to Ryan.
725
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,679
SHE GASPS A million girls' hearts break.
726
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:49,759
- How could you?
- I know. Shock horror.
727
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:51,359
I loved his concept
728
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:54,599
but we're all worried about the thinness in his bases of his cups.
729
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:57,719
But he loves his grandma and she's got a rescue pony.
730
00:34:57,720 --> 00:34:58,959
You can't chuck him out.
731
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:00,680
Oh, no, well, that's all right, then.
732
00:35:04,240 --> 00:35:07,200
The potters now have just two hours to decorate.
733
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,559
But first they need to choose which of their two sake sets
734
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:13,559
they're going to finish.
735
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,039
Have they all come out in one piece?
736
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:16,479
Yeah, I was just hoping I've got six.
737
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:20,999
SHE LAUGHS And whilst it's a difficult decision for some,
738
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,639
for others, it's pretty straightforward.
739
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:25,479
That one's in two halves.
740
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:27,919
I knew when I was turning it that I messed it up.
741
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:32,239
So, my only option is this one.
742
00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:34,479
- I love that little fella.
- I'm paying homage to him before
743
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:37,039
- he gets thrown in the bin.
- Look.
- Poor little thing.
744
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:38,680
HE CHUCKLES
745
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:42,239
So was that an easy enough choice to make?
746
00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:43,479
- Yeah, very easy.
- Yeah?
747
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,359
- Why?
- Cos I just have one.
748
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,959
Er, you can't go nicking other ones that you like the look of.
749
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,279
Oh, that looks a bit better!
750
00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:52,439
- Take this one.
- Ooh, Clover's.
751
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:55,879
I'll have your set. That looks better.
752
00:35:55,880 --> 00:36:00,759
They wear a particular type of clothing when they practise kyudo,
753
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,799
so I'm just trying to replicate the dressing.
754
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:05,759
I just drew a line with pencil.
755
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:08,679
That will define which area I want glazed on
756
00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:10,879
and which one I will leave black.
757
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,159
The decoration is going to be really simple,
758
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:14,679
just like me, as normal,
759
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:17,160
and then this will go black in the raku firing.
760
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:20,400
Or so it says in the book.
761
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:25,439
There's a number of options that they have for decorating.
762
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,079
- Let's just take masking.
- Yeah.
763
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:30,719
They can use wax resist to stop the glaze attaching to the body
764
00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:32,639
in certain areas. With this piece,
765
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:35,599
there's a decision to leave no glaze on here.
766
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:38,999
And here, they have the daisy pattern that's done with torn pieces
767
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,959
of newspaper and it's a barrier against the other colour.
768
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:43,119
When it's unglazed,
769
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,679
we're going to get this amazing black and where it it's glazed
770
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:47,959
we're getting crackle and colour and shine.
771
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:49,999
This one here is a perfect example.
772
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,639
They've really attacked it with oxides,
773
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:54,519
a raku glaze, to get that crackling,
774
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:56,599
and it really is a pot that's just been fluxed,
775
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,639
melted in the raku kiln.
776
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:03,199
So, the word "raku" means happiness or enjoyment.
777
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:06,719
Yeah. And when I see these pots coming out of the raku process,
778
00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:08,240
I want to be happy.
779
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:14,920
After some dodgy throwing and a poor Spot Test...
780
00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:21,199
..Ryan's now totally reliant on a simple masking approach.
781
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:22,599
Where I take the masking tape off,
782
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,839
it'll carbonate with the combustion and then be black.
783
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,319
It's going to be a contrast, black and white stripes
784
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:30,359
and then I'm going to choose to keep the foot black,
785
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,760
so they almost look like they're elevated off the ground.
786
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,559
My sets are going to be black and white,
787
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:38,919
- so it's positive and negative.
- For his monochrome design,
788
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:42,799
Richard's masking the areas he wants to remain black by painting them
789
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,679
- with wax.
- The top of this will be black,
790
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:47,279
the rest will be a white crackle,
791
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,480
along with the majority of these will be white crackle.
792
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:56,319
Simple can give you some wonderful results.
793
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,359
Whilst her black and white design is also simple...
794
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:00,839
What's Cait doing?
795
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:04,439
..Cait's use of wax is heading in a more complicated direction.
796
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,759
Continuing with the bottle kiln,
797
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:12,319
I'm going to wax-resist away some bars to look a bit like
798
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:15,119
the iron strapping that goes around the bottle kilns.
799
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:16,559
Oh, yes, of course, yeah.
800
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:18,919
And then I'm putting in some copper wiring, as well.
801
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,599
You're actually going to put the copper wiring on and place that
802
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,479
- in the kiln?
- Yeah, and then see what results come out.
803
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:25,759
Wow. OK.
804
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:30,479
But waxing and masking to produce a black and white sake set
805
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:32,679
doesn't suit everyone.
806
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,319
I've got, like, a rough sketch that I'm sort of going off.
807
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:38,959
Turquoise and the red are sort of the traditional colours
808
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,279
of Japanese tattoos. Little sort of scales,
809
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,119
and I'm doing sort of tails to fish,
810
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:46,079
so it's sort of quite expressive strokes.
811
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:48,039
There's a lot of "sort ofs" here.
812
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:49,399
- Yeah.
- I want precision.
813
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:52,279
- Yeah. Fingers crossed.
- I'm not sure about all those uneven tops there,
814
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,599
but it's too late now, you've got to pull it together with the design.
815
00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:57,519
Will do.
816
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,359
I've got my copper oxide, copper-cobalt oxide.
817
00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:02,199
To be honest, I've never done this experiment,
818
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,280
but knowing what's in here, I should kind of predict the outcome.
819
00:39:06,240 --> 00:39:09,799
Nam's black-looking copper and cobalt oxides should produce
820
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:13,479
metallic reds and blues in the heat of the kiln.
821
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:14,839
Putting a bit of splatter effect,
822
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:17,759
knowing that it is a random effect and I can't control it.
823
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,239
What happens if I add random effects on everything?
824
00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:23,559
Would that make it a whole set, because of the randomness?
825
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:25,999
Or am I just being too random?
826
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:30,879
- I don't know.
- After being forced to abandon her curved sake bottle,
827
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:34,879
Freya's hoping to use colour to lift the set she's been left with.
828
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:37,559
- What are you going to do?
- Maybe I can get away with being a bit more
829
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:39,119
adventurous with the glazing.
830
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:40,879
I might do something in the middle there.
831
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,999
Put some copper oxide somewhere in between and some bright colour
832
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,559
and then it'll all kind of filter into the darker carbon
833
00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:49,319
that I'm going to leave this raw at the bottom.
834
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,239
And then I'm going to keep working on it and just add bits and bits.
835
00:39:52,240 --> 00:39:54,439
So you've got a clear design concept, haven't you?
836
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:55,839
Sort of. Yeah.
837
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:56,880
What do you mean, sort of?
838
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:03,639
There's just 45 minutes remaining to decorate the sake sets.
839
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:07,399
I'm using the turquoise base in the inside of my cup on the arrow.
840
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,039
It does run a little bit, so when it runs,
841
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:15,039
it will run into the centre of the cup, like this, and stop there.
842
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:18,359
I want to put two white crackle beads that'll match the rest of
843
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:21,999
the bit, with a red cord around the neck and just hang slightly.
844
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:25,039
I am trying to attach copper wire.
845
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:28,999
I'm hoping it's going to melt a bit and do some interesting stuff
846
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:30,439
when it gets fired.
847
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:33,359
So I've put the copper oxide on and I've just put a white glaze
848
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,799
that's going to crackle. I was thinking of adding, like,
849
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:37,480
red and blue to the palette.
850
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:44,839
Just going to ally my wax resist with the arrow.
851
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:48,079
So this is how the sake cup's going to drink from,
852
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:51,839
so it's almost like pulling the arrow.
853
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:56,599
I've decided to add just a band of red oxide in between the copper
854
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:59,199
and the white. It'll give a punch.
855
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:01,519
I can't paint, that's why I'm dipping them.
856
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,319
What I should do is put red on my little dots, shouldn't I?
857
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,320
They'd be black with little red dots on.
858
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:10,919
Basically, what's going to happen is this is going to be black
859
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:14,359
and then these are going to be organic cracks.
860
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,919
My wax resist design is just strokes of the brush
861
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:20,759
mirroring the flow of the shape, so that'll come out black,
862
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:23,319
the body will be white crackle.
863
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:24,519
That's a bit too light.
864
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:27,440
When you look at, like, tattoo books, it's more that colour.
865
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:32,640
That's pretty turquoise, mate.
866
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,079
- Oh, that's beautiful.
- Is that turquoise?
867
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:37,719
It's a bit dark.
868
00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:39,639
You like your red.
869
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:42,359
I love red. Don't you? Red's gorgeous.
870
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:47,079
Oh, you need to be a, em, physicist.
871
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:48,759
Have you done this before?
872
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:50,159
- No.
- No?
873
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:51,519
No.
874
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:53,039
I'll be glazing the bottom of my pot,
875
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:55,159
which normally is a no-no in ceramics
876
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:58,159
cos there's a very high chance that your pot may get stuck to
877
00:41:58,160 --> 00:41:59,239
the kiln shelf.
878
00:41:59,240 --> 00:42:01,639
Trying to decide whether it's done
879
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:03,600
or whether it can be improved.
880
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:07,839
I'd want to have a red stripey flick.
881
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:10,879
- Erm...
- Two minutes, guys. Two minutes.
882
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:12,519
I'm really, I'm just overthinking it.
883
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:14,479
This is the problem.
884
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:16,239
Sometimes more isn't always good.
885
00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:17,280
Mmm.
886
00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:20,959
This is transparent glaze that will crack.
887
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:23,680
I always overdo everything.
888
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:26,160
What do we have?
889
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:29,599
Adding that last little detail in.
890
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:31,839
Just cos it adds that nice movement.
891
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:33,359
Red iron oxide.
892
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:34,959
It's a last-minute decision.
893
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:36,759
I reckon it's a bit too last-minute.
894
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:39,239
Mmm...
895
00:42:39,240 --> 00:42:41,959
It's looking fairly similar to the drawing so there is method
896
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:43,959
to the madness, even though it does look like
897
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:45,359
a five-year-old's been at it.
898
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:48,479
Just leave it. Just leave it. It's fine.
899
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:49,759
One minute left, potters.
900
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:50,919
One minute left.
901
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:53,040
But you've all finished. Have you all finished?
902
00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:57,000
Even Cait? CAIT LAUGHS
903
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:00,400
Flabber and, indeed, gasted!
904
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:03,759
I think we've finished relatively early
905
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:08,079
because raku is too spontaneous for precise decorations.
906
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:09,599
It's a fairly immediate process
907
00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:11,999
so we get to see the results straightaway.
908
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:15,559
I think of it as like cooking broccoli or something.
909
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:16,919
You don't want to overdo it.
910
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:19,999
The only thing I'm nervous about is actually just dropping them, really.
911
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,919
Totally excited about what's going to happen, but if it goes wrong,
912
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:24,760
I will be more than disappointed.
913
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:31,319
I think I should jump in the canal.
914
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:34,520
# Fire, I'll take you to burn... #
915
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:41,039
Raku is such a volatile process that Rich has had to set up the kilns
916
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:43,719
outside the pottery walls.
917
00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:47,519
First, the potters will place their sake sets in the raku kiln,
918
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:49,679
where the temperature will be rapidly increased
919
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:52,399
to over 1,000 degrees centigrade,
920
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:55,439
then transfer them to bins full of sawdust
921
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,159
and their own choice of combustibles,
922
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:02,359
and then plunge them in cold water and scrub away the carbon
923
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:06,279
in the cleaning area to reveal their raku design.
924
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:08,080
Oh, nerve-racking!
925
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:12,359
Nice and cosy in there.
926
00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:16,359
'The kiln's starting temperature is 200 degrees centigrade.'
927
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:18,559
OK, she's shutting the kiln door.
928
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:22,079
'In a matter of minutes, it'll get five times hotter.'
929
00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:23,959
Whoopee.
930
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:27,079
'The sheer speed of the temperature rise makes this
931
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:29,039
'the most brutal firing in ceramics.'
932
00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:30,199
Let's do this.
933
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:34,679
'And the huge stress the pots are under can lead to explosions.'
934
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:37,879
- Let's close it.
- Yeah.
- OK, go for it.
935
00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:40,479
- Crank it up.
- 'As the temperature soars,
936
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:43,759
'the potters have to prepare metal bins full of sawdust
937
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:45,799
'and their chosen combustibles.'
938
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:48,599
I'm going to supplement the sawdust with beer mats.
939
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:50,799
They are very much used beer mats.
940
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:53,319
I've no idea how it's going to come out.
941
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:56,439
- What is that?
- Just putting some dried rose
942
00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:59,879
and lavender and the flower from my hometown.
943
00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:02,279
- What's the flower from your hometown?
- Gui hua.
944
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:04,519
- Gui hua.
- Yes, very good.
945
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:05,719
This is silver nitrate.
946
00:45:05,720 --> 00:45:09,959
It will help have more of a flaming effect on my pots.
947
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:13,279
- And what's this?
- My sister's dreads.
- Has she done it specially for you?
948
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:15,039
She's been planning to cut them for ages.
949
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:17,479
I don't know what these are going to do so it's going to be
950
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:20,559
a bit of guesswork. It's going to really stink, though.
951
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:22,319
We're at 970.
952
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:24,199
Have a quick look.
953
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:26,839
'When to remove their sake sets from the kiln
954
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:28,959
'is entirely up to the potters.'
955
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:30,759
It's quite tricky to tell.
956
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:33,199
We're at 985 degrees.
957
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:34,359
'Remove them too soon
958
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:37,399
'and their glazes won't have had time to react with the clay
959
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:40,599
'or produce raku's signature crackle.'
960
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:42,079
994 you're at.
961
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:44,319
Oh, gosh.
962
00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:48,759
'Left too long and the glaze will simply melt and run off the pots.'
963
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:50,359
This is your raku firing.
964
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:53,480
You decide. It's up to 1,000 now.
965
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:56,359
It's really hard.
966
00:45:56,360 --> 00:45:59,520
- Go for it.
- I think I'm going to go for it.
967
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:03,200
OK, nice and steady.
968
00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:09,919
- Whee-hee! Ooh.
- OK, good girl.
969
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:12,239
Nice and steady.
970
00:46:12,240 --> 00:46:13,479
Oh, it's hot.
971
00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:15,839
- Oh, it's hot, hot, hot.
- That's it.
972
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:16,880
Chuck it all in.
973
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:19,599
'Once the lid of the bin is shut,
974
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:23,879
'the burning combustibles starve the sake sets of oxygen in a process
975
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:25,479
'called reduction.
976
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:27,919
'Without oxygen, carbon is created,
977
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:31,559
'turning the unglazed areas black and creating chaotic colours
978
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:35,119
'and textures where the pots have been decorated.'
979
00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:37,079
They're shiny, shimmery.
980
00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:38,999
Right, I'm good to go.
981
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,880
Absolutely no rush here, Richard, take your time.
982
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:46,720
Feeling good, let's do this!
983
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:51,239
- Yes.
- Sprinkle it off. Sprinkle it on.
984
00:46:51,240 --> 00:46:53,279
That's it.
985
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:56,480
I'm going to put it in. I totally know what I'm doing.
986
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:04,199
'Elaine has raided the family banana business for her combustibles.'
987
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:07,639
- It's good.
- Sprinkle your banana skins on top.
988
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:09,920
- See what happens. Put them on the big one.
- Yes.
989
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:12,879
1,010.
990
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:14,719
- 1,010.
- 11.
991
00:47:14,720 --> 00:47:16,639
12.
992
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:19,879
Yeah, kill the gas. It's like the Krypton Factor.
993
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:22,159
'James and Ryan are the only two potters
994
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:24,199
'not relying solely on reduction.'
995
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:26,319
- Ooh!
- I'm actually going to use my beakers out here.
996
00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:27,999
I'm actually going to put them in the bin.
997
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:29,359
So they're not going to be reduced
998
00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:31,719
and they will still go black cos they're still going to burn,
999
00:47:31,720 --> 00:47:34,359
because I want to control the carbon a little bit if I can.
1000
00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:36,479
My secret weapon. Beard hair.
1001
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:38,879
Nice. What are you going to do? Are you going to sprinkle that?
1002
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:40,439
Yeah, I'm going to kind of throw it.
1003
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:41,919
Like a bit of seasoning.
1004
00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:43,640
Yeah. Please work!
1005
00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:48,600
Oh, it's caught on it. Beard flying off there into the canal.
1006
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:53,279
Ryan's hair is a little longer.
1007
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:55,559
So this has come from Misty the little rescue pony.
1008
00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:57,039
Yes, Misty's tail.
1009
00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:58,559
So she's very generous.
1010
00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:02,199
What I've done is just cut the horse hair down so I can sort of swirl in
1011
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:04,639
the pot a little bit and create some, sort of, lines.
1012
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:05,999
That's the idea.
1013
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,040
THEY LAUGH
1014
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:11,839
They're looking OK-ish.
1015
00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:15,639
As you see, the flames accentuates the copper
1016
00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:17,720
and that formulates in a rainbow effect.
1017
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:24,800
Hello, big boy!
1018
00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:40,119
Right, I don't want to drop this.
1019
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:42,240
Wow! Handled like a pro.
1020
00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:46,279
At the moment, they're covered in carbon.
1021
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:47,799
So I need to clean it up first.
1022
00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:51,439
'The potters will have no idea how the raku firing has transformed
1023
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:54,199
'their glazes until they scrub away the carbon.'
1024
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:55,319
They've come out all right.
1025
00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:56,679
I think they're in one piece.
1026
00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:58,959
That inside's so lovely.
1027
00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:01,559
I'm not sure the banana peel did anything.
1028
00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:04,519
The copper has kind of fused with the glaze here.
1029
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:06,719
That's quite cool.
1030
00:49:06,720 --> 00:49:07,799
I am fairly happy.
1031
00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:10,719
It's something that I would really love to put in my own house.
1032
00:49:10,720 --> 00:49:12,959
Ryan, what about your delicate bottoms?
1033
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:14,839
- HE LAUGHS
- Yeah, they're all right.
1034
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:16,079
They stayed put, which is good.
1035
00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:18,039
- You can see all the horse hair.
- Oh, it's gorgeous.
1036
00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:20,599
It just sort of stays, really.
1037
00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:22,920
I'm pleasantly surprised, I think.
1038
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:25,439
Where's the beard marks?
1039
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:28,319
Ah, there's a few. This one's got a bunch at the bottom.
1040
00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:31,039
Very nice. It's great.
1041
00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:33,759
Raku did the magic and the arrow does show.
1042
00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:36,279
But whether this is up to the standard,
1043
00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:39,360
among these talented potters, I really don't know.
1044
00:49:45,720 --> 00:49:49,759
I quite like how the copper wires worked with the glaze.
1045
00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:53,479
The glaze has sort of melted over it and it's held it in place.
1046
00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:56,319
There are times when you make a pot and you look at it, and you say,
1047
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:59,999
"Yeah, that's me." I think I've done that with the raku bottle.
1048
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:03,559
My piece has come out pretty much as what I expected it to do.
1049
00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:07,399
But then I look at other people's pieces - a lot more interesting!
1050
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,399
A lot of people have stuck with that white crackle.
1051
00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:11,919
I mean, there's a totally different style within those glazes,
1052
00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:16,279
but mine is like a totally different style AND a totally different glaze.
1053
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:18,759
So, yeah, I can't say I've played it safe.
1054
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:21,239
I think the Spot Test for me was a bit of a failure.
1055
00:50:21,240 --> 00:50:23,799
Hopefully the sake set's pulled that back.
1056
00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:26,480
If the middle's there, I'll be like here.
1057
00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:37,679
Elaine, if you'd like to come up,
1058
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:39,800
please, bring your sake set to the front for judging.
1059
00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:56,719
I love the way the design carries across the whole set,
1060
00:50:56,720 --> 00:50:58,519
from the bottle to the cups.
1061
00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:00,319
This red here is fantastic.
1062
00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:02,359
Maybe you could have done that on the whole thing
1063
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:04,079
because there is quite a lot of black there.
1064
00:51:04,080 --> 00:51:05,559
I think the turning is good.
1065
00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:10,279
It is surprising how this beautifully-bellied bottle
1066
00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:11,760
seems to hold so much.
1067
00:51:21,720 --> 00:51:24,399
I think the set hangs together very well.
1068
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:26,159
The cups are fairly identical.
1069
00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:28,119
This one's slightly larger.
1070
00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:31,639
I'm loving this little reaction here at the rim.
1071
00:51:31,640 --> 00:51:34,519
But this is looking fairly bland here.
1072
00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:37,199
I really like this little tiny bit of resist here.
1073
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:39,479
And I think it is really masculine.
1074
00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:42,119
There's a toughness about it which I haven't seen you do.
1075
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:44,879
There's a bit of dripping coming back around the rim.
1076
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:46,280
- Just a bit heavy.
- Mmm.
1077
00:51:57,560 --> 00:52:00,879
- This copper wiring that you've put round here, it is beautiful.
- Mmm.
1078
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:02,559
But it is very, very subtle.
1079
00:52:02,560 --> 00:52:04,839
It's a shame there isn't more of a reaction.
1080
00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:06,759
I also think the brick ovens, if you look at them,
1081
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:08,359
there's a height that was missed.
1082
00:52:08,360 --> 00:52:11,999
That bottle kiln could have come up just to accentuate
1083
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:15,959
- that lovely bottle shape.
- But if I went into a top Japanese restaurant
1084
00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:19,120
and they served me sake from this, I'd think it was pretty cool.
1085
00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:34,039
I really love the way the raku is really shown to a very high degree.
1086
00:52:34,040 --> 00:52:37,279
It just looks like true alchemy and it's fantastic to hold.
1087
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:41,319
- KEITH CHUCKLES
- Yeah.
- It's brilliant.
1088
00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:43,079
You've done a fantastic job.
1089
00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:44,599
And I'm really liking this base.
1090
00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:48,520
You've got a really competent control over the turning.
1091
00:52:49,600 --> 00:52:51,160
It's pouring nicely.
1092
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:54,040
And it's really nice on the lips.
1093
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:05,519
It looks just slightly under-fired.
1094
00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:08,279
I think you've probably taken it out a bit too early.
1095
00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:12,359
The glaze hasn't quite melted to its optimum condition.
1096
00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:16,519
They're sort of flat at the top and they're sort of round at the top.
1097
00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:19,639
I think it could've been executed a lot better.
1098
00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:21,079
Obviously, there's a slight drip.
1099
00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:22,719
I'm not filling them to the top
1100
00:53:22,720 --> 00:53:24,680
because you wouldn't have that much sake.
1101
00:53:27,320 --> 00:53:28,879
It's not brilliant to drink from.
1102
00:53:28,880 --> 00:53:29,920
No.
1103
00:53:37,240 --> 00:53:42,759
I have to say, it's a very definite, constructed design.
1104
00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:44,599
It's absolutely brilliant.
1105
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:48,599
You've taken the essence of raku, you can see the control in there.
1106
00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:51,679
This... This is fantastic.
1107
00:53:51,680 --> 00:53:52,880
It's fantastic!
1108
00:53:54,720 --> 00:53:56,519
The inside, you can see the horse hair,
1109
00:53:56,520 --> 00:53:58,719
you can see you tickling the horse hair.
1110
00:53:58,720 --> 00:54:01,639
I think there's so much movement and so much geometry
1111
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:04,120
and I think that's really, really well done.
1112
00:54:11,560 --> 00:54:13,599
One thing I do love is this.
1113
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:17,639
This is fantastic. This has been applied to this bottle
1114
00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:19,799
but it looks like it's grown out of it.
1115
00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:22,039
It's kind of got this throat, hasn't it?
1116
00:54:22,040 --> 00:54:24,999
And it bends back and it's in sympathy, actually,
1117
00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:26,639
with your design.
1118
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:28,919
- It's a lovely pourer, lovely.
- Thank you.
1119
00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:30,879
Feels great.
1120
00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:33,119
Uh-oh. We're missing a bit.
1121
00:54:33,120 --> 00:54:34,559
Cups could've been smaller.
1122
00:54:34,560 --> 00:54:35,919
The spout could've been higher.
1123
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:40,799
More volume in your jug and less volume in your cups.
1124
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:45,480
TRANSLATION:
1125
00:54:49,720 --> 00:54:52,639
For me, the cups, they're a bit on the shallow side.
1126
00:54:52,640 --> 00:54:55,039
It would've been nice to see a bit more depth.
1127
00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:57,119
It's very striking that you've got this arrow.
1128
00:54:57,120 --> 00:54:59,159
It's been wonderfully executed.
1129
00:54:59,160 --> 00:55:01,319
And then you've got this fabulous rainbow here,
1130
00:55:01,320 --> 00:55:03,639
going through all sorts of colours, actually.
1131
00:55:03,640 --> 00:55:04,999
You have turned under the bottle
1132
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:06,919
but there could've been more weight taken away.
1133
00:55:06,920 --> 00:55:08,919
You could've been more concise and I feel that was
1134
00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:10,120
a slight waste of time.
1135
00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:17,919
While the potters take a well-earned break,
1136
00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:21,199
the judges have two difficult decisions to make.
1137
00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:22,759
Let's start off with the good stuff.
1138
00:55:22,760 --> 00:55:24,399
Potter Of The Week, who's in the running?
1139
00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:25,799
For me, Nam is up there.
1140
00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:29,199
The reaction he got with his glazes, the shapes, everything,
1141
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:32,879
it just all came together in that volcanic way that raku does.
1142
00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:35,559
High in the running really for me, as well, is Freya.
1143
00:55:35,560 --> 00:55:40,199
She's made a really elemental, complex and finely-thrown piece.
1144
00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:41,439
And let's not forget Ryan.
1145
00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:43,839
The delicacy of those cups that he's done.
1146
00:55:43,840 --> 00:55:46,959
I think his experience meant that he treated them very gently.
1147
00:55:46,960 --> 00:55:48,479
And sadly, someone's got to leave us.
1148
00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:50,679
- Have you made up your minds?
- Well, it's tight, isn't it?
1149
00:55:50,680 --> 00:55:52,599
- It's hard.
- It really is hard.
1150
00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:56,359
Cait, if she'd only just thrown it slightly thinner.
1151
00:55:56,360 --> 00:55:59,479
One minute more, another few centimetres up here,
1152
00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:01,319
it would have been a contender.
1153
00:56:01,320 --> 00:56:05,039
For me, James hasn't really used the true essence of raku.
1154
00:56:05,040 --> 00:56:07,319
He's used no oxides whatsoever.
1155
00:56:07,320 --> 00:56:10,399
I heard, "Sort of, sort of, sort of," with James so often
1156
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:11,919
and it's frustrating.
1157
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:15,839
If only he had shown the same discipline and clarity
1158
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:17,639
that he showed at the Spot Test.
1159
00:56:17,640 --> 00:56:21,280
And let's not forget, the whole thing is slightly under-fired.
1160
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:30,879
Well, potters, there's been much fiery debate
1161
00:56:30,880 --> 00:56:32,879
but the judges have made their decisions.
1162
00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:34,799
So, let's start with the good stuff first.
1163
00:56:34,800 --> 00:56:35,959
And Pot Of The Week.
1164
00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:39,880
- Over to you, Keith.
- So, the Pot Of The Week this week is...
1165
00:56:44,520 --> 00:56:47,480
- ..Nam's bottle.
- Ey!
- Woo!
1166
00:56:49,640 --> 00:56:52,519
The bottle form and shape is fantastic
1167
00:56:52,520 --> 00:56:54,799
and it's a really true representative
1168
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:56,679
of the raku technique.
1169
00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:58,959
- Thank you.
- Now for the more difficult part,
1170
00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:02,119
because somebody has got to leave the pottery.
1171
00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:04,960
And the person leaving the pottery this week is...
1172
00:57:10,240 --> 00:57:12,679
It's James.
1173
00:57:12,680 --> 00:57:14,479
Oh, James!
1174
00:57:14,480 --> 00:57:18,159
Oh, we're going to miss you so much.
1175
00:57:18,160 --> 00:57:19,479
Bring it in!
1176
00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:23,639
I was kind of ready to go, you know, I've done what I set out to do.
1177
00:57:23,640 --> 00:57:25,319
I've stuck to my style.
1178
00:57:25,320 --> 00:57:28,519
I knew it was going to be a toss-up today, to be honest with you.
1179
00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:30,479
He did so well in his Spot Test
1180
00:57:30,480 --> 00:57:33,239
but he just really left us no choice at all.
1181
00:57:33,240 --> 00:57:37,159
His raku just wasn't representative of the raku technique
1182
00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:38,959
and it was such a shame.
1183
00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:43,639
But I'm really surprised that I'm here and James has been sent home
1184
00:57:43,640 --> 00:57:47,319
cos I think his sake set was much more functional than mine.
1185
00:57:47,320 --> 00:57:50,439
When you're in a class and your best friends aren't sitting next to you,
1186
00:57:50,440 --> 00:57:52,799
you just... You've got no-one to mess around with.
1187
00:57:52,800 --> 00:57:55,599
So now, I suppose, I can just knuckle down a bit more.
1188
00:57:55,600 --> 00:58:00,759
Nam's Pot Of The Week, it would stand up, for me, in any exhibition.
1189
00:58:00,760 --> 00:58:04,919
Nam's sake set is the third piece to make it into the gallery.
1190
00:58:04,920 --> 00:58:09,519
He embodied raku and the essence of raku with this great whirlwind,
1191
00:58:09,520 --> 00:58:12,279
this great whisk, this great galaxy of oxides.
1192
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:13,839
Beautifully done.
1193
00:58:13,840 --> 00:58:16,279
I feel excited and happy in a way.
1194
00:58:16,280 --> 00:58:20,479
But there's a sad, deep sorrow that my friend James left.
1195
00:58:20,480 --> 00:58:23,239
So I came here as quite a good potter,
1196
00:58:23,240 --> 00:58:25,119
I'm definitely leaving as a better one.
1197
00:58:25,120 --> 00:58:28,000
But I'm pleased with what I did, so I can leave on a high, for sure.
1198
00:58:32,120 --> 00:58:33,999
- 'Next time...'
- Oh!
1199
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:35,159
'..it's Garden Week...'
1200
00:58:35,160 --> 00:58:38,199
Roses are red, your face is, too, a little bit.
1201
00:58:38,200 --> 00:58:41,119
'..and the potters face a pretty thorny Spot Test...'
1202
00:58:41,120 --> 00:58:44,319
We've got to make a dozen, that's mad.
1203
00:58:44,320 --> 00:58:46,639
..a Throw Down that pushes them to the edge...
1204
00:58:46,640 --> 00:58:47,680
Come on!
1205
00:58:48,680 --> 00:58:52,159
..and they grapple with almost 300 kilos of clay...
1206
00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:56,599
- Simple.
- I don't think I've ever thrown something as big as this!
1207
00:58:56,600 --> 00:58:58,800
..to produce epic water features.
1208
00:58:59,880 --> 00:59:01,999
Blood may flow on this one.
1209
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:05,160
I think the neighbours are going to be like, "Harold, we're moving!"
99610
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