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No, this isn't the bit between the programs
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in the 1960's.
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It's week two and I'm determined to nail this.
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Welcome back to The Great Pottery Throw Down.
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Previously on The Great Pottery Throw Down.
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Parish councillor took on a builder.
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This is where the panic kicks in.
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An interior designer.
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Take a deep breath and see what happens.
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A project manager. -These are small ones.
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A farmer's daughter.
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These pots are an ode to my granny's.
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A vet. -Breaks my heart.
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And a rock and roll singer.
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Put your feet up watch everyone else panicking.
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But it was retired army major Tom who triumphed.
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Just dip and pray.
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And became the competition's first
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top potter.
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And with Matthew just clinging on,
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Rekia was asked to leave the pottery.
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If it was down to attitude Rekia wins hands down.
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Yes.
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Now ceramic artist Kate Malone
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and master potter Keith Brymer Jones
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have set 3 more challenges.
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You're not going to get it in tonight.
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Including a huge main make.
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Oh my God.
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For the smallest room. -Fantastic.
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A spot test. -I haven't started.
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That requires instant creativity.
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I feel like I'm 6 year old in an art lesson.
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It will be play time soon.
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And a throw down that no one saw coming.
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Nice and delicate there Jane, well done.
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Well, it's first time I have been called delicate.
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Thank you very much.
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Middleport works around the clock.
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And with Reika heading home they are about
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to embark on another grueling week.
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At the end of which one potter will have to leave.
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Good evening Potters, welcome back to the pottery.
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Hello.
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We are about to unveil your latest main make.
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What is it Kate?
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You have to make a wash basin
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and you are gonna be making it using hand rolled coils.
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What I wanna see is originality.
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You're making something you cant get in the shops
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and I want that extra 10% please, really go for it.
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Now this basin
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wants to be no more than 40 cms wide, 17 cms deep,
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and to fit a conventional British standard plug,
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32 ml wide.
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So, you've got 7 days to make fire
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and decorate your basins
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and then present them to the judges.
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Are you ready? Lets do it.
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Okay and calm. Lets make this basin.
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Creating a spectacular washbasin
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is a daunting task but doing it all by hand makes
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it an epic test of the potter's touch and creativity.
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First of all they'll have to use coils of clay
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to build their basins, dry them over night,
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trim and hand finish them.
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Dry them over night again
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before their first 24-hour firing.
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Then they will be glazed, fired for a final time
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and presented to Kate and Keith.
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Ceramics is used in many parts of the house,
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and here we are in the bathroom.
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Yeah, we are actually asking them to coil a basin.
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What we really want to see is them using
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with the coiling technique is
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rolling good and consistent coils.
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They need to be round, they can be flat.
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But also we want to see the bond between
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the two coils that's a weak point.
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But I want to see them really from
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the start knitting those coils together.
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It has to be practical, this is a real practical object.
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The potters need to really think about fitting
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the plug nice and flush otherwise it's gonna leak
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and you can't have a leaky basin.
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I think they are gonna have a lot of fun with this one.
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In this first stage the potters have three hours
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to build the basic structure of their basins.
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They're using a technique over 15,000 years old.
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Hand rolling ropes of clay and then coiling them
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one on top of the other.
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Long before the wheel, this method enabled humans
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to build taller and thicker vessels
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than anything made before.
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I love this technique, twist your hands
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and a bit of clay, we're back to basics.
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My experience of coil pottery is very limited.
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Mainly 'cause I don't like coil pottery.
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It's not something I choose to do
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I think of any other method of making.
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When I am trying to roll it into a perfect sausage
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it's kind of going flat like that.
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Which my students will enjoy seeing
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because that's what happens to them
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and I say, "Guys you are just not doing it right."
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Mr. Wilcock he's a very exciting teacher.
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He like to crack a few jokes,
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he does makes a very enjoyable lesson.
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When I first saw we gonna do ceramics,
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I was like...
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Because thought we were making pots all day
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but he's made it really fun.
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I really like his hair.
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Yeah, his hair is really cool.
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It's a mould I have made myself,
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however, it's not the best mould in the world
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'cause I dropped it as soon as it was dry
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'cause I was in such a rush.
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The potters may use a forma or mould
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to hold their basin shape as they build
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but only Matthew has made his own.
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My plan for attack is build the basin within the plant pot.
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Lets give it a go.
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Basically mirroring the colander then it will hold up.
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Not done many of these.
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None, so it's a little bit risky.
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One potter has raided
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their children's toy cupboard to get the perfect shape.
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This is a space hopper, filled with air.
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I have taken some of the air out.
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If I use my legs to push it together I will be able to move
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and manipulate to get it into the form that I want.
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This is hours of sustained physical exercise.
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It will be fine, she says.
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First week we were going out together,
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saying Jane getting stuck into potting.
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I just thought it was amazing. Someone creating something
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that good right in front of your eyes.
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The kids love the fact that she is created these pots
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and then they love eating their breakfast out of them as well.
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Mummy, did you make the big pots in the gardens?
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- Yes I did. -I like them.
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And it's the garden
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that Jane's drawn inspiration form for her basin.
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Tell us what you're doing please Jane.
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I am taking inspiration from the flower form.
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Pansies, playing God a little bit.
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In that I'm just undulating this back form
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and that's where the tap will come through.
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It's very nice to see some asymmetry,
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because that's what you can do with hand building, isn't?
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Starting off like this
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and then I'm gonna flip it over onto my forma.
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I'm using half a globe wrapped in an old sheet.
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Sandra has taken
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the hand building brief further than anyone else.
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I'm going to be building without a form really.
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I haven't got a form. I don't want one actually,
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'cause it doesn't make sense to me.
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She is planning a contemporary
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free form oval basin.
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I am going to put this in here to support it.
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It's very common in African countries to build upside down.
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I say it is common, I have watched it on YouTube.
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Creating like a crosshatch pattern on the clay and then
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then you put some water on top it almost acts like a network
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and a glue to then stick the clay together.
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This is a technique potters
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called scoring & slipping.
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Which helps to bonds the coils together.
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But if they leave any air between the bonded coils
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it will expand in the heat of the kiln.
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Causing them to rip apart, destroying the basin.
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Really making sure I crosshatch and get my scores very deep.
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Smooth all the clay together, really compress it
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and hope that I don't get any cracks.
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Here is my tangerine dream.
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Does that feel as good as it looks it feels?
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Yeah, it do.
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I'm actually building
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a sink that's gonna lock at the top of a pipe.
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I do take inspirations from the work I do on a day to day basis.
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Is it true that your Mrs. says, "Lets find you a hobby."
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You plumped for a bit of pottery.
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Yeah.
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And now your Mrs. is like, "Why did I suggest the hobby?
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And now don't how my husband looks like.
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'Cause he's off doing clay stuff all the time."
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- Is that true? -Basically yes.
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What a lovely wife though to look after you like that.
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- She's there. -Here she is.
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She is lovely and you got two daughters.
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Not three wives.
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Matthew is going beyond just
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building with his coils.
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I have got swirly design with coils.
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It's strikes me that's the reason for coil building.
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I love traditional techniques, old techniques.
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My tutor at uni always said I was
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born a few generations too late.
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But Matthew's coil design technique
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is more than a few generations old.
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I was the very earliest coiling pottery.
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Appears to be decorative in the Neolithic period.
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Even with functional pots
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they used to find all kinds of beautiful patterning.
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There seems to be this desire for decoration.
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It's almost a profound need
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to decorate an object that you've made.
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And so, you'll find all kinds
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of beautiful linear patterning on these vessels.
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It's not just Matthew that's rediscovered
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the ancient profound need to decorate with coils.
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I wanted to show that you
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could do something really good with coils.
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Here we go, nicely smooth on the inside.
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And the outside surface should expose the nice shape....
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secret.
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Is there a secret technique I should know about?
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I thought we were here to help each other Tom.
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Absolutely, but not too much.
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You're getting competitive Tom?
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It's almost like you wanna win or something.
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It's almost as if he wants to be potter of the week.
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He just wants to take part.
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Pack it in chaps.
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Tom is competitive, I think you have to be
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from the background he's had in the army.
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Pottery is fantastic.
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You want to do some drawing, on here.
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When my dad's potting
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I miss him but at the same time I'm proud of him.
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I don't like some of his jugs and his cups.
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- What? -'Cause I don't like them.
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I don't feel particularly under pressure, that might change.
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Potter's, one hour. You have one hour remaining.
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I get quite anxious in that last hour, it's going by.
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I'm gonna go for it hell for leather.
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Jim thinks he's found a way
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of easing time pressure.
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As you can see, I'm actually making this very big coils.
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What I do, squash that to size like that
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and you're sort of saving every other time
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with the number of coils you are making.
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He really enjoys potting.
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I think that was how he met my mum.
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Well, I went to do the pottery classes
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and Jim sold his mugs and pots and things to the class.
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I bought a mug. It wasn't love at first sight.
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But it wasn't until 2 years down the line
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that we actually got together as couple.
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Does she still have that mug?
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He borrowed it, put it on the top of his van
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and drove off with it on the top of the van.
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So, I have never let him forget that he broke my mug
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that brought us together.
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- How is it going then? -I think it's going all right.
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I've got into a bit of a panic at the start
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'cause I wanted to get as much done as quickly as possible.
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'Cause I don't make pots, I have never made one.
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- Have you not? -No.
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- Its big. -Yeah.
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Bath one of my kids in there. The 10 year old.
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My idea is to have it really smooth inside the bowl.
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And then I want to pull that up and create
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a very kind of free fluid kind of organic edging to it.
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It's gonna be high textured.
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And just trying create a bit more drama,
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so rather having a prefect round bowl
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I want it to actually be quite imperfect.
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The potters are approaching
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the end of the building stage
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and James is adding a little texture
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to the rim of his basin.
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I'm gonna have just check it doesn't get too sharp as well.
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'Cause sometimes when you pull clay to quite an edge
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it can be a bit sharp so the last thing you want
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to do is like cut your hands as you
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kind of going into the basin.
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I keep changing my mind what to do.
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Sally Jo still hasn't decided
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on the shape of her sink.
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I was just going to be circular,
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basically mirroring the colander.
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And I was originally just gonna keep it round
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with a straight rim.
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But actually I thought I could make
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something more sculptural of it.
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So, I have completely changed what I was gonna do.
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I am literally making it up as I go along.
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Okay guys you really need to be finishing up now.
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- You've got 15 minutes left. -Bugger.
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The hand built structures the potters commit
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to the drying process can't be altered.
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Their sink shape is about to be fixed.
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I really hope this technical will stand up.
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I think the principal of this definitely works,
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I have seen it done before.
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It's starting to sag now that's the thing.
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I'm gonna put a rim on top of that pot
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to create a nice finish.
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Do this quick and then put it back in or it can collapse.
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I actually broke in two pieces which I wasn't planning for
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with 10 minutes to go.
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So, not quite sure where to go with this actually.
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Don't spoil now.
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Come on baby, I know it will work.
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Just centring myself, back in the room.
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This will hopefully prevent it
from slumping and making me cry.
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I think I might just
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put another piece of this and splice a piece in.
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Take a breath, don't panic.
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30 seconds guys.
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30 seconds, put a blanket over them, give them kisses.
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More, more, more.
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- Okay five, four, three, two, one step back please.
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It's very feminine bowl, isn't it?
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Are you trying to say it's a bit vaginal?
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- You are, aren't you? -Its gorgeous.
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You clearly haven't seen enough of them.
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That's all I am saying.
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♪ A bit day with the rising sun ♪
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Despite a late finish,
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the potters are straight back to work.
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Their sinks have dried over night.
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But before they can continue working
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they will have to free them from their Forma's
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I'll just turn it over and lift it off.
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Cracking is the thing I'm a little bit concerned about,
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if I'm honest.
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I can see you're just at the verge of turning it over.
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I am, yes.
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So, we can watch and see the inside.
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So' we'll watch, yeah. No pressure.
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I do love this bit but
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I also have a lot of trepidation that goes into it.
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Hand coiled clay has a high risk
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of cracking during drying.
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But freeing the sinks could make those cracks much worse.
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Moment of truth.
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Yeah, I'm fairly happy with that. A little bit of tiding up.
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Go easy, go easy.
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- Are you pleased with that? -Yeah.
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- I think it's okay. -It's not in good shape
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but I think I can say it was well done.
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Bloody hell that weighs a ton.
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Oh my God Matt. Beautifully done.
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The power of the dreadlocks.
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I'm just gonna cut the mould in half. Get it off now.
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Yes, it's coming out all right.
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I think that's all right.
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Come on baby.
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The potter's now have 90 minutes
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to hand finish the surface of their dried basins.
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It's still quite malleable and I can cut away.
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I'm just gonna give it a little bit of something.
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It's a wonderfully therapeutic thing to do.
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Yesterday, lump of clay and now we've got these things
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that have risen out of nothing.
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This is the opportunity for
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them to do something special for themselves.
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This is their character.
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There is a certain amount of poetic license here.
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This will be smooth.
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Just have to keep working it and working it and working it.
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Pottery is a form of meditation.
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I had a lot of sadness at the beginning
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of last year when my husband past away.
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About probably two months I didn't make anything.
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But I did play with clay a lot.
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And it was a way of releasing emotions.
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Since Mel passed on it's something she can do.
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It's something she can go out and put her soul into.
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It has helped her throughout the last 16 odd months, a lot.
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This is called sprigging. You have a plaster mould.
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In this case I have three ammonites and a trilobite.
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Press the clay into the mould like soap.
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I have quite an extensive fossil collection.
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These little chaps are 435 million years old.
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But I just love them, geology it's a bit like clay
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because it's all about the earth
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from when it was a ball of molten lava right up to today.
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What is clay?
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If you think of volcanoes and you think of magma,
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heat, very, very hot.
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The weather in action of that magma creates clay.
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So, it's the wearing down process over millions
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and millions of years that creates these flat platelets
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that you can slide bit of water it sticks together.
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And it tells you the whole history of the planet.
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And it's fascinating, absolutely fascinating.
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Geology is the only subject
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that I was ever any good at or really enjoyed.
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The finishing on Jim's first ever attempt,
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a coil pot is also inspired by the natural world.
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The idea is nautical theme, turtle image.
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I have always had a thing for turtles
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they are sort of the granddaddies
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of the ocean kind of thing.
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They live to great ages and I have always
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had a sentimental thing for them.
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Having changed her mind about
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the shape of her basin, Sally Jo is working on the design.
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Well, originally it was inspired by nature.
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I'm gonna create two rivers
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and a couple of fish on the bottom one.
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And they are gonna be gold to relate to the colour of the tap.
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I'm pleased I changed the shape with this.
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It's not what I planned but now I'm pleased
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I think it's a much nicer shape now.
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Having textured the rim of his basin,
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James is now working on the inside.
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It's kind of rock inspired, so the sea side rather
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than forcing it to become a sink.
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I want it to almost look like as though someone has found it
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and thought that will make a good sink. So, that's the idea.
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So, all textures, all edges, I have noticed I'm the only one
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really in the room doing that. So, it's a bit of a gamble.
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Confidence is a big thing for James.
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It was just four years ago
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that he really sort of took on pottery.
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He brought his first pieces home and sort of thought,
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"This is interesting,
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I am sure it can be worked on a little bit."
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And just even a month later they were incredible.
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A heat shaped dish, he made that for me.
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It's a really nice crimpled edge, and I think he likes
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to sort of emphasize, that's his style.
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So, James it's nice to see that texture.
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Pushing, squeezing. -Really?
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- Yeah, I mean it. -On the basin?
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Yeah, wait till the end. Lets see, Mr. Practical.
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Okay.
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I'm sure it will split their opinion.
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I don't think Keith is looking
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at it too favourably at the moment. But what can you do?
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I have chosen the bed and now I have got to lie on it.
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I love it, it's a beautiful form, it's so simple form.
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Simple forms are often just the best.
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When people wash their hands in that
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they're gonna be transported to aspect or Greek times.
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They're just textures that I have had
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all the kids do from school.
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That is so nice, basically you are put the children
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to work when you teach at this school.
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Nigel, how are you getting on?
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More or less there.
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The finishing on Nigel's basin
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is as straight forward as its design.
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That's the building side.
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Yeah, that's the builders side of you.
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I'm sort of liking this character coming out of you.
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I probably would have used a different process
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to make the sink.
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I could over work it to make it too
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crisp but then you kind of think,
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"Well, what was the point in coiling it?"
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Yeah, sure.
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- It's a bit... -But it's amazing, isn't it?
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That the simpler the form sometimes
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the harder it is to actually
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Yeah, to get the crispness of it.
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- That's it. -Smooth it off a bit.
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Sandra's simple form is still standing
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without its paper support.
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It's not a flowery thing,
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it's very contemporary look I'm going for.
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Beautiful bellies, sexy really.
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I say sexy, I tell you now, too late.
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I do remember being younger,
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she used to make bowls with paper Mache.
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I remember her being really frustrated
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that it wouldn't come out the shape that she wanted it.
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So, it's seems the movement from that to clay
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was just a natural progression.
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I like she makes from the crockery,
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the plate and stuffs.
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When I have friends around they're like...
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Yeah, my mum made that. We don't go to Ikea for nothing.
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How does your mum cope with stress and pressure?
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She doesn't.
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Smoothing is something I do all the time
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but the time constraints is what's killing me.
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With every smoothing stroke,
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Sandra's unsupported basin will move
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which could weaken the clay.
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I'm a bit scared.
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Keep powering through you'll be rich.
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Sandra, I brought some tights with me.
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Tie them round and they support your bowl.
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Excellent idea.
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They're black I thought I bought flesh coloured.
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Flesh clothes are on your flesh or my flesh.
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Sweetie. -It is all about the colour.
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I don't want it too kind of perfect.
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So, I have just pushed and pulled it a big,
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chopped a few bits out, curled a couple of sections in.
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As well as finishing their surfaces....
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This was a nightlight.
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There is another feature
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to add before the basins head to the kiln.
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And I think it's the right size for the plug.
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They must cut a hole for a standard British plug.
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But as clay shrinks in the kiln by up to 15%.
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See how it goes, trial by fire.
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I have to double check it.
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It isn't straight forward.
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Work out shrinkage. I don't guess at all,
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I just know exactly what it's gonna be.
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It's a really ropey hole.
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It's a sink.
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How are you for time do you think, hang on?
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One minute potters.
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In which case I am quite pushed for time.
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Yeah, I'm pretty confident I got it about right.
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All under control.
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With their surfaces finished
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the basins will now have to dry before their first firing.
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Go on Nigel.
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Because of their size it's a process
522
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,000
that will take 72 hours.
523
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,000
The potters face an agonizing wait.
524
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,000
It's our technician Richie's job
525
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,000
to get the basins to their first firing.
526
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,000
All the basins have had a couple of day's to dry.
527
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000
I'm just gonna be really cautious to make sure all of
528
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,000
this makes it to the kiln safely.
529
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,000
Well, given the sheer size of the basins,
530
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,000
this won't be a standard biscuit firing.
531
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000
As you can see from Sally Jo's piece here
532
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:04,000
there is still a lot of moisture left in the clay.
533
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000
You wouldn't normally fire the pots
534
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,000
with them in this sort of state.
535
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,000
Otherwise these pots would just explode in the kiln
536
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000
and I wouldn't be very popular.
537
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,000
So, that's why I'm gonna put
538
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,000
a 50 degree firing on for the night.
539
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,000
It's not gonna be hot enough for the water to boil
540
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,000
but it'll just allow for that moisture to come off the clay.
541
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,000
And then tomorrow this will go on
542
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:29,000
for a standard biscuit firing straight up to 900 degrees.
543
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,000
Which will turn it from clay into ceramic.
544
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000
That's our kiln loaded and ready to go on.
545
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,000
It's the day before the judges decide
546
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,000
which potter will have to leave Middleport.
547
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,000
And they've come up with a surprise challenge
548
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,000
that will test them on their technique
549
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,000
that flourished during Stoke-on-Trent's hay day
550
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000
and is still used today.
551
00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,000
Hello potters, welcome to your spot test.
552
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,000
This is where you get to show Kate and Keith
553
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,000
just how good you are at a particular pottery technique.
554
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,000
This week, we want to see how
you are with surface decoration.
555
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,000
Underneath your clothes you will find exactly
556
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000
what is you're gonna literally make you mark on.
557
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,000
Oh, Tiles.
558
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,000
Nine tiles that need to be decorated.
559
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,000
We're talking texture, pattern and design.
560
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,000
Now, there's various ways you can do this.
561
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,000
Inlaying, scratching, scouring.
562
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,000
The judges won't be in here for this spot test.
563
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,000
Okay Kate and Keith you are excused.
564
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:36,000
Potters you have 90 minutes, starting now.
565
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:42,000
90 minutes, nine tiles, could be a complete disaster.
566
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,000
There's no pictures to take inspiration from.
567
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,000
You can't go for a walk for half an hour and come back.
568
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,000
It's just literally like design something now,
569
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,000
get on with it.
570
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,000
I want to see a sense of rhythm, a sense of pattern
571
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,000
and I'd like to see them really concentrating
572
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,000
on giving us a clear message.
573
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,000
My main concern is that they over think it
574
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:05,000
and that the design surface pattern is too fussy.
575
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,000
But then in the same breath they could actually simplify it
576
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,000
and make it really boring.
577
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,000
Doing patterns is one of my biggest nightmare.
578
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,000
I have nine random tiles
579
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,000
and that's what you are gonna get nine random tiles.
580
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,000
Initially, I thought.
581
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:26,000
I'm making flowers, tying it together with a sort of motify,
582
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,000
sort of thing.
583
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,000
Butterflies, they're just a beautiful graphic image.
584
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,000
See what the judges say.
585
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,000
Has everyone started?
586
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,000
I'm just to try stray away
587
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,000
from doing the same thing over and over again.
588
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,000
This is a porcupine quill.
589
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,000
I lived in Zimbabwe for a couple of years
590
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:44,000
and picked this up walking through the bush
591
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,000
and it is the best tool.
592
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:47,000
Tom's not the only one
593
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,000
who thinks he's got a secret weapon.
594
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,000
Got my name on it.
595
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:54,000
Hi, Nigel. I've got a gift for you.
596
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,000
Judges aren't in for this spot test.
597
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,000
And why are they not in for this spot test?
598
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:02,000
So, they don't know who's is who's.
599
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:03,000
And what have you put on yours?
600
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,000
- Put your name all over it. -They might not see.
601
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,000
There is only one Nigel sunshine, so...
602
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,000
So, you saying I can't use that one?
603
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,000
You can't use that one.
604
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,000
45 minutes remaining.
605
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,000
I have just glimpsed behind me at Tom.
606
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,000
I'm doing some inlay.
607
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,000
That's a really nice idea.
608
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,000
Everybody is different.
609
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,000
Good to know who wants to be normal.
610
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,000
Me.
611
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,000
No, you got a long way to go Jim.
612
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,000
This kind of surface decoration,
613
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:39,000
I feel like a 6 year old in an art lesson.
614
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,000
It will be playtime soon you can
go outside and do some skipping.
615
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,000
- Can I have a chocolate bar? -And a glass of milk.
616
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,000
Potty people we have 30 minutes remaining.
617
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:51,000
- Oh, no.
618
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,000
Normally this would be my thing.
I love creating texture in clay,
619
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,000
but I think the square title thing has just thrown me,
620
00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,000
I think it's really restricted me.
621
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,000
That tile has been disqualified
622
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,000
and that is the tile I'm happy with.
623
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:08,000
This is me replacement tile, it's quite simple.
624
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,000
This feathery thing going on I quite like that.
625
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,000
I'm just playing around with geometric patterns.
626
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,000
Creativity is quite difficult when you are under pressure.
627
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:22,000
Well, it's a challenge for a reason.
628
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,000
I've figured this would've gone concentric design
629
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:28,000
so they all link together but I don't like it.
630
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,000
It's just a rim but I need to get it on quite quickly.
631
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:37,000
So, any final touches now guys you need to be doing it now.
632
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:41,000
Time goes so quickly during these spot challenges.
633
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,000
The overriding theme is panic.
634
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:45,000
Where's the wide one gone in the middle?
635
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,000
Yeah, it just isn't right.
636
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,000
Have you winged it a little bit?
637
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,000
- No, I've used my intuition. -That's the word.
638
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,000
I wanna give Tom something to worry about.
639
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,000
I think he's getting a bit confident.
640
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,000
Okay potters times up. Step back from your tiles please.
641
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,000
Sorry.
642
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,000
Please bring your tiles forward ready for judging.
643
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,000
♪ It's all too beautiful ♪
644
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,000
Nine sets of tiles but Kate and Keith
645
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,000
have no idea who's is who's.
646
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,000
So, shall we look at these set here.
647
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,000
Yeah, lets have a look.
648
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,000
Could have been a bit more creative I think.
649
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,000
Lacking different decorative skills.
650
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,000
I think so yeah. Let's have a look at these.
651
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,000
A bit sparse and this one's a bit obvious, don't you think?
652
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,000
Yeah I do.
653
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,000
Now, this person's obviously gone for a theme.
654
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,000
I think this looks great.
655
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,000
A good use of the different types of colour.
656
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,000
There is a continuity.
657
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,000
There is a freshness, the actual design idea.
658
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,000
A Lovely use of the two clays.
659
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,000
Again, a mixture of different techniques
660
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,000
and this great border.
661
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,000
Amazing border, really lovely.
662
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,000
And they've obviously made it like a panel.
663
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:01,000
Moving along.
664
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,000
See someone here has obviously followed a theme.
665
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,000
So, they've got sort of abstract butterfly
666
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,000
right through to a very literal one.
667
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,000
And there is almost a sort of encaustic look here.
668
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,000
Yeah, actually like the old Victorian tiles.
669
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,000
These are very contemporary, aren't they?
670
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,000
I like the use of relief work here
671
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,000
where one's embossed, one's in relief.
672
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,000
And that's actually quiet difficult to do.
673
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,000
The person who's used that has held their tool properly.
674
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:27,000
They've sort of stood properly
675
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,000
and they've made the right marks.
676
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,000
I think that's really strong set.
677
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,000
They all hang well together, don't they?
678
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,000
Yes, in fact they are all identical actually.
679
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:38,000
Is this the only person that has decided on a design?
680
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,000
Not totally identical actually.
681
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:44,000
They've been conscious of the colours of clay.
682
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,000
This is interesting.
683
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,000
- Isn't it? -That's really nice.
684
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,000
Sort of blending of the one to the other.
685
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,000
And the dynamic of this is absolutely gorgeous.
686
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,000
Whoever it is, they've gone in with this tool
687
00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,000
and they've actually
688
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,000
thought about which direction they've gone in.
689
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,000
So, that's a really concise and clear message.
690
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:08,000
And this one. This is the first one where it's really started
691
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:12,000
- to come up as the tile. -Bit dull.
692
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,000
Something could've been done with more clarity.
693
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,000
Yes.
694
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,000
The spot test is ranked.
695
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,000
9th place is the one an the end here.
696
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:24,000
So, whose is this? Number nine.
697
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,000
- That's mine. -James.
698
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,000
Just not well executed and we wanted to see you showing off.
699
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,000
Yeah, absolutely.
700
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:36,000
And in 8th place, we've got this one over on this side.
701
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,000
- Yeah, that's mine.
702
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,000
You could have showed us a bit more imagination.
703
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,000
The flower though is really nice, really nice.
704
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,000
- I don't do flowers. -You do now.
705
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:49,000
Joanna came 7th, Jim 6th,
706
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,000
Sally Jo was 5th and Tom 4th.
707
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:55,000
And in 3rd place is this tile panel here.
708
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,000
Whose are these?
709
00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,000
Sandra, I personally really love the fine lines
710
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:04,000
and the way you've integrated the white and the darker clay.
711
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:08,000
Okay guys, so that means we've
got two sets of tiles remaining.
712
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:13,000
You have to choose a winner guys. Jane, Matthew.
713
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,000
Okay, who takes the top spot?
714
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,000
These.
715
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,000
Matthew, well done.
716
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,000
The simplicity of the design is fantastic.
717
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:32,000
There was great imagination and great skill.
718
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,000
Imagination Matthew, that's what we wanna see from you.
719
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,000
I would've struggled judging that.
720
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,000
Fair play to them if they think that I came first out of it.
721
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,000
I won't argue.
722
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,000
My main aim of the spot test was not to come last.
723
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:53,000
Or last as they say in the south, I came 3rd.
724
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:56,000
I am up against some technical whizz kids
725
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:58,000
and I feel as so I'm kind of hanging
726
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,000
on with my bare fingernails at the moment.
727
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:05,000
I think coming in 2nd place that's a good thing.
728
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,000
I'm still a bit nervous about taking
729
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:09,000
the hand basin out of the kiln.
730
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,000
The 24 hour biscuit firing is done.
731
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,000
And Richie's brought all the basins back to the studio.
732
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:23,000
Everyone's future in the competition could now rest
733
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,000
on what lies beneath the hessian.
734
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:34,000
That's a relief.
735
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,000
Yeah, I think that will be all right.
736
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,000
It's in one piece, so I'm happy.
737
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:41,000
- It's absolutely fine. -Mine's got a big crack.
738
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,000
Sometimes that can happen with coil pots.
739
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,000
Because that's the bit that dries is quickest.
740
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,000
So, you're still adding wet clay on top of it.
741
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,000
But I'm hoping just with come glazer application
742
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,000
it can be hidden disguised.
743
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:57,000
No, once it's cracked, it's hopeless,
744
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:58,000
is useless as a sink, isn't it?
745
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,000
Jane, Sandra and Nigel will now have
746
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,000
to deal with the catastrophic cracks in their basins.
747
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,000
Too upset now.
748
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,000
A sink with a hole doesn't work, is it?
749
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,000
Well a pot is not a pot till it's finished.
750
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:36,000
The potters have reached
751
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,000
the final stage of their main make.
752
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,000
They have two and a half hours to decorate their basins
753
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:45,000
using a selection of glazes and oxides.
754
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:48,000
I'm gonna have some dark bronzey coloured fish
755
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,000
going through the river.
756
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,000
Oxides are unpredictable as they change
757
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:53,000
colour in the heat of the kiln.
758
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,000
Just chosen a very vivid bright colours
759
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:59,000
just to try and capture the colours of pansy really.
760
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,000
The colours they choose may also bleed
761
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,000
and run into each other.
762
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:07,000
- A traditional Japanese glaze. It's quite a lot of iron in it
763
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,000
and hopefully it will bleed through.
764
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:12,000
Sponging is a nice effect but it does take a while to do.
765
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,000
It gives a more even effect and because this is textured
766
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,000
I don't want brush marks.
767
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,000
Brush marks are the least of Nigel's worries.
768
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,000
It is so blinding obvious.
769
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,000
The reason why it happened you haven't scoured it
770
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,000
and slipped it enough, have you?
771
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,000
Move forward deal with it.
772
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:31,000
The decoration was gonna be inside zircon white,
773
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,000
to give that clean, crisp finish.
774
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:36,000
The outside I was gonna put oil spots followed by blue tylion.
775
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,000
And that's why I put those lines
776
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,000
to give me break lines 'cause it will break
777
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,000
and it will give a metallicy finish.
778
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,000
But it will look like it's oxidized
779
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,000
- Look forward to seeing it. -All right.
780
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,000
- Cheers. -Thanks.
781
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,000
Turtles.
782
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:50,000
What goes in the kiln is
783
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,000
very different to what comes out, colour wise.
784
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,000
Yes, especially with glazes.
785
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,000
You're dealing with minerals that gonna be melted together
786
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,000
and the heat acts on them and changes them.
787
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:00,000
You are at the mercy of the minerals.
788
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,000
Well, at the mercy of the minerals, yes.
789
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:04,000
It's gonna be dark blue, light gray.
790
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,000
If the colours don't go that's what I'm worried about really.
791
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,000
And the fact they might not like it.
792
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,000
Because you get so used to being disappointed
793
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,000
when you open the kiln door.
794
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,000
I don't really connect with a pot till I have seen it
795
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,000
and it's all right really.
796
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,000
When it's like looking at a bag of flour, a box of eggs
797
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,000
and some sugar inside it's not gonna be a cake.
798
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,000
Or looking at a cow in a field and a tomato
799
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,000
and that is your spaghetti bolognaise, you just don't know.
800
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,000
The idea is the way it's fired,
801
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:38,000
it's going to be a glossy sky azure blue.
802
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:39,000
You are at peace now,
803
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,000
you weren't before but you seem okay.
804
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,000
I was pretty upset before, I'm still a little bit upset
805
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:47,000
but then I saw Nigel's bottom fell off so I thought, okay.
806
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,000
So, this is just iron oxide and water.
807
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:54,000
This should have a nice bronzed dark roasted look.
808
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,000
I've just put it on nice and thick.
809
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:59,000
What I'm trying to do is get the grooves to stand out.
810
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:03,000
And I do that now by wiping off the iron oxide off the outside.
811
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:05,000
While major Tom is whipping off.
812
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,000
I'm using a combination of two colours.
813
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,000
A very dark blue and a very light gray.
814
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,000
Eager to impress after a disastrous spot test,
815
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,000
James is piling on the glaze.
816
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,000
For you to lay the glazes up each glaze needs to be dry
817
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,000
so you have to just steady it out a little bit
818
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,000
which is quite difficult for me 'cause I just want
819
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,000
to throw glaze all over it.
820
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:26,000
I just think if he's not careful
821
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,000
it's gonna just look like a complete mess.
822
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:33,000
I know, that's what those brushed on glaze can be.
823
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,000
So, with Jim and his lovely turtles,
824
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,000
he's used the glazes in a very painterly way.
825
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:40,000
And I hoping they're not gonna come out too flat.
826
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:44,000
- Feeling stressed? -I haven't got enough time.
827
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,000
I don't think I estimate how many layers it really needs
828
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,000
and it takes ages to build up the layers.
829
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,000
- Timing with ceramics. -Timing is everything.
830
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:53,000
- Lot of it is timing. -Story of my life.
831
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,000
Nigel thinks he's found a solution
832
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,000
to his crack problem.
833
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:59,000
'Cause I have glazed this piece, when that piece goes on
834
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:02,000
the glaze should fuse it all together.
835
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,000
I should end up with one piece, that's the plan.
836
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,000
What is the worst that can happen
837
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,000
the bottom falls out of it.
838
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,000
Using the brush strokes horizontally
839
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:14,000
there might be some sort of linear idea going on hopefully.
840
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,000
It becomes a pattern other than this brush marks
841
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:18,000
that shouldn't be there.
842
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,000
How long do we have left?
843
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,000
It's a couple of minutes now Sally Jo.
844
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:35,000
Okay.
845
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,000
I think you'll still see the cracks.
846
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,000
Would I buy this pot? Not a chance.
847
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,000
Would I sell this pot? Not a chance.
848
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,000
I'm just toying with adding another.
849
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,000
But do you know what, I am not going to.
850
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,000
In ideal world I would have another coat of blue
851
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,000
on top the rivers.
852
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,000
I need this one to dry before I can turn it over and do it.
853
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:55,000
So, I might just do the top one
854
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:58,000
and have it slightly different shades of blue.
855
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:07,000
Five, four, three, two, one...
856
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:08,000
Times up guys.
857
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,000
That will do.
858
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,000
We are gonna take hem down for their final firing, well done.
859
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:20,000
I haven't seen yours. I'm gonna have look at yours.
860
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:22,000
I think mine is a bit of a congealed mess.
861
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:27,000
I am the God of hell fire and I bring you.
862
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:28,000
♪ Fire ♪
863
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:29,000
Whatever they've done
864
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,000
or not done, it's too late now.
865
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,000
The basins are heading off for their second
866
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,000
and final firing.
867
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,000
I don't want this piece sticking to the shelf.
868
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:42,000
I'm just checking the base to see what's
869
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,000
under here in terms of glaze.
870
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,000
It's nice and clean under there.
871
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,000
There's no glaze so I can just go straight onto props
872
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,000
and straight into the kiln.
873
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,000
I haven't slept properly the last 3 or 4 days,
874
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,000
because I knew I was taking a gamble on it.
875
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,000
And it's radical how I have glazed it so...
876
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:04,000
Glazing pieces together is not particularly a good idea.
877
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,000
It's a 5050 shot whether it could glue.
878
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,000
But other problems could happen in the kiln anyway.
879
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,000
Mine is definitely gonna open up
880
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,000
and then just come out the kiln like a plate.
881
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,000
Could just open up like a lotus flower
882
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,000
and become something else, completely different.
883
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,000
The glazing is half the fun of it.
884
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,000
It is but you run the risk of
885
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,000
producing something pretty awful.
886
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:32,000
I shall be watching for yours eagerly.
887
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:33,000
Yes.
888
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,000
♪ Oh keep on holding on ♪
889
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:44,000
- Morning. -Hi guys.
890
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,000
With the basins cooling in the kiln.
891
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:49,000
Kate and Keith have set the potters one final challenge.
892
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:53,000
♪ Oh keep on holding on ♪
893
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,000
How they fair will help determine their fate.
894
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,000
You know what this is, this is the thrown down.
895
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:04,000
Today, I want you to throw the tallest straight sided vase.
896
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:08,000
And the judges really wanna test your sense of touch.
897
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:11,000
They want you to use one of these.
898
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:18,000
'Cause it's a throw down,
899
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,000
you gonna watch the master at work first.
900
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:28,000
Gasps of wonderment there from the potters.
901
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,000
It's all in the touch and the pressure.
902
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,000
And you can feel when the clay is centered.
903
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,000
Here we go, you sort of just wanna feel
904
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:41,000
and sense the clay between your fingers.
905
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:45,000
I want it nicely finished as well, there is no excuse.
906
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,000
You might not be able to see it but your fingers are your eyes.
907
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,000
I'm sort of finished now.
908
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,000
Get behind your wheels please potters.
909
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,000
You've got 10 minutes to do it in.
910
00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:01,000
And if anyone messes up their first ball of clay.
911
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:03,000
If you put your hand up in the air,
912
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:06,000
another ball of clay will be sent to you.
913
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:09,000
So, which potter will throw the tallest vase?
914
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:10,000
Okay potters, off you go.
915
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:14,000
Take a deep breath.
916
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:21,000
This looks so bizarre guys. I have go to say.
917
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,000
That's it Joanna fight with it, fight with it.
918
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,000
If you get it centered, the rest of the job is gonna be easier.
919
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,000
Sally get those forearms into your body.
920
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:42,000
You will be able to centre it more.
921
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:44,000
Push against the wheel.
922
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,000
It's my mouth, isn't it?
923
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:49,000
Control is everything.
924
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:51,000
This is what this task is all about.
925
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:53,000
Control, feel, texture, touch.
926
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,000
That's it Matthew, doing well.
927
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:04,000
I love how Matthew is just shaking
928
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:06,000
- his head, like feeling it. -Oh, yeah.
929
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,000
His head is kind of nodding with the momentum of the wheel.
930
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,000
Oh my God, a disaster. Need more clay.
931
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:24,000
- Okay. -On my way.
932
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,000
Half way through guys, so five minutes left.
933
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,000
You are lying! Guys!
934
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:34,000
- Okay, Joanna relax with it. -Don't panic.
935
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:37,000
And actually learn what went wrong with the first one
936
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:39,000
to get the second one right.
937
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:43,000
Nice and delicate there Jane, well done.
938
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:46,000
First time I have been called delicate. Thank you very much.
939
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:48,000
Two minutes left now, two minutes.
940
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:53,000
God, it could easily collapse at any moment.
941
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,000
It's gonna go.
942
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:05,000
- Too late. -Sally just stop.
943
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:08,000
It has died a death.
944
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,000
30 seconds left guys.
945
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:14,000
Come on guys you can do this.
946
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:17,000
Keep going, good work there Jim.
947
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,000
Nice one, Tom.
948
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,000
Ten. - Nine, eight,
949
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:26,000
seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
950
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:29,000
Time is up guys.
951
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,000
Look what you have done.
952
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:37,000
Oh my God, something's happened to mine.
953
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:40,000
Joanna's grew sort of ledge at the last minute.
954
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:43,000
Oh my god, I mean this is just ridiculous.
955
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,000
So, who's vase will measure up?
956
00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:47,000
Let's have a look at Sally Jo's.
957
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:49,000
- 12? -It's 12, yeah.
958
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:52,000
Nigel, 13.
959
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,000
James, 15.
960
00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:01,000
Joanna, 17.5 cm.
961
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,000
Sandra, 18 cm.
962
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:08,000
- Right then Jim, 19 cm. -Brilliant.
963
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:10,000
Which leaves just three potters
964
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,000
but who will be this weeks winner?
965
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:14,000
Hey Tom.
966
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:17,000
I'm thinking power station chimney there.
967
00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:19,000
- 20 cm. -Good height though.
968
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:21,000
- Hey Matthew. -Hello.
969
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:22,000
- 22.
970
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,000
Jane that's looking really straight.
971
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:28,000
The winner of today's throw down is...
972
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:29,000
- Going 20... -20.
973
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:35,000
Matthew
974
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:39,000
And the next time you see Kate and Keith
975
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:42,000
will be when they're judging your hand basins.
976
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:43,000
So, off you go.
977
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:52,000
So, the potters are just about
978
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:53,000
to collect their basins from the kiln.
979
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:55,000
They've been working on them for days.
980
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:57,000
Will the glazes have performed in the way
981
00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:59,000
that they wanted them to?
982
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:00,000
And will there be any more cracks?
983
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:02,000
This is really exciting.
984
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:08,000
The potters will present
985
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:11,000
their finished basins in Middleport's old display room.
986
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:15,000
- It's just bottom knackered. -Really shocked.
987
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,000
Quite teary?
988
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:19,000
I was a little bit emotional, I can't deny that.
989
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,000
It's lovely, the sparkle is really nice.
990
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:23,000
Beautiful finish on that glaze.
991
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:25,000
Wow.
992
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:30,000
But before they can be judged,
993
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:31,000
there's one final job.
994
00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:36,000
That's okay, isn't it?
995
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:40,000
That's fitted, I'm delighted actually.
996
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:45,000
The potters that are currently at the top now
997
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:47,000
they could be way down the pecking order
998
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:49,000
after this process.
999
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:50,000
I'm hoping that is gonna fit.
1000
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:56,000
I'm short, what a shame.
1001
00:47:58,000 --> 00:47:59,000
Is it going in?
1002
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:05,000
Oh my God, oh no what a disaster?
1003
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,000
What do you reckon?
1004
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:20,000
That's gone in there.
1005
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:24,000
I wasn't gonna leave that out.
1006
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:27,000
- Did you glaze on the inside? -No.
1007
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:32,000
- It won't take that much. -That's not gonna take enough
1008
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:33,000
to be able to get the plug through.
1009
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:40,000
- You're not going to get it in tonight.
1010
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:47,000
Kate and Keith will now judge
1011
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:51,000
what has taken the potters seven days to create.
1012
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:53,000
Hello potters.
Hello.
1013
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:57,000
Kate and Keith asked you to hand build a wash basin.
1014
00:48:57,000 --> 00:48:59,000
It's time now to judge the fruits of your labor.
1015
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:13,000
Wow, it's great Jim, really good.
1016
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:15,000
Thank you.
1017
00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:18,000
- No cracks. -No, not this time.
1018
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:20,000
I was a little worried it was gonna be too illustrative
1019
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:21,000
and cold.
1020
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:24,000
But it's warm, it's beautiful, it makes sense.
1021
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:27,000
It's as if it's a turtle shell.
1022
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:29,000
I love the contrast between outside and inside.
1023
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:32,000
Glaze and pot are at one.
1024
00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:36,000
I want it in my house. I'm swimming with the turtle.
1025
00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:43,000
The geologist expressing herself.
1026
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:44,000
Indeed, yes.
1027
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,000
Very well, shall we do the ring test
1028
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:49,000
to see if the bowl has integrity without cracks.
1029
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,000
- Are you ready Kate? -Yes.
1030
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:54,000
- What a lovely ring. -It's still going on actually.
1031
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:56,000
- Yeah, no cracks. -No cracks.
1032
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:57,000
I have noticed one thing,
1033
00:49:57,000 --> 00:49:59,000
you haven't gotten your drain in there.
1034
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:01,000
You are only a couple of ml out.
1035
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:12,000
I'm really liking this blue on the outside Kate
1036
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:15,000
and then the white glaze on the inside contrast obviously.
1037
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:17,000
I'm just so upset it's cracked.
1038
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:19,000
- I am too. -Yes the ring test.
1039
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:21,000
I know, I know.
1040
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:23,000
That is the one sound we don't want to hear.
1041
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:24,000
hat is a depressing sound, isn't it?
1042
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:26,000
What a shame.
1043
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:40,000
Matthew.
1044
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:42,000
- That's fabulous. -Absolutely.
1045
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,000
The stamp work you've done here is just brilliant.
1046
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:47,000
The relationship between the taps
1047
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:50,000
and this colour is just incredible.
1048
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:53,000
I love the circles and the relationship between
1049
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:56,000
the spirals on the outside with the spirals echoed
1050
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:58,000
in the stamps, very lovely design.
1051
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:01,000
- I would use this basin. -You want at home, don't you?
1052
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:02,000
Yeah, I do, I think that's brilliant.
1053
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:15,000
I love the fact that you've actually thought about
1054
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:17,000
the recess, that's a really good fit.
1055
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:19,000
The glazing again,
1056
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:21,000
you've got this beautiful watery effect.
1057
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:23,000
A sort of mixture between stone and water.
1058
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:25,000
The fishes are a little bit lost, aren't they?
1059
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:37,000
It's unfortunate about this crack
1060
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:39,000
because it's great in its originality, isn't it?
1061
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:42,000
It's very pretty and it's a very lovely colour.
1062
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:46,000
The colour matches right, this darker has actually brought
1063
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:48,000
the thing together, very exciting.
1064
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:50,000
Well done Jane.
Thank you Jane.
1065
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:02,000
Your glazes have worked really well for you.
1066
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:05,000
I love the contrasts between the green and the blue.
1067
00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:07,000
Personally, I like to see a clearer message.
1068
00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:08,000
There's a lot going on.
1069
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:10,000
There is this scratch, you have the dribbles,
1070
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:11,000
you have the squares, you got the zigzag.
1071
00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:13,000
That's me just being extra critical
1072
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,000
- 'cause I think you can take it. -Have you felt the underneath?
1073
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:17,000
It's fantastic, really, really lovely.
1074
00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:20,000
For this kind of design on the outside
1075
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:23,000
you were braving it there.
1076
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:25,000
One of these could have quite easily have opened up.
1077
00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:26,000
Yeah, I was worried about that.
1078
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:28,000
- Fantastic. -Thank you.
1079
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:34,000
Fantastic, it's brilliant, it's really good.
1080
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:35,000
Thank you very much.
1081
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:51,000
So, Nigel. I presume this is like a pipe end.
1082
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:53,000
- Yeah, that's.... -It's a flange.
1083
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:55,000
It's an industrial fittings.
1084
00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:57,000
Yes, and I think that's fairly successful.
1085
00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:59,000
It's kind of copper pipe but the shame is.
1086
00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:00,000
We know where the shame is, don't we?
1087
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:04,000
- Crack. What a shame. -Just very very frustrating.
1088
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:07,000
This crack round here we all know why that's happened.
1089
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:11,000
Wasn't fixed properly. It wasn't adhered properly.
1090
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:13,000
Just really poorly constructed.
1091
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:14,000
This overhang that you've got there,
1092
00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:16,000
there is a lot of stress on there in the kiln.
1093
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:18,000
It's really unfortunate.
1094
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:35,000
I'm feeling fresh just standing in front this
1095
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:37,000
like an iceberg wave.
1096
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:39,000
Yes, you could say that.
1097
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:43,000
Rough, jagged, you could cut your hands on it.
1098
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:46,000
I'm not so keen may be on the heavy use
1099
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:49,000
of the glaze there's quite a few sort of,
1100
00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:51,000
I would say erratic applications.
1101
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:52,000
I think that's a bit of naivety
1102
00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:54,000
and lack of understanding of the glaze on my behalf.
1103
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:57,000
It's definitely a completely different look
1104
00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:58,000
to any of the other basins.
1105
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:03,000
Well potters the judges have seen all your fabulous basins
1106
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:05,000
and they've got a lot to discuss.
1107
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:06,000
So, we'll see you back here shortly
1108
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:08,000
when they'll make their decision.
1109
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:15,000
Can't believe I made Keith cry
1110
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:18,000
but the guy he just really connects with the material
1111
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:20,000
and the beauty.
1112
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:23,000
Not saying in particular that my stuff was beautiful.
1113
00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:25,000
I have done alright this time.
1114
00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:27,000
The characters I drew came to life.
1115
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:31,000
But I'm not sure if I have taken pole position.
1116
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:33,000
I think there are a few contenders for top potter.
1117
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:35,000
I think Jim's basin was fantastic.
1118
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:37,000
But on overall performance
1119
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:39,000
I think it will probably go to Matt.
1120
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:42,000
There's some good contenders being top potter.
1121
00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:45,000
Tom's is very well mate and so is Jim's.
1122
00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:48,000
You make one mistake and you're history
1123
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:50,000
and I think I have just made that mistake.
1124
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:51,000
Feels like I can go out with my head held high
1125
00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:53,000
because I did put myself out on a limb.
1126
00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:54,000
It's a steep learning curve,
1127
00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:57,000
I'm on it and don't want it to end yet.
1128
00:54:57,000 --> 00:55:01,000
Lets start off with the happy decision of top potter
1129
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:04,000
who's really shone for you this week?
1130
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:07,000
Well, for me the three boys Tom, Matthew and Jim.
1131
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:11,000
Tom's basin blew me away but it really did make me cry.
1132
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:13,000
And Matthew what a turn around?
1133
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:15,000
He's really shown us from last week
1134
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:17,000
how he's really making this great effort.
1135
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:20,000
And then of course Jim's turtle basin.
1136
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:21,000
Pure decorative genius.
1137
00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:23,000
You can't improve on Jim's.
1138
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:24,000
And now we've gotta go onto
1139
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:27,000
who's gonna be leaving the pottery today.
1140
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:32,000
Nigel is using his building know how
1141
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:34,000
but he's trying to force it in to his pottery.
1142
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:39,000
I was almost in tears when I saw the bottom of his basin.
1143
00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:41,000
The amounts of cracks on it, it was a disaster.
1144
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:44,000
Who else is looking a little bit
1145
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:47,000
like they just can't quite keep up with the others.
1146
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:50,000
I think James is lacking his technical ability.
1147
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:52,000
It could have been so good and it wasn't.
1148
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:55,000
He actually said, "I'm chasing myself here
1149
00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:57,000
because I need to learn more."
1150
00:55:57,000 --> 00:56:00,000
James at the spot test, his tiles,
1151
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:03,000
God love him, but they really weren't inspiring at all.
1152
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:05,000
So, it's a tough one.
1153
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:15,000
The judges have made their decision,
1154
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:19,000
the first of which is top potter, Kate?
1155
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:22,000
There were three potters that really stood out.
1156
00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:24,000
The top potter of this week is...
1157
00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:31,000
Jim.
1158
00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:39,000
Now for the more difficult part,
1159
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:42,000
because somebody has to leave the pottery.
1160
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:44,000
They really, really struggled with this
1161
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:51,000
but they have decided that the person leaving the pottery is...
1162
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,000
- Nigel. -Okay.
1163
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:08,000
It's fine don't worry about me.
1164
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:13,000
When the bottom falls out of your sink.
1165
00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:17,000
Nigel, his main task was a bit of a disaster, bless him.
1166
00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:20,000
Well done Nigel.
1167
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:26,000
I'm so sad to see Nigel go, that beaming face.
1168
00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:30,000
He was so eager to show us what he could do, just didn't fit.
1169
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:32,000
We're gonna miss you so much.
1170
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:36,000
Well done, you just smile so much.
1171
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:37,000
We are gonna miss you smiles.
1172
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:40,000
I actually naively thought I'd come in,
1173
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:42,000
make a few pots, everybody go,
1174
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:44,000
"Wow Nigel, they're brilliant pots."
1175
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:46,000
And I would walk right through to the end.
1176
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:51,000
However, I didn't realize the pressure I would be under.
1177
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:54,000
When you're put under that kind of pressure
1178
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:55,000
inevitably there will be problems.
1179
00:57:55,000 --> 00:57:58,000
I hope I've dealt with them, in good grace.
1180
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:01,000
I've had a good time, I came for the crack
1181
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:03,000
and that's what ultimately I got.
1182
00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:05,000
Going back into the judging room
1183
00:58:05,000 --> 00:58:07,000
then my heart was absolutely pounding.
1184
00:58:07,000 --> 00:58:09,000
I was just ready to go.
1185
00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:11,000
You kind of accept the fate that you think it's coming
1186
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:14,000
and when it doesn't happen you think,
1187
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:17,000
"Did they not say my name?"
1188
00:58:17,000 --> 00:58:20,000
It's crazy but I live to tell another tale.
1189
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:24,000
- Thank you. -Well done.
1190
00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:26,000
This weeks top potter, it's great,
1191
00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:30,000
I'm not gonna deny it, it feels good.
1192
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:35,000
Next time.
1193
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:36,000
Dollop it on smash it on.
1194
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:39,000
Sparks fly in the main make.
1195
00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:40,000
Come on, something work.
1196
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:43,000
As the potters play with fire.
1197
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:44,000
You are okay, take your time.
1198
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:45,000
As spot test.
1199
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:46,000
It shouldn't be such a big deal.
1200
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:48,000
To get them thinking.
1201
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:49,000
I have gone a bit blank now.
1202
00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:52,000
And a throw down to leave them gasping.
1203
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:53,000
Do keep breathing.
1204
00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:54,000
Who will rise up?
1205
00:58:56,000 --> 00:58:58,000
And who will crack under pressure?
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