1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,239 Amazing! Look at this! 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:04,559 We started with 12... 3 00:00:04,560 --> 00:00:06,279 For all potters, Gladstone is like our Mecca - 4 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:08,519 it's our church, our cathedral. GRUNTS 5 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:10,239 ...and over the last nine weeks, 6 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,199 the potters have wowed us with spectacular ceramics... 7 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:14,799 This is what the show is all about. 8 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:16,679 ...from scrumptious soup sets... 9 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:18,999 These have far exceeded my expectations. 10 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,919 ...to wonderful wall-mounted water fountains. 11 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:23,959 Hey! Oh, look at that! 12 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,119 They brought animals to life in 1,000-degree heat... 13 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,639 Boom! Raku! Raku! 14 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,959 ...and tears of joy to the pottery... 15 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,759 Just a couple of blokes crying over a puzzle jug! 16 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,359 ...as each week someone had to depart. 17 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,440 It would have been really good if you hadn't have broke my jug. 18 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:43,039 Now for Fynn... 19 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:46,279 It actually blows my mind that I'm here now. 20 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:49,719 Elham... Sleeves rolled up. Serious mode now, isn't it? 21 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:50,759 ...and Angharad... 22 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:51,839 It is a lot of pressure, 23 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,439 but it should be pressure because it's a big deal. 24 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,839 ...just two challenges remain 25 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:01,959 to decide who will be crowned Britain's Best Home Potter. 26 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:06,840 Welcome to the final of The Great Pottery Throwdown. 27 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,119 ♪ In a spinning world of makers 28 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,039 ♪ We're all in the room to make it 29 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,519 ♪ So just light up the fire 30 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,280 ♪ It's down to the wire... ♪ 31 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,959 Would you have believed it if someone told you week one 32 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:40,399 you'd be walking in here today? No. No. 33 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,159 After week one especially, I was like... 34 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,799 It's a dead heat approaching the final finish line... 35 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:47,519 Fynn. 36 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,039 ...featuring three potters... 37 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:50,679 Angharad. 38 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,279 ...with two Potter Of The Week wins each. 39 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,639 Elham. CHEERING 40 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:56,839 After a nervy start... Breathe. 41 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:58,039 ...and being new to the wheel... 42 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,559 Oh, look, everyone's just walking into the drying room, like, ah! 43 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:03,999 ...Elham has grown throughout the competition. 44 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,439 You seem to sort of improve every week. 45 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,359 You really do seem to improve. 46 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,439 Her intricate repeating patterns have been a regular highlight... 47 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,199 Your decoration is just extraordinary. It's beautiful. 48 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,039 ...and the momentum of her semifinal Potter Of The Week win... 49 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,319 For me, you've learnt the most out of the whole process. 50 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,759 ...sees her progression peaking at the perfect time. 51 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,839 There's a chance for anyone to win, like - 52 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:29,359 it's whatever you do this week. 53 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,999 But winning that trophy, I am here for that. 54 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,399 Get me in there. 55 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,600 I'll be rolling my slabs like this. SHE PANTS 56 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,679 Have you had to calculate measurements and make...? No. 57 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:41,279 Of course not - have you met Fynn? 58 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,999 For Fynn, being the man with no plan... 59 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,039 I don't even know if this is going to work, to be honest with you. 60 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,679 ...has turned out to be an impeccable approach. 61 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,839 That is gorgeous. Really, really well made. 62 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,039 His aversion to making the same thing twice 63 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:55,999 means he rarely practises properly... 64 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,519 Kind of just winging it to some extent 65 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:58,879 and making it up as I go. 66 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,359 ...but his attention to detail 67 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,879 has resulted in some astonishing builds... 68 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,799 It's an absolute feast for the eyes. I think it's fantastic, lovey. 69 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:07,839 It's fantastic. 70 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:09,999 ...and a rare judge's high five. 71 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,759 Coming round for a high five. I can't even speak. 72 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,159 You've smashed it. Oh, my gosh. It's awesome. Yeah. 73 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:19,399 I'm ready in spirit, but in usual fashion, 74 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,279 the ideas are still marinating. 75 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,639 Winning would be absolutely huge - 76 00:03:24,640 --> 00:03:26,319 mind-blowing, actually. 77 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:28,319 I think it's quite simple, but there's so much going on in it. 78 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:29,959 Simple? Really? 79 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,839 With detailed designs and decorative work... 80 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:34,559 You want to get it all in. 81 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,999 ...Angharad has dazzled the judges throughout. 82 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,759 It's brilliant, lovey. Don't. 83 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,359 It's fantastic. 84 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,519 Despite struggling with second challenges... 85 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,199 It's just full on collapsing. I'm going to be last. 86 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:46,599 ...and self-confidence... 87 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,159 This could turn out looking absolutely horrific. 88 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,279 ...looking inside herself for her portrait sculpture... 89 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:53,959 It is fantastic - 90 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,119 a celebration of you. 91 00:03:56,120 --> 00:04:00,199 ...finally showed her just what she is capable of in this competition. 92 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:01,839 We're going into the final now 93 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,119 and we've all won Potter Of The Week twice, 94 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,279 so it's anyone's game, you know? 95 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,320 So I could win it. 96 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:17,759 Hello, finalists. Well done on getting here - 97 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:19,559 you must be so proud. 98 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,359 For your final main make challenge, 99 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:28,519 the judges and I would like you to make a model stage. 100 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:32,439 Judges, for the last time, any words of wisdom for our finalists? 101 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,199 Well, we'd like you to be inspired by 102 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,239 the famous 19th-century Staffordshire figure groups 103 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,439 and create an elaborate miniature model stage. 104 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,519 It should feature a selection of characters 105 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,199 as well as scenic backdrops and set furniture, 106 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,639 and we'd really like your stages to come to life, 107 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,559 so the figures and the scenery should be movable - 108 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,039 give us imagination and wonder. 109 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,199 We want your stage to tell us your story - 110 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,519 something meaningful that reflects your life and personality. 111 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,039 Now, the majority of this build is a slab build, 112 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:02,719 but we really encourage you 113 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,279 to give us as many skills as you possibly can. 114 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:07,119 So think about how you can incorporate 115 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,199 coiling, sculpting, and throwing, 116 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,239 as well as plenty of colour, sprigs and relief. 117 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,879 We want to be wowed - this is the final. 118 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:18,679 Oh, fantastic. I really, really can't wait to see what you do. 119 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:20,799 Potters, you have been given 120 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:25,519 7.5 hours to make and refine your model stages, 121 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,759 and your time, for the last time, 122 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,879 starts now. 123 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:31,240 Potters, get potting. 124 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,440 The final! Sleeves rolled up. 125 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,279 Serious mode now, isn't it? 126 00:05:39,280 --> 00:05:41,039 I'm so excited to be in the final. 127 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,039 If it works the way that I've designed, 128 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,159 I'll be really proud of myself 129 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,639 cos I've never made anything like this before. 130 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:48,599 Honestly, just really looking forward to today. 131 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,559 Probably change it, rip bits off, move stuff around - 132 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,840 it kind of worked until now, so, yeah. 133 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:58,319 Rich, the final, here we are. 134 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,719 The challenge is so celebratory. 135 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,839 We've asked our potters to be fully inspired by 136 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:05,279 the early 19th-century Staffordshire figure groups, 137 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:07,799 and what a treat to have one right in front of us. 138 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,239 I mean, we're keen that their stages really come alive 139 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,239 by way of individual elements moving. 140 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:13,319 Yeah, absolutely. 141 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,279 At least two movable pieces of scenery, 142 00:06:16,280 --> 00:06:18,799 at least six, preferably more, characters - 143 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,879 one of them has to be them, because we want them to set 144 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,239 the stage of their life and their personality. 145 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,799 All of this really wants to feel like a culmination 146 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,159 of all of their time in the pottery and all of the skills 147 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:31,999 that they've learnt and picked up along the way. 148 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,639 You know, using the wheel as a tool, using slabs, using hand-building, 149 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:37,599 we want to get a sense that they've used every 150 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,039 single second of that 7.5 hours. 151 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,919 It really wants to be a celebration of them in the final, 152 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,639 and a celebration of what they can do with the clay. 153 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:47,159 Well, the stage has been set - 154 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,919 let's hope they put on a show that we really love. Yeah. 155 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,840 And which one of our potters is going to get a standing ovation? 156 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,399 Hi, lovey. Hello. Hello, Elham. Hi. 157 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,519 Coming into the final as our Potter of the Week. Yeah. 158 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:01,919 Yeah, absolutely. I know! 159 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:03,879 Well, tell us about your design this week. 160 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:05,639 It's called The Palace of Stormlight. 161 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,359 Sounds very extravagant. Ooh. Yeah. Based on home. 162 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,199 Home can really be theatre sometimes, especially with kids. 163 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,559 It's that real jump from, like, chaos to calm. 164 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:15,839 Yeah. How fabulous. 165 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,759 I notice here it says, "Bottom storage drawer." Yeah. 166 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:20,359 So... A drawer? Well, I thought, 167 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,079 "How do I incorporate a support and something useful?" 168 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,959 So chaos will just go in there. 169 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:30,079 Elham's slab-built stage setting of a calm Sunday roast in the kitchen 170 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,519 will be shattered by the chaos unleashed from the drawer below. 171 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:35,399 Changeable scenic views move from 172 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,359 a sunny day to a gloomy evening 173 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:39,239 as her hand-sculpted children run 174 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,359 riot around dirty clothes and dishes, 175 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,759 spilt tea and nappies on the floor. 176 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:45,199 What a lovely theme. 177 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:46,399 Yeah. How fabulous. 178 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,479 And is this parquet flooring? I will show you. 179 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,239 Wa-hey! Oh! Yeah. Oh, my God. 180 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,719 My husband's a dentist, so he prints retainers with a 3D printer... 181 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,799 Yeah. ..so I was like, "Do something for me." 182 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:57,319 Some people are like, "Oh, where's my retainers? 183 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:58,359 "I need my next one." Yeah. 184 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,399 And I'll be like this. LAUGHTER 185 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:02,959 "Elham was in the final, so, you know..." 186 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,359 Well, look, good luck with it all. Can't wait to see it. 187 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,000 Thank you. Yeah. Yeah, it looks great. Thanks. 188 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:09,879 I precut some templates, 189 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:11,039 so I'm cutting the slabs around, 190 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,239 and I've worked them out so that they should, 191 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:14,959 when they're ready to be put together, 192 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:16,759 just slot together really nicely. 193 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:17,879 To create a stage 194 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,559 worthy of their most important make of the competition... 195 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:21,999 So many slabs! 196 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:23,999 ...as well as cutting to precise measurements 197 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,559 to ensure the correct fit, 198 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:27,679 the potters also need to make sure their slabs 199 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:29,199 are the right consistency... 200 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,039 Slab building has a tendency to warp, 201 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,719 so I'm just praying that that doesn't happen. 202 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:37,999 ...as any areas drying unevenly 203 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,399 run the risk of both warping and cracking. 204 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,119 There's no room for cracks this week - 205 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:43,159 it's the final. 206 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:45,679 But while Elham and Angharad use slabs 207 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:48,719 to build box structures in the form of a traditional theatre... 208 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:50,079 I'm hand-sculpting some trees 209 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,359 and I'm throwing the main body of the base. 210 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,519 ...Fynn is taking his stage to the great outdoors. 211 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,319 My design is based between my family in Cornwall 212 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,239 and my now inherited family in Canada that are on Marnie's side. 213 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:03,919 Mona and Jordie, they're my cheerleaders 214 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:05,519 from the other side of the pond basically, 215 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:06,919 so, yeah, they've been amazing. 216 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:08,519 So I wanted to base it on kind of, like, 217 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:09,919 the Alice Through The Looking Glass idea 218 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:11,399 that there's sort of two worlds, 219 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,599 but we're sort of connected through nature. 220 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,239 Fynn's reversible open-air stage will sit on 221 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:17,799 a throne and altered base, 222 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,359 draped in slabs and framed with extruded and sculpted trees. 223 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,119 Marnie's family will be looking at them 224 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,519 amongst the sprigged engine houses of Cornwall 225 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:29,199 before changeable slab scenery see Fynn, Marnie and their dogs 226 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:30,679 gazing across the pond 227 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:33,639 to alpine trees in a cabin by the lake in Canada. 228 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:34,919 Fantastic. Wow. 229 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:36,239 So how many moving objects 230 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:37,599 do you think you're going to be doing? 231 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,319 Are they movable as well, or are they...? 232 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,440 I haven't really decided. OK. Ay! 233 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:44,879 Don't be asking such a silly question. Huh? 234 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:46,079 He doesn't know yet. 235 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:47,799 It's enough scope that if it sort of pops off during, 236 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,399 I'll be like, "Yeah, it's totally movable." That was the plan. Yeah. 237 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:51,519 It was just last night 238 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,039 that I decided I was going to throw the base - 239 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,039 it was going to be slab. Brilliant. Yeah. 240 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:56,559 That's my boy. Good. 241 00:09:56,560 --> 00:09:58,399 Well, look, good luck with it all. Yeah. Thank you. 242 00:09:58,400 --> 00:09:59,639 I hope you enjoy it. We'll see you later on. 243 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:00,999 Yeah, it's really exciting. 244 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,679 Well, WE'RE excited that YOU'RE excited. Yeah. 245 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:04,120 Great. Excellent. Cheers. Cheers. Thank you. 246 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,800 The drying room is open! 247 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:16,839 I need to put them in the drying room, 248 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:17,999 let them firm up. 249 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,319 While structural pieces begin drying... 250 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,639 {\an8}So, right now, I'm just throwing off the hump, 251 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:24,559 {\an8}I'm throwing my characters. 252 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:26,999 ...to be able to tell their stories on stage, 253 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,159 the potters will need the stars of the show. 254 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:31,319 So this will be Mona in Canada. 255 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,559 Just kind of making a really rough sort of shape, 256 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:35,639 letting them firm up a bit, 257 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,359 and then I'll carve some clothes and some stuff back into them. 258 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:42,199 I've chosen cone shapes, - kids, husband, Mum, Dad, me... 259 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,119 Anybody else making an appearance? 260 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:46,240 Maybe new best friends? 261 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:48,559 Postman? 262 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:51,719 OK. That sounds good. 263 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,679 While the potters all sculpt their own families... 264 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:56,959 This will be my best friend Luke. 265 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,839 ...Angharad's story involves an additional one. 266 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:01,439 Luke and Josh, they're two of the people I met 267 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:03,439 when I first moved to London. 268 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:05,439 I worked as a wiggy, or WHAM - 269 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,959 Wigs, Hair And Makeup in musical theatre. 270 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,239 Moving, you know, from my family in South Wales 271 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:13,559 and going from, like, the countryside 272 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:15,199 to, like, a massive city, 273 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,319 they basically became my family. 274 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,279 And my siblings and Josh and Luke, 275 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,279 they've all been individually 276 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,039 just so supportive of anything that I've done, 277 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,399 and they think I can do things that I don't even think I can do. 278 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,279 Like, genuinely, they just have this belief in me 279 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:32,519 and I am just so grateful to have them in my life. 280 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,839 Angharad's slab-built theatre wig room 281 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:36,799 will double as her Whitechapel bedroom 282 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:38,759 and be shared with Luke and Josh. 283 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:40,639 Her first backdrop will be removed 284 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,599 to feature a painted London skyline, 285 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,119 which will then share the sky with her final act, 286 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,359 coming full circle back to Wales 287 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,519 and being reunited with the family she adores. 288 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,199 I love that same sky idea. Yeah. It's the idea of, like, 289 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,319 you might not be in the same place, 290 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,319 but you're all in the same place at the same time. 291 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:58,719 Oh, that's marvellous. 292 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:00,959 I'm going to be throwing the characters and the wig blocks 293 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:02,999 off the hump as well. SIOBHAN LAUGHS 294 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,079 Well, we'll see you at Christmas, then! 295 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,719 It's really lovely, but lots to get done. 296 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:09,640 There's a lot to get done. Break a leg. 297 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,959 HIGH-PITCHED: Potters, you're halfway through. 298 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:21,039 Halfway through! Yay! Yay! 299 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:23,359 Oh, my God, so much to do. 300 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,159 I've manipulated my base and put a solid support in there, 301 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:27,919 because there's gonna be so much weight on top. 302 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:29,199 Need to crack on now. 303 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,279 Throwing the littler parts off the hump. 304 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,799 As well as having many items to make... 305 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,159 Three done, 700 to go. 306 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:37,759 ...and textures to apply... 307 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:39,759 I've just got some lino that I've carved 308 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:41,519 with a fake wood effect. 309 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:43,199 I'm just doing floorboards. 310 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:44,839 ...the potters need to utilise 311 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,999 as many different techniques within their stages as possible. 312 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,959 We're doing slab building, throwing... 313 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,039 Hand sculpting and now spread work - 314 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:53,080 all fun! 315 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:55,719 A little bit of everything. 316 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,279 As with the curtain drawing on the competition... 317 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:00,999 So this is an engine house - there's one literally on my road. 318 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,959 ...this is their final chance to impress the judges. 319 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:07,119 So, are you content at this point in the make? 320 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:08,799 Uh... I'm working through my list. 321 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:10,719 Got a list today. You have a list? I know. 322 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:11,879 Doesn't mean I'm really looking at it, 323 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:13,399 but it's kind of there in the background. Oh, OK. 324 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:14,519 Please, don't change. 325 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:15,959 Trust me, I won't be. 326 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:18,000 No. It could be written down and I'll still ignore it. 327 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,959 Fynn is a really creative, busy character. 328 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,399 Pottery, he's only been doing it for a couple of years, 329 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:29,559 and yet he just loves it. 330 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:31,999 I think what's potentially got him to the final 331 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,719 is he may not go the conventional route. 332 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,159 His favourite saying is, 333 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:38,199 "There's no plan A without a plan B." 334 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:42,079 He's always loved making things, doing things, trying out, 335 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,479 experimenting and exploring. 336 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,399 To get to the final has been amazing for him. 337 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,359 So proud of what he's achieved. 338 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,759 Amazingly proud of him, yeah. Yeah. 339 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:53,119 Say, "Good luck, Dad." 340 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,759 Oh, no. Good luck, Dad! Oh! 341 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:59,119 He's always saying how proud of us he is of doing certain things, 342 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,119 and to hear him get this far is insane - 343 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:02,879 like, really, really, really proud of him. 344 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:04,839 So pleased that you've got to the final. 345 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:06,799 Yeah, I definitely wouldn't have managed any of this, 346 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,559 I don't think, if you guys hadn't have been so supportive with it. 347 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:11,599 You know, everybody's just done so much for me. 348 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:13,839 I've been looking after the whole tattoo studio, 349 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,360 been having to deal with everything, so, yeah, he better win. 350 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:19,200 I love you. Love you too. 351 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,639 So this is the tree layer for the Canadian side. 352 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:27,559 I've got one of the Cornwall scenes done, 353 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:29,999 but I've still got so much to do. 354 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,559 I'm making a little logo for my theatre. 355 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:36,159 It's like a little half, half mask with juggling hands to represent, 356 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,399 like, just juggling everything at home. 357 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:41,559 My mum and Ehsan are at home 358 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:42,959 each week having the kids, 359 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:46,719 so everyone is doing their bit to let me be here. 360 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,159 You know they say, "It takes a village to raise kids"? 361 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,000 That's my village and... 362 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,959 Yeah, family to me is everything. 363 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,719 Oh, you've got a massive tower of squares there. 364 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,559 Elham is... I'm using the word inspiration 365 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:03,119 because that's the definition of her name. 366 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:04,999 Her name actually means inspiration. 367 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,679 She's a great inspiration to our kids and she's an amazing mum. 368 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:11,199 I am not surprised at all that she's made it to the final 369 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:12,559 because I've seen how 370 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:15,519 she's put her blood, sweat and tears into every single stage. 371 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:17,439 She's regularly practised for the show 372 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,479 and sacrificed being with the kids. 373 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:20,760 Ah! Ha-ha! 374 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:23,359 I think Elham needs pottery in her life 375 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,519 to channel something within herself that I think, 376 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,959 as people, we can lose through life in its ups and downs. 377 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,999 Getting to the final for Elham is an affirmation 378 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,839 and a validation of her hard work, 379 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:40,119 and for her children to be able to see her as Elham 380 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:44,399 and this is her own individual achievement is so positive. 381 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,679 Yusuf, which one is that? Who are you drawing? 382 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,359 Me? Yeah. 383 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,519 Ooh, I like my eyelashes. 384 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,079 I don't think I can verbalise how proud I am of her, 385 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,719 not only in getting to the Pottery Throwdown final, 386 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,799 but just generally since I met her. 387 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,839 I've struck gold with Elham. 388 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,040 I'm sure she will strike gold with the trophy as well. 389 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:05,239 This is for the cobbled bricks 390 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:07,079 on the outside of the theatre. It's lovely. 391 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,599 So how do you wish me to address you now? 392 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,159 Madam Finalist? 393 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:12,999 Queen Fi... Cos this is a palace. 394 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,959 Queen Finalist. Yes, I'll take that. 395 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,319 And you were Potter Of The Week last week. I was. 396 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,880 All hail, Queen Finalist. Thanks. 397 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:26,199 My small movable props are going to be wigs. 398 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,599 Being a wiggy is a very similar environment to this room here. 399 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,359 It's the adrenaline of the show, 400 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,999 and you're working with really, really talented people. 401 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,119 It's quite overwhelming being in the final. 402 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,159 It is a lot of pressure, but it should be pressure 403 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,199 because of the reality of what it is - 404 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:44,199 it's a big deal. It is a big deal. 405 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:45,959 Which one's earlier? I don't know... 406 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,319 I'm incredibly proud of Angharad, 407 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:51,239 of where she's got to and just where she's come from. 408 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:54,079 She was always creative, and when she was in London, 409 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:57,159 she just loved being in theatres and doing wigs and make-up, 410 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,239 but overnight she lost her job because of Covid, 411 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,559 and when she did come back, she was kind of like lost. 412 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,439 I think she has poured everything into pottery 413 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,359 and it has been like an outlet for her creativeness. 414 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:09,199 Life can be a lot sometimes, 415 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,319 and when things have been really difficult, 416 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,119 as well as my siblings, my friends, 417 00:17:13,120 --> 00:17:17,159 it's been a known thing, like, I can rely on. 418 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,319 But when I did the self-portrait sculpture, 419 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,799 that's the first thing that I made where I was like, 420 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:23,879 "Oh, do you know what? That's really quite good." 421 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:25,519 Angharad deserves to be in the final. 422 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,919 She knows she can do it, but she doesn't believe in herself. 423 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:29,799 We know she can do these things, 424 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,199 but I'm hoping where she's got to will hopefully make her realise 425 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,999 that she is very special and very talented at what she does. 426 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:40,599 We're all just incredibly proud of her. 427 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,519 You onto wigs? Yeah, onto wigs. 428 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:44,079 Get all the fiddlier things out of the way 429 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,919 and then crack on with the actual... Constructing. 430 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:48,439 Yeah. Fab. 431 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:49,719 You're all right. You'll get there. 432 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:51,000 We'll get there - all get there. 433 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:58,399 {\an8}HIGH-PITCHED: Potters, five hours gone, 2.5 hours left. Hurry up! 434 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:01,039 Oh, my God. That's not very professional. 435 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:02,520 HIGH-PITCHED: Who are you? 436 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,719 I am going to assemble now. 437 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:09,159 I just want to really make sure that these fit. 438 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,839 I'm gonna put up the walls to join. 439 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,919 They need to come together nicely. 440 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:15,759 Slipping, scoring, slipping, scoring. 441 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,839 Their stage structures need connecting 442 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:19,359 before the clay gets too dry... 443 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:21,879 It's the time management between making sure 444 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,679 that stuff is dry and joining it at the right time. 445 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:28,599 ...or they'll run the risk of cracking or separating during firing. 446 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,919 I am doing a little extra with these joins - 447 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:32,279 I'm adding some coils. 448 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,759 My dad would be proud - he's a civil engineer. 449 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:36,639 He'd probably be like, "You're doing that wrong." 450 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:38,959 There will be no stage if these pop off 451 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:40,359 cos I've got no roof. 452 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:41,439 There's nothing there. 453 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,999 If that's anything I learnt working in theatre, 454 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,039 even if the stage collapsed, the show must go on. 455 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,999 These are the little pockets to put the sky scenery in. 456 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,999 The movable scenery is crucial to the success of their final makes. 457 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,159 I would usually try not to move the slabs 458 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:57,239 as much as I have done, 459 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,399 so I'm just a bit nervous that we might have a bit of warpage. 460 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,119 If they don't fit correctly as they slot in and out, 461 00:19:03,120 --> 00:19:06,119 the potters won't be able to tell their stories. 462 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:09,159 The backdrop panels slide in to be held up by the tree, 463 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,439 so it's like a walk through nature. 464 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,919 There's a theatre. Oh, my God, there's an actual theatre. OK. 465 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:15,759 With their structures in place... 466 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:17,719 I need to carve some texture into it. 467 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:19,639 I want floral patterns. 468 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,199 ...the potters now need to add the all-important detail 469 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,599 to complement their overall themes. 470 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,079 I'm just gonna get a couple of these leaves put on 471 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:28,959 so that I've got a little nod to Canada 472 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:30,279 with the little maple leaves. 473 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:34,519 So I have sprigs that are made from my husband's dental putty. 474 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:35,959 Nice cosy little fireplace. 475 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,079 {\an8}Oh, my God, I've got to do all my blooming sprigs. 476 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,119 How are we getting on? Chaotic at the moment. 477 00:19:40,120 --> 00:19:42,599 I need to do so many sprigs it's not even funny. 478 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:44,519 Do you want me to go? Yeah. Yeah. 479 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:46,679 Can I leave the cameramen here watching? 480 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:47,839 Oh, sure - you have to. 481 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:49,959 Would a cup of tea be a good support for you? 482 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:51,999 No. Oh, yeah. It's fine. Gin? 483 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,000 Probably worse, probably! 484 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,039 Potter's, you've half an hour left. Half an hour left. 485 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,119 I'm going to have sprigs all around the theatre. 486 00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:03,239 The one I'm putting on at the moment 487 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,119 is the first opera I did, which was Aida. 488 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:07,799 All the shows I've worked on have, like... 489 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,439 I just have really lovely memories. 490 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,039 This is my little campfire for the Canada scene. 491 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:13,759 What's left? You've done a lot of work. 492 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:15,759 Where's the ceramic drawer? It's there. 493 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:17,279 Oh, lovely. I need to put a little handle on it. 494 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:18,359 Ooh, do you want to see my kitchen? 495 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:20,640 Yes, please. SIOBHAN LAUGHS 496 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:23,759 That's delightful. 497 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:25,960 Do the doors open? No. Oh. 498 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:28,360 Eh, it's all right - it's just the final. 499 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:31,679 This is a wig trundle. 500 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,559 When you go on tour with wigs or wardrobe, 501 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,319 you have a trundle, which you kind of tour the wigs in. 502 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,439 How much time have we got? Potters, you have ten minutes left - 503 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:40,679 use them wisely. 504 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:42,519 Ten minutes left now. 505 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:43,879 Oh, my God. 506 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:47,279 Realistically, it looks like I might have to give the stairs a miss, 507 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,719 which is a real, real shame. 508 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:51,639 All right, just be calm. 509 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:52,879 I don't have time to think, 510 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:56,719 so I'm literally just trying to get as much carved down as possible. 511 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:59,119 There's a lot of detail to still carve out. 512 00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:00,839 It's the usual - a sprint to the finish. 513 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,719 Last minute support for the front, because without stairs, 514 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,519 I need something there to hold that up. 515 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:06,999 I do not want a wonky stage. 516 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,519 I'm just putting texture into some wigs. 517 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,999 I just need to get some last-minute details in. 518 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,199 I'm just carving out some texture in the curtains 519 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,759 for the last few minutes, seconds - whatever we have left. 520 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:21,519 Last minute, potters. 521 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,399 Last one. Last wig. 522 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:28,159 Start thinking about bringing your model stages into the drying room. 523 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,119 Got to try and lift the damn thing. 524 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:31,280 This is so heavy. 525 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:34,639 Be careful. Brilliant. 526 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,119 Well done. Nearly there. 527 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:38,639 You don't realise how much these things weigh 528 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:39,720 till you pick them up. 529 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:42,600 Elham... OK. ..are you done? 530 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,000 Come on now. Fabulous. 531 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,519 Oh, my God. Come this way. 532 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:51,439 I'll take the bottom. 533 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:55,399 Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, 534 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:59,759 five, four, three, two, one. 535 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:01,599 Tools down. Well done. 536 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,599 7.5 hours of work. 537 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:07,000 You OK? Yeah. I'm not. 538 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:11,159 Well done. I'm so impressed. 539 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:12,399 Potter's dismissed. 540 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,839 ANGHARAD SIGHS Oh, God. 541 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,199 I just can't believe the make of the final challenge is done - 542 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:18,599 I can't believe this just happened. 543 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:19,959 Because I didn't think I could do that, 544 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,119 but then I haven't thought I'd been able 545 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:22,639 to do everything that we've had to do, so... 546 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:23,759 I hope I've done enough. 547 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:25,959 Like, I couldn't do any more in that time. 548 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,719 I probably am far too adventurous with what I think I'm going to do, 549 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:30,879 but hopefully it all comes out in one piece. 550 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,039 I didn't realise how heavy the entire thing was 551 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,079 up until the point I had to carry that into the drying room 552 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,239 and then went, "Wow, there's quite a lot of clay there." 553 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,039 I'm happy with the amount of props that I have and the detail. 554 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,679 It's the main structure I think I'm most worried about. 555 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:44,839 Major cracks, warpage. 556 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,280 I just hope that it doesn't change too much. 557 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,679 It's the final of the Great Pottery Throw Down. 558 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,399 Oh, there's a wheel. And hidden under the Hessian 559 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,599 is the second challenge which will help decide the winner. 560 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:02,799 Mm. 561 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:04,480 That's not going to be an easy one, is it? 562 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:12,479 Welcome back, potters, to your final second challenge. 563 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,999 And this week, it's... 564 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,039 ...a throwdown! 565 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:18,839 THEY CHUCKLE 566 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:23,639 You will be making a pot with this sodium silicate effect 567 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,239 and to show us how it's done, master potter himself, 568 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,279 Keith Brymer Jones. Keith, please take the wheel. 569 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:33,839 OK. We have our colour and you've got three kilos of clay. 570 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,039 Centre up the clay. I'm just going to go 571 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:40,599 down to create my base and then start collaring it up. 572 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,279 You want to keep enough clay at the top 573 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,959 to give me a really nice defined rim. 574 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,799 Just going to get the heat gun now and I'm drying that out 575 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,279 before I start applying the blue slip. 576 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:52,879 If the surface isn't dried off enough, 577 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,959 does the slip just mix with the clay and make a mushy mess? 578 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,359 Yeah, it does, which is not what we're after. 579 00:23:58,360 --> 00:24:00,999 And then just start applying that slip. 580 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,399 And you want a nice, even coating. 581 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:04,959 Oh, that's very satisfying. 582 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,759 It really is, yeah. I then take my heat gun again. 583 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:10,560 You want to dry off that slip. 584 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:15,399 Now I apply the sodium silicate. Get that brush 585 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,759 really nicely charged up to give a nice even coating. 586 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:23,159 Is it like a varnish over it, and then it all starts cracking? 587 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,960 Yeah. Once you've done that, back on the heat gun. 588 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:31,279 I want to dry this off so you can't see that sheen any more. 589 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,399 The drier it is, the better effects you get. 590 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,159 But too dry, the pot will be too firm 591 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,279 to actually get that bulbous form. 592 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,320 Dun, dun, dun! 593 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,319 Now I'm just going to form that outer shape. 594 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,119 So, at this point, you can't touch the outside of the pot 595 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:48,559 because you'll ruin the effect, 596 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:50,960 so you've got to throw it from the inside. 597 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,319 It looks very counterintuitive to not have your other hand 598 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,279 guiding what's going on the inside. 599 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,719 It does, and it is. SHE CHUCKLES 600 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:02,639 This particular process is really 601 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:04,519 the main crux of this whole challenge. 602 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,199 You only have one go at this. 603 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,079 Well, it is the final, I guess, yeah. Yeah. 604 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,119 Just one more pull. 605 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:12,399 Is it beginning to crack? Oh, my gosh. 606 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,999 Ooh. Wow! It's like magic. 607 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:20,879 What Rich and I are really looking for is a nice bulbous form, 608 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,559 a good purposeful rim and a really lovely effect that we've got here. 609 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,439 Fantastic. Thank you very, very much. 610 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:28,760 All right, then, potters, back to your benches, please. 611 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,479 Now this is going to be judged blind, 612 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:36,319 so you know what that means! Get out of here, boys! 613 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,359 Good luck, guys. Good luck. Thank you. Thank you. 614 00:25:39,360 --> 00:25:43,479 You have been given 25 minutes 615 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:50,159 to create your sodium silicate pot and your time starts now. 616 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:51,520 Remove the hessian. 617 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:53,760 We've got this. 618 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:55,959 Last second challenge. 619 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,879 Never done this before, but it looks fun. 620 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,159 Me and second challenges have not been good, 621 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,159 so it'd be nice to leave with one last good throw. 622 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,359 Are you happy that your final second challenge is a throw down? 623 00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:11,319 I'm kind of happy. Yeah? What are you worried about? 624 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,479 Altering a form from the inside out. Yeah. 625 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,279 I'll try my best. That's bowlish. 626 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:18,360 Then what? Pull up? 627 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,519 I've just got to get the form up into a cylinder. 628 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,639 The hardest part, I think, is just going to be getting the rim 629 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,439 on there the way that they want it. 630 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:28,120 Come on. Right, I'll just do this. 631 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:33,799 OK.You've got it up quickly. THEY CHUCKLE 632 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,599 Is this an effect that you like? I think it looks really cool. 633 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,159 It reminds me of scorched earth. 634 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,039 Or my skin if I don't apply enough moisturiser. 635 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,639 THEY LAUGH 636 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:45,719 He wants a nice rim. That's the best it's gonna get. 637 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,079 Sorry, Keith. 638 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,239 Just drying it out a bit to get the slip on. 639 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:50,319 Happy with the shape. 640 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,279 I've already started to get it to go out a bit. 641 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,759 Slip's going on. I'm just trying to apply it evenly 642 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:57,399 and just make sure that there's no gaps. 643 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:58,559 I've got the structure right, 644 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:00,879 so as long as I can get this effect to work on here, 645 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,399 then we should be all right. 646 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,159 It would be great if I could win this. 647 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,840 Potters, you're halfway through. Argh! Halfway through. 648 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:12,239 I've done one layer down and doing one layer back up now. 649 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:16,439 And then, was it dry again, so that I can apply the sodium...? 650 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,239 SHE GARBLES 651 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,239 SHE GIGGLES I don't know if that's enough. 652 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,079 I feel like I could do with a bit more slip, 653 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:24,999 truth be told. I could do another layer. 654 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,559 OK. Did Keith do that? No, he did not. 655 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:28,639 And I know that's bad. 656 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,559 I just want you to know that if it goes wrong, 657 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,159 I will say, "I told you so." You can say. 658 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,239 You can absolutely say. 659 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,679 I'm just adding the sodium silicate. 660 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,999 It's kind of almost like a syrupy-type stuff. 661 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,079 This is definitely another first. Oh, my gosh. 662 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,279 How is it drying? It looks to be all right. 663 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,159 I'm hoping where I've started the bowl shape, 664 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,159 I'm just going to follow that out and then bring it back in on itself. 665 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,119 Probably should just go for it, shouldn't I? 666 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:53,359 I am now bellying out the pot. 667 00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:55,479 What's going to be the hardest thing about this? 668 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:56,999 I obviously can't touch the outside of the pot. 669 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,239 Otherwise it's going to ruin the whole effect of it. 670 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,119 Just having to anchor my left arm off my right arm 671 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:04,759 and it's just hanging in there, you know? 672 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:06,679 Oh, my God, I don't know how to do this. How am I meant to do this? 673 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,600 Like, literally. Argh! It's this hand that I'll use. 674 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:11,720 No, it's not. 675 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,079 I've never done anything like this before. 676 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,639 It's quite scary. Can't touch the outside. 677 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:19,919 Nope. No touching the outside. 678 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,159 My legs are shaking! SHE CHUCKLES 679 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,840 Five minutes left, potters! You have five minutes left. 680 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,040 Do we have a crack there? Oh, my gosh! 681 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:34,759 Anyone got their crack effect? Elham, I know. 682 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,839 Yeah, I do. Fynn? Yes, a thumbs-up. 683 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,679 Angharad? Not yet. Don't let me down. 684 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:44,239 Argh! Oh, there is, there is! Yay! Yay! 685 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,119 SHE CHUCKLES 686 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:50,599 Potters, final minute for the final second challenge. 687 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:52,199 I need this to be more bulbous. 688 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:53,959 I kind of feel like I'm just going to leave it like that. 689 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:55,399 I don't want to ruin it. 690 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,199 It's really hard to see the shape when you're so close. 691 00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,599 You kind of want to step back and have a look, 692 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,599 but I don't have time. I think I'm going to go back in 693 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,479 and try and get a little bit more clay out of the base. 694 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,359 Ten seconds! SHE GASPS 695 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,199 Eight, seven, six, five, 696 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,079 four, three, two, one. 697 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:13,799 Well done, well done, well done! 698 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:18,239 Step away from your pots. Yay! Well done. Well done, guys. 699 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:19,960 Please bring them up to the front. 700 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:24,959 Keith and Rich will now judge the potters sodium silicate pots... 701 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,359 Wow! Isn't that amazing? Excellent. 702 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:30,160 ...and they have no idea whose is whose. 703 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:33,959 The sodium silicate application is very... It's really worked well. 704 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,319 Lovely cracking. Yeah. Lovely. 705 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,359 The rim could have been a bit more pronounced, 706 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,959 and if they just got a bit more of a bulbous shape 707 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,519 down the bottom there, just to make the whole shape fuller. 708 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,519 But great use of the clay. Very good. Excellent. 709 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:47,639 Moving on. This is a really considered rim. 710 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,199 That's brilliant. Nice bulbous shape down the bottom. 711 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,519 Yeah. I mean, lovely proportions between the bottom and the top. 712 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,959 Really lovely cracking there. Excellent. 713 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,519 Last but not least, a nice shape to it. 714 00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:59,519 Lovely cracking. There's a bit of a rim there. 715 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:01,519 It could have been a bit more pronounced. 716 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,599 It could have maybe just been a bit bolder, 717 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:05,519 just to give you a more bulbous shape. 718 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,519 But really, really good effort. Well done. 719 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:12,519 The judges will now rank the finalists from worst to first. 720 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,799 In third place is... 721 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:15,960 ...this one. 722 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:19,959 It's not mine. THEY CHUCKLE 723 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,519 Yeah. It's mine. Oh, it's yours! All right! 724 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,159 Could have just been a bit more bulbous, 725 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,079 but no, I mean, brilliant effort. 726 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:27,559 So, yeah. Thank you. Well done. 727 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:30,239 In second place is... 728 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:31,320 ...this one. 729 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:34,279 Nice bulbous form. 730 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,519 Really, really lovely effects on there. 731 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:37,759 Nice bit of throwing. 732 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:39,519 So, in first place, 733 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:40,799 Fynn. 734 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,519 Cheers. Well done, Fynn. Well done! 735 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:44,759 Lovely rim on there. 736 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:46,519 Really competently thrown. 737 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:50,039 You started that bulbous form right down at the bottom of the base. 738 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:51,759 Lovely. Well done. Cheers. 739 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:53,999 Well done! Well done! 740 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,359 Fynn, congratulations. 741 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,279 But congratulations to the three of you. 742 00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:58,519 Potters dismissed. 743 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:00,039 Thank you. Thank you. 744 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:01,519 It's really exciting to get a win. 745 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:03,159 I was really happy with what I made, 746 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,479 and the judges were really happy, too, so that's a plus. 747 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,039 Obviously, coming third gives you less hope. 748 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:13,439 But my main make might really be a "wow". 749 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,279 You never know. 750 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:16,519 Second challenge is done. 751 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,519 {\an8}I just feel like now I just have to do a really good decorating job. 752 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:21,559 {\an8}I just hope everything turns out OK. 753 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,319 {\an8}♪ Can't get enough 754 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,520 {\an8}♪ I've got a feeling... ♪ 755 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,519 {\an8}♪ Little by little by little by little... ♪ 756 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,479 {\an8}It's day two of the Final Make. 757 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,959 {\an8}The potters stages have cooled down after their first bisque firing 758 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:36,759 {\an8}and are ready to be decorated. 759 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:38,919 I'm assuming I've got pieces to decorate. 760 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:40,119 I'll have something. 761 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:41,479 Oh, it's still upright. 762 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:43,599 But how the potters builds have fared in the kiln... 763 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:44,759 Oh... 764 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:46,479 ...is yet to be revealed. 765 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,479 The one thing I won't miss about this experience is that hessian. 766 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:50,719 I never want to see hessian again. 767 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:51,799 FYNN SIGHS 768 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,919 It's going to be a hard one because all three of us, 769 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:55,079 decorating's our thing. 770 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:57,999 I do want to win now, like, I'm here and it's like, 771 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,480 you know, it's this close. 772 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:02,759 Welcome back, potters. 773 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,479 Your model theatres have been bisque fired 774 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:06,999 and are ready for decoration. 775 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,999 Keith, any advice for our potters? 776 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,759 We want you to show us a wide range of decorative skills. 777 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:13,759 A cohesive plan is the best way 778 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:15,839 to bring everything together successfully 779 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:17,799 and bring that model stage to life. 780 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:18,999 Don't rush. 781 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,479 Apply that glaze carefully, and make the most of all of your hard work. 782 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:24,639 Just enjoy it and get theatrical. 783 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,119 Theatrical, music to my ears. All right, then. 784 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,079 You've been given a range of glazes and oxides 785 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,479 and 4.5 hours to use them. 786 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,479 And your time starts now. 787 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,199 Remove the hessian! 788 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,479 I don't want to... 789 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,160 THEY LAUGH 790 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:44,479 Angharad, everything OK? 791 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,479 Not as bad as I thought it could've been. 792 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:47,759 That's the spirit. 793 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:48,879 Fynn? 794 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,039 There's a crack along that back panel, 795 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:53,199 but nothing too bad, I don't think. 796 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:54,439 OK. Elham? 797 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:57,999 A little bit of a crack in the base, but nothing horrific. 798 00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,559 Fantastic. Well done, everyone. 799 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:00,879 Happy decorating. RICH: Yeah. 800 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:02,079 Thank you. 801 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,479 That makes me happy, seeing these together. 802 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:08,319 What I'm more nervous about is that we've got major warping on my slabs. 803 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,919 This is meant to go in. 804 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:12,119 God. 805 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:13,120 Just... 806 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:18,039 I mean, it's not flush to the ground, but it's not terrible. 807 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,079 I've just got to decorate them all now. 808 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:22,239 To help bring their stages to life... 809 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,479 Oh, wow. That is thick. 810 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:28,359 ...the potters have a table full of colourful underglazes and oxides. 811 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,479 I think with this, everything will have a slight blue undertone to it. 812 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,479 I'm hoping to go real with the decoration, 813 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,479 curtains being red and things like that. 814 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:36,559 Hi, lovey. 815 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:38,479 It's all happening here. It is all happening. 816 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:39,999 Look at that. Ah, OK. 817 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:41,519 I'm hoping to just lodge one of these in... Oh, yeah. 818 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:42,959 ...for the glaze fire underneath. 819 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:44,159 What's happening up here, then? 820 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,999 This is to represent the juggling of life, and motherhood, 821 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,079 and family life... I see what you're doing there. 822 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:52,479 I'm gonna give it every single bit of me that I can now. 823 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:54,799 I think it's brilliant you're still here. It's amazing. 824 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,999 Me too, because I only batch cooked for three weeks. 825 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,479 I was like, "Don't worry, guys, I'll be home." 826 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:02,159 The cracks are going to get bigger in the next firing, 827 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,159 but I can only decorate what I've got. 828 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,959 Hello, Angharad. Hello. How are you doing? OK. 829 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,799 What's your plan? You've got the oxides. 830 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,039 So, I've got this. I'm going to be sponging ombre 831 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:12,559 where you blend in between everything. 832 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,479 And have you waxed this? So I've latexed around the window... 833 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,079 Latex. ...then I'll peel the latex off. 834 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,479 I'm going to be doing some bubble glazing as well. Yeah. 835 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,199 So you're going to be adding soap into the glaze 836 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:23,159 and blowing it with a straw to create bubbles. Yeah. 837 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:24,879 It's for my wigs more than anything. 838 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:26,799 I love the fact that you've remained ambitious. 839 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:28,480 It's the final. Yeah. 840 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,479 Just to let you know, guys, an hour has gone. 841 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:35,479 How nice. We never get that from you. 842 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,479 Well, there you go. What a treat. 843 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,479 My strategy is to focus on small things 844 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,479 and then give that loads of love. 845 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,479 While Elham is focusing on delicate detailing... 846 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,479 Painting oxides and underglazes darker, 847 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,839 wiping them back, painting more on, wiping those back. 848 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:51,559 Yeah, it's a lot of work. It's not just painting it all once. 849 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,479 Fynn and Angharad have started with the bigger picture. 850 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,479 Do you know what? I'm just enjoying it too much. 851 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,479 But equally, I do need to finish what I'm doing. 852 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,399 You've done a lot. 853 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:02,479 It feels like it. 854 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:04,479 You've enjoyed it here, though. I've absolutely loved it. 855 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,359 Oh, good. It's been so much fun. 856 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:07,959 Can I talk to you about your autism? 857 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:11,319 I imagine things that you have thought haven't been a good trait 858 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:12,919 are actually very helpful. 859 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,119 Yeah, not having a plan 860 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:18,159 balances out my ability to understand time. 861 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:21,479 The things that I can't control, I just have to not think about. 862 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:22,959 And I think that has given me 863 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:26,479 the sort of internal peace that, for so long, I didn't have. 864 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,479 Great. Well, that is beautiful to hear. 865 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:29,679 And also very fortuitous, 866 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:33,479 because this show is now the Great Dance Off. 867 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:35,439 Then I would not be in the final. THEY LAUGH 868 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:36,479 Neither would I. 869 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:39,039 I am planning to slip trail 870 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,959 the pots and the outfits on the characters. 871 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:43,239 My kids are everything to me. 872 00:35:43,240 --> 00:35:44,839 They're hard work, but I love them. 873 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,479 So I've painted my Whitechapel High street scene. 874 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,479 This is a view from the farm that I grew up on. 875 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,479 They were really happy memories. 876 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:56,479 When I look back, like how lucky we were to be so close to the sea 877 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,999 and to have animals around us all the time. 878 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,479 So lucky. 879 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,479 So this is Mona and Jordie in Canada. 880 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:04,119 It's been a real privilege, actually, 881 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:06,039 to be accepted into their family. 882 00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:07,479 Since Marnie and I have been together, 883 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:08,999 they've been over once. 884 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:10,479 For the last five years, 885 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:11,919 we've been trying to get out to Canada. 886 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,480 Hopefully next year is the year that we can go. 887 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,079 Potters... 888 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:19,479 Please don't say an hour because that will be a shock. 889 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:20,519 One hour left. 890 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,479 BLEEP. 891 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,479 I 100% need to speed up to get this all done. 892 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,479 Do you like my roast dinner? I love your roast dinner. 893 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:28,559 Making you hungry? I am a bit hungry, actually. 894 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:29,839 I love a nice carrot. 895 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:31,479 I'm still working on the background pieces. 896 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:32,839 Everything is really detailed, 897 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:34,799 but I think I'm actually doing OK for time. 898 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:36,399 They may be my famous last words. 899 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,359 This is a wig trundle, and I've got a bed. 900 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:41,919 Growing up, I would do all of my artwork in my bedroom, 901 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:45,159 so I hope that the judges see, like, the sentimentality. 902 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:46,839 All my small pieces are done. 903 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:50,479 I'm just imagining that pop of red at the front of the theatre. 904 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:51,880 I need to sit down and watch. 905 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,479 Finishing off my little cottage, and around the deer and stuff, 906 00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,319 there's just lots of little black lines I've added in. 907 00:36:58,320 --> 00:36:59,479 They're subtle, but they're there. 908 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:01,959 Now that I've done the wood floor, it looks quite cute. 909 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:03,879 Are you painting the wooden floor brown? 910 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,479 Grey. Grey! Yeah, it's kind of like contemporary. 911 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:08,479 Oh, the contemporary theatre with the crack in the floorboards. 912 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,959 Yes, I know it well. We're going moody. 913 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:12,039 So once I wiped this back, 914 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:14,839 I'm going to put a layer of brown underglaze on, 915 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,839 hopefully just blend together so it's not too stark. 916 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,479 This time call is going to stress me out. 917 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,479 Potters, you've half an hour left. 918 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:25,479 So you've still got all your characters to do. 919 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:27,479 I'm a bit behind, but I can do it. It's fine. 920 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,319 OK. Oh, God. 921 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,759 I am dabbing on some oxide onto the bricks 922 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:34,479 and on the other side of the scenery. 923 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:37,519 It, like, sits in all the crevices and stuff, it's really nice. 924 00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:38,959 I'm going to use the monoprinting, 925 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:42,119 so I'm just going to paint paper with some underglaze 926 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,479 and then press it on top of the clay. 927 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:48,479 The damp will pull it off the sheet and transfer it onto the clay. 928 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,839 I need to actually decorate some people now, don't I? 929 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:52,479 So I've got me, I've got my older brother, 930 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,479 my younger brother, my sister, and then my two best friends, 931 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,479 Luke and Josh. No pressure. 932 00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:00,479 I am just scraping off the black glaze. 933 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,519 Tonight's performance. Chaos. 7:00. 934 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,279 Who is that? That's my older brother. 935 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:06,599 Is that my older brother? 936 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:07,999 No, I don't know who that is. 937 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,039 OK. Mono printing has worked all right. 938 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,119 Potters, that's ten minutes left. 939 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:13,239 OK... 940 00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:15,479 I think I'm actually just gonna glaze everything. 941 00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:18,479 Transparent glaze, while milky in appearance when applied... 942 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,479 You're glazed. Oh, you're not glazed. 943 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:22,479 ...will create a glossy finish 944 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,479 and add pop to the potters' decoration once fired. 945 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,679 The drawer is going to be underneath the theatre. 946 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,279 So if it does slump, don't want any glaze under there. 947 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:33,479 I'm peeling the latex off. 948 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:34,999 Ooh! One minute left now. 949 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:36,279 Flippin' heck. 950 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:37,479 Just literally slapping it on. 951 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,399 Just a couple of trees. 952 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:40,479 Then you should be done? 953 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:42,479 Yep. Promise me. Yep. Don't break my heart. 954 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:44,759 This is definitely the closest I've got to not finishing. 955 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:46,399 Just ten seconds left. 956 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:47,639 Really? 957 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:48,959 BLEEP. 958 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,639 I have no idea what's going on. 959 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:51,880 And that's it. Ah! 960 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,759 Brushes down. Step away from your model theatres. 961 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:56,879 Well done. 962 00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:58,199 That was the last time. 963 00:38:58,200 --> 00:38:59,759 Angharad, what are you thinking? 964 00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:02,319 Don't know. I think I'm in shock. 965 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:06,719 Well, for the last time, potters dismissed. 966 00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:08,319 Off you go. 967 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:09,839 Mad that we've just done that. 968 00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:12,239 I know, that was absolutely bonkers. 969 00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:14,479 Final Make is done. 970 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,479 Praying not for more cracks. 971 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:19,479 I did absolutely everything I could with that time. 972 00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:21,479 Like, every little minute of it. 973 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,119 I've left my little drawer under there. Perfect. 974 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:26,239 I'd like to win. That would be lovely. 975 00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:27,519 You never know. 976 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:30,519 Just pray that stays in one piece, and we'll see. 977 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,599 How are you feeling? Exhausted. 978 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:35,159 I honestly don't know if I could be the winner. 979 00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:36,279 I don't know. 980 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:37,559 I couldn't have done any more, basically. 981 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,199 It would be that anxious wait of what the kiln gods 982 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:41,480 have got in store for us. 983 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,559 {\an8}Guys... Last time. Last time. Last time. 984 00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:51,279 {\an8}THEY GIGGLE 985 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:53,079 {\an8}It's Judgment Day. 986 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,399 {\an8}The stages have undergone their final firing, 987 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:58,039 and for the potters, there's nothing more they can do. 988 00:39:58,040 --> 00:39:59,759 I am excited to see my Final Make. 989 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,919 Dream scenario, no more warping, no more cracking. 990 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:05,159 But I know I did my best. 991 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:08,879 I think it's anxiety and excitement in equal measure on this front, 992 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:10,959 because the end could be that I'm the winner, 993 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:13,919 and that would just really be the cherry on top 994 00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:15,999 of what's been an amazing experience. 995 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,039 I'm really looking forward to seeing my piece now, 996 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,439 stand in front of the judges for the last time, 997 00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:23,439 present your work for the last time, like, it has been daunting, 998 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:25,679 but today I'm going to do it with pride, 999 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:28,439 because it's my last piece, and I'm like, do you know what? 1000 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:30,559 I'm proud of this journey. I'm proud of what I made. 1001 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:32,879 And here you go. 1002 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:34,439 Wow... 1003 00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,159 Ooh... 1004 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:37,279 Wow. 1005 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:39,439 There are some more cracks that have opened up. 1006 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:40,959 Massive cracks. Have you? 1007 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:42,439 I think we've all got some cracks. 1008 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:43,999 Yeah, massive crack, 1009 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:47,520 but actually it's still really cute, so I'm happy. 1010 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:57,439 Your model theatres look absolutely amazing. 1011 00:40:57,440 --> 00:40:59,999 I cannot wait to see them, so I'll stop talking. 1012 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:01,679 Let's get on with the judging, shall we? Yeah. 1013 00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:05,440 Elham, if you could please bring your model stage up to the judges. 1014 00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:20,919 Are you pleased with how it's looking? 1015 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,479 Do you know, honestly, I'd say it's the proudest piece 1016 00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:24,759 that I've made here, 1017 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:27,759 but it's also the most heartbreaking, too, 1018 00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:29,159 to see that crack in it. 1019 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:31,439 Well, look, we're going to skirt over the crack. 1020 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:33,559 We'll put a carpet in the middle of the room. A rug. 1021 00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:34,800 Do you know why? 1022 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:38,839 Because... there's so much detail. VOICE CRACKS 1023 00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:40,439 There's so much to look at. 1024 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:41,879 There's so much to think about. 1025 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:43,439 There really is. 1026 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,439 It's amazing. Look at that. 1027 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:49,079 Yeah. I mean, this is the thing, I think... 1028 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:50,999 We're always our own worst critics. 1029 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:52,719 And, yes, you've got one stress crack... 1030 00:41:52,720 --> 00:41:54,159 A little bit of a crack in the bay. 1031 00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:57,319 Well, two minor stress cracks, but that can't take away 1032 00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,919 from the beauty you've injected into this stage. 1033 00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:02,439 There is so much in here that you should be so proud of. 1034 00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:04,119 I want the roast dinner. Yeah. 1035 00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:07,439 You've even put a border around every single plate on the table. 1036 00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:09,319 That is a beautiful object. 1037 00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:10,439 They both are. 1038 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:11,719 I mean, they are exquisite. 1039 00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:13,079 I mean, who does that? 1040 00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:14,519 Well, Elham does it. Yeah. 1041 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,679 And this is such a wonderful scene, both of them. 1042 00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:18,439 And the fact that you've kept them matte, 1043 00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:20,439 it looks like theatre canvas. 1044 00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:22,439 The scenery for the next scene is in the drawer. 1045 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,439 This is the... Yeah, can we have a look at the chaos? 1046 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,039 Chaos. Go on, give us chaos. 1047 00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:27,439 Does this go the other way around? 1048 00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:29,359 Yeah. They go the dark way around. 1049 00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:31,959 Yusef hangs off the chandelier. Of course. 1050 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:33,519 So it's nappies all over the place. 1051 00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:34,919 There's a spilt tea. 1052 00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:37,439 There's a pile of dishes, and there's dirty ones. 1053 00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:38,839 That's reality, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. 1054 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:42,439 That's a lovely, simple process to do, but really, really effective. 1055 00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:45,439 I mean, everything is so immediately recognisable. 1056 00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:48,439 I can't believe you've got this much done in that time. 1057 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:50,439 Me neither. THEY LAUGH 1058 00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:52,439 Yeah, it's really, really lovely, lovey. 1059 00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:54,440 Thank you very much. Well done. Thank you. 1060 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:05,439 Well, you know what, Fynn? 1061 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:08,439 The thing that you notice most about your stage is detail. 1062 00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:11,399 We've seen your attention to detail on surface 1063 00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:13,439 throughout this whole process, 1064 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:16,439 and this is just the very definition of you, really. 1065 00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:18,439 It's really, really wonderful. Yeah. It's just fab. 1066 00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:19,519 It's just got such energy. 1067 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:20,799 And I like the fact that you've flipped 1068 00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:22,279 the whole idea on its head. 1069 00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:24,439 Why shouldn't a stage be out in the woods? 1070 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,439 I mean, it's a shame that, yeah, you've got a bit of a stress crack, 1071 00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:30,439 but it's just got such a lovely atmosphere about it. 1072 00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:32,239 It feels like you're in a woodland. 1073 00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:33,639 And you've got this lovely little fire. 1074 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:37,439 I mean, the fire... My God, it is beautiful. 1075 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,439 It's just amazing how everything is part of the same feel, 1076 00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:42,439 even though you've sort of thrown oxides on here 1077 00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:44,439 and you've got mono printing, it just works. 1078 00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:46,439 The colour brings it all together. 1079 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:48,079 This could be a brooch in itself. 1080 00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:49,839 I mean... Maybe on your jacket, not mine. 1081 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:50,959 It's just incredible. 1082 00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:52,599 Yeah, I could wear that. Maybe more of a medallion. 1083 00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:55,439 It's beautiful. And, Fynn, how many scenes have you done, then? 1084 00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:56,959 There's two scenes. Right. 1085 00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:58,439 The idea is the Canadians, 1086 00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:00,799 they would be looking back into the scene at us in Cornwall, 1087 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:02,039 and then vice versa. 1088 00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:03,199 Oh, I see. 1089 00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:04,719 And then they go in there, looking out at us, 1090 00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:05,919 and then we look back in at them. 1091 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,439 Act two. Just really fabulous. 1092 00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:10,439 I love the way that you've managed to sort of incorporate 1093 00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:12,439 the characters within the whole scene. 1094 00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:15,879 There's not much to them, but what there is, is detail. 1095 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:20,439 But what's impressing me most about it is a real sense of your style. 1096 00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:22,439 It's almost like a culmination of 1097 00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:24,839 all the weeks before coming into this. 1098 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:26,839 I could look at it time and time again. 1099 00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:28,919 It's really, really wonderful. Thank you. 1100 00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:30,999 Well done. Thank you so much, Fynn. Cheers. 1101 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,320 Well done, lovey. It's absolutely brilliant. 1102 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:45,439 Are you pleased with it? I'm really, really happy. 1103 00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:49,439 Besides the warping and massive crack down the middle... 1104 00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:51,239 It's a genre in theatre. It is, actually. 1105 00:44:51,240 --> 00:44:52,519 That's right. It is. 1106 00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:55,439 I mean, there's a reason why ceramic pings, it's the tension. 1107 00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:57,639 Yeah. And you've got these two columns, 1108 00:44:57,640 --> 00:44:59,639 and it's just going, "ugh!" Yeah. Yeah. 1109 00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:03,439 Well, look, your sense of style and your sense of playfulness, 1110 00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:04,959 it's just... VOICE CRACKS 1111 00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:08,439 ...absolutely a complete and utter celebration. 1112 00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:12,439 And it tells that story of who you are, and I just I love it. 1113 00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:16,639 Yeah. It's like your creative style just oozes out of you, 1114 00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:19,439 and it kind of penetrates every aspect of what you make. 1115 00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:20,879 I mean, this is beautiful. 1116 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:22,959 When you look at it, you can see layers 1117 00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:26,199 of different colours and surface and the texture on the stage. 1118 00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:27,319 Beautiful. 1119 00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:29,199 There's so many different techniques that you've employed 1120 00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:30,439 on each and every aspect 1121 00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:33,439 that makes them feel individually loved somehow. 1122 00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:36,199 You can tell that you've put real heart into it. 1123 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:37,439 Wow. Yeah, yeah. 1124 00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:39,439 God, that London scene. That's fantastic. 1125 00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:43,439 It looks like a backdrop that would be painted in a theatre. 1126 00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:44,839 Yeah, that comes out as well. 1127 00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:46,439 So it goes really stripped back. 1128 00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:49,439 And then it's just the four of us down on the farm. 1129 00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:52,119 We don't have a lot of photographs of us all together as kids, 1130 00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:53,439 and that's one that we do have. 1131 00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:56,439 And here you are, and you're making it in three dimensions. 1132 00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:58,959 And as you're making it, you're just thinking about 1133 00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:01,439 all those people that you love in your life. I love it. 1134 00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:03,439 And look, this goes for all of you folks. 1135 00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:06,439 You've covered everything and you've really thought 1136 00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:08,439 of every single bit of detail. 1137 00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:10,959 This particular challenge for the final 1138 00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:12,279 is just so fitting, 1139 00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:15,079 because it enables you to give us your stories, 1140 00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,439 but to give us all that incredible detail. 1141 00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:19,079 And this is just brilliant. 1142 00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:20,719 Yeah. Really, really cool. It really is. 1143 00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:24,439 Well done. Thank you so much. Thank you. 1144 00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:25,799 Awesome workout. 1145 00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:27,399 Well done. Thank you. 1146 00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:28,719 Well done. 1147 00:46:28,720 --> 00:46:29,879 Really lovely. 1148 00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:31,439 I'll take those lovely words away with me 1149 00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:35,239 and just remember that when I have wobbles when I'm making. 1150 00:46:35,240 --> 00:46:36,439 It would be lovely to win, 1151 00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:38,439 but I don't know what way it's going to go. 1152 00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:40,919 It's up to the judges, and thank God I'm not one of them 1153 00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:42,639 cos I don't know what I'd do. 1154 00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:44,439 I'm hoping I've done enough, 1155 00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:46,439 but I've just lifted that really heavy thing up there. 1156 00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:48,199 I'm not sure how good my arms are going to be 1157 00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:49,439 for carrying a trophy today, 1158 00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:51,839 but, yes, it would be amazing if it could be me. 1159 00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:53,439 I'd be absolutely elated if I won. 1160 00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:55,439 I can't say good things about myself. 1161 00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:56,719 {\an8}I really, really struggle. 1162 00:46:56,720 --> 00:46:58,439 {\an8}But I can look at that piece and think, 1163 00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:00,439 {\an8}wow, I have definitely grown. 1164 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,199 {\an8}I'll take so much away from this. 1165 00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:03,839 {\an8}It'd be nice to take the trophy too. 1166 00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:05,439 {\an8}They're all just extraordinary, aren't they? 1167 00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:07,440 {\an8}They really are. They really are. 1168 00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:12,679 My gosh, what a final. 1169 00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:14,399 What a great challenge, actually. 1170 00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:17,039 {\an8}Yeah. There's so much of themselves in what they've made. 1171 00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:19,199 {\an8}And with such incredible detail. 1172 00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:20,399 {\an8}Exactly. 1173 00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:24,399 So, Angharad, let's talk about her extraordinary stage. 1174 00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,399 There were so many different decorative techniques on display. 1175 00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:30,039 She didn't rest on her laurels in any way. 1176 00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:31,399 She really pushed herself. 1177 00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:33,399 She doesn't even know where her laurels are...! 1178 00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:35,079 No, no! ..to rest on them. 1179 00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:36,879 She's always pushing herself. 1180 00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:38,399 Yeah. Aside from that crack, 1181 00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:40,719 the quality of the making was outstanding. 1182 00:47:40,720 --> 00:47:42,399 And that backdrop on the stage 1183 00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:44,399 looked like a backdrop you'd find in a theatre. 1184 00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:47,919 You also mentioned that Elham's inserts looked 1185 00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:49,399 as if they were printed on canvas. 1186 00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:51,039 How do you think she did this week? 1187 00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:54,399 Again, incredibly well. Incredibly detailed work. 1188 00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:57,839 She did have a fairly substantial structural crack in the stage, 1189 00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,719 but you could have taken any individual object out 1190 00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:02,279 and it would have been intricately decorated. 1191 00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:04,319 The Yorkshire puddings. The Yorkshire puddings! 1192 00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:07,999 Yeah! Those vases, everything was just finished off meticulously. 1193 00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:11,639 It was a culmination of what she's good at in the final, 1194 00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:13,199 which was brilliant to see. 1195 00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:14,359 Let's talk about Fynn. 1196 00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:17,319 Now, it is worth pointing out that Fynn did come first 1197 00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:19,399 in the second challenge. Yeah, he did. 1198 00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:22,399 And attention to detail with form is what his main make was all about. 1199 00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:26,119 Exactly. It felt like a really well-thought-out stage, 1200 00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:28,239 and all the components felt like they'd been treated 1201 00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:29,399 with an equal amount of love. 1202 00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:31,399 It really all came together for Fynn, 1203 00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:34,399 aesthetically, almost structurally and decoratively. 1204 00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:35,959 It was just brilliant. 1205 00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:37,799 Well, it's always a serious decision, 1206 00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:39,399 but it's extra serious this week. 1207 00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:40,559 Do you have a winner? 1208 00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:42,679 I think I do, yeah. Yeah, I think so. 1209 00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:44,439 And I think it's the same as him. 1210 00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:47,400 Yeah. OK. Well, I cannot wait to hear who it is. 1211 00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:56,399 As our finalists await the judges decision, 1212 00:48:56,400 --> 00:49:00,399 their family, friends and past potters are here to cheer them on. 1213 00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:03,399 It's so nice to be back. It's just been amazing 1214 00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:05,839 being back here, isn't it? Yeah. Seeing everybody. 1215 00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:07,079 Do I have a favourite? 1216 00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:09,199 I mean, they're all really, really beautiful. 1217 00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:10,399 I mean, Fynn's is extraordinary. 1218 00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:13,399 The illustrative quality he can bring to clay is magical. 1219 00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:15,359 Oh, it's difficult, isn't it? 1220 00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:17,399 I think my money is on Angharad. 1221 00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:20,399 I knew exactly that Fynn and Angharad would be in the final 1222 00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:22,399 because they're supremely talented. 1223 00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:25,399 I didn't know about the third one, but I'm delighted it's Elham, 1224 00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:28,879 because she's just really pulled it out of the bag every time. 1225 00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:30,399 She's just amazing. 1226 00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:32,399 I think it's going to be a really difficult thing 1227 00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:35,399 for the judges to pick from those three examples there. 1228 00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:38,400 I wish they could all win, honestly. They're all so good. 1229 00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:40,400 THEY CHEER 1230 00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:50,639 Hello, everyone. It's so wonderful to see you all 1231 00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:52,399 and so many of you all this year. 1232 00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:54,399 It's brilliant to have you here. 1233 00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:56,399 Now, the moment you've all been waiting for. 1234 00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:59,399 Please give a very warm welcome 1235 00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:02,399 to our three extraordinary finalists. 1236 00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:06,439 Please welcome Angharad, Elham and Fynn! 1237 00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:07,560 THEY CHEER 1238 00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:22,399 Oh, I cannot tell you how wonderful it's been to have you here. 1239 00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:25,679 And thank you to the three of you for your incredible work 1240 00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:28,919 and for making this final really quite spectacular. 1241 00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:31,039 But the results are in. 1242 00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:35,400 This year's winner of the Great Pottery Throwdown is... 1243 00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:48,559 ...Fynn. 1244 00:50:48,560 --> 00:50:50,160 THEY CHEER 1245 00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:57,039 Oh, my darling! 1246 00:50:57,040 --> 00:50:59,399 I'm so... CHEERING 1247 00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:02,559 Oh, I'm so proud. 1248 00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:04,400 Oh, my God. 1249 00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:08,399 This belongs to you. Well done. Really well done. 1250 00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:11,399 Thank you. Well done, love. Well done. Thank you. 1251 00:51:11,400 --> 00:51:13,399 Well done. Absolutely wonderful achievement. 1252 00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:16,559 Honestly, I'm absolutely dumbstruck. 1253 00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:18,519 Like, I'm... 1254 00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:19,600 Yeah. 1255 00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:24,399 That's crazy. 1256 00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:26,399 Oh, my God. 1257 00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:29,399 That lot over there encouraged me to even give this a go. 1258 00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:31,399 If they hadn't, I wouldn't be here now. 1259 00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:33,879 So incredibly proud. I've always known 1260 00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:38,239 he's got an incredible talent, and I think he's incredible. 1261 00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:40,199 It's been amazing. 1262 00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:43,399 You did so well. Super proud of myself. 1263 00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:45,399 And it's so nice to have my brother and my sister here. 1264 00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:47,599 They get to see, like, that final piece 1265 00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:49,400 and see how much they mean to me. 1266 00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:54,399 We've all shown our strengths in different ways, 1267 00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:56,919 and Fynn has been a very strong maker throughout. 1268 00:51:56,920 --> 00:51:59,399 So hats off to him because, like, it is deserved. 1269 00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:00,759 It is deserved. 1270 00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:02,959 Do you know what? You're all bloomin' winners. 1271 00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:05,599 Yeah. No, everyone and we've all been on a journey together. 1272 00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:07,839 It's been lovely. What a way to finish. 1273 00:52:07,840 --> 00:52:09,399 Genuinely well deserved. 1274 00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:12,159 Like, Fynn's really, like, given it his all every week, 1275 00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:13,799 and, yeah. 1276 00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:14,999 Well done. 1277 00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:18,639 Congratulations. Absolutely extraordinary. 1278 00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:20,999 Fynn has been consistent all the way through. 1279 00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:22,399 There are skills that are taught 1280 00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:25,399 and that you can learn and that you can hone over time, 1281 00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:27,399 but he just has it in him. 1282 00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:30,399 And in the final, he just produced the most extraordinary, 1283 00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:34,399 {\an8}extraordinary piece that spoke bucket-loads about his skills, 1284 00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:38,399 his creativity and his personal stories. 1285 00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:41,719 What makes Fynn really stand out and be a worthy winner 1286 00:52:41,720 --> 00:52:43,399 is his attention to detail, 1287 00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:45,399 his observational skills at being able 1288 00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:50,399 to observe a particular surface and recreate it in clay. 1289 00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:52,879 He's just a credit to creativity. He really is. 1290 00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:56,399 And, well, need I say any more? Fynn's the winner. 1291 00:52:56,400 --> 00:52:59,399 Do you know what? I think I've learned that, 1292 00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:01,599 actually, I'm a little bit more in control of myself 1293 00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:03,399 than I thought I was. 1294 00:53:03,400 --> 00:53:06,399 And if I put the effort in, I can achieve stuff. 1295 00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:08,879 So, it's gonna take me some time to process this, that's for sure. 1296 00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:10,839 But this means a lot. 1297 00:53:10,840 --> 00:53:13,039 I am just really overwhelmed right now. 1298 00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:14,959 There's no... 1299 00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:17,400 There's nothing else I can say, to be honest with you. 1300 00:53:26,400 --> 00:53:28,039 {\an8}♪ There's a reason 1301 00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:30,399 {\an8}♪ For the sunshine sky 1302 00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:32,279 {\an8}♪ And there's a reason 1303 00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:34,399 {\an8}♪ Why I'm feeling so high 1304 00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:36,400 {\an8}♪ Must be the season 1305 00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:40,400 {\an8}♪ When that love light shines all around us 1306 00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:45,799 {\an8}♪ So let that feeling 1307 00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:47,399 {\an8}♪ Grab you deep inside 1308 00:53:47,400 --> 00:53:49,599 {\an8}♪ And send you reeling 1309 00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:52,399 {\an8}♪ Where your love can't hide 1310 00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:54,359 {\an8}♪ And then go stealing 1311 00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:56,919 {\an8}♪ Through the moonlit nights 1312 00:53:56,920 --> 00:53:58,400 {\an8}♪ With your lover 1313 00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:03,399 {\an8}♪ Just let your love flow 1314 00:54:03,400 --> 00:54:05,399 {\an8}♪ Like a mountain stream 1315 00:54:05,400 --> 00:54:07,159 {\an8}♪ And let your love grow 1316 00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:09,399 {\an8}♪ With the smallest of dreams 1317 00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:12,399 {\an8}♪ And let your love show 1318 00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:14,279 {\an8}♪ And you'll know what I mean 1319 00:54:14,280 --> 00:54:16,000 {\an8}♪ It's the season 1320 00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:20,759 {\an8}♪ Let your love fly 1321 00:54:20,760 --> 00:54:23,399 {\an8}♪ Like a bird on a wing 1322 00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:25,879 {\an8}♪ And let your love bind you 1323 00:54:25,880 --> 00:54:27,399 {\an8}♪ To all living things 1324 00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:29,399 {\an8}♪ And let your love shine 1325 00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:31,759 {\an8}♪ And you'll know what I mean 1326 00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:33,400 {\an8}♪ That's the reason 1327 00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:38,079 {\an8}♪ There's a reason 1328 00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:40,399 {\an8}♪ For the warm sweet nights 1329 00:54:40,400 --> 00:54:42,919 {\an8}♪ And there's a reason 1330 00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:45,399 {\an8}♪ For the candle lights 1331 00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:47,399 {\an8}♪ Must be the season 1332 00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:51,400 {\an8}♪ When those love rites shine all around us 1333 00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:56,359 {\an8}♪ So let that wonder 1334 00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:58,399 {\an8}♪ Take you into space 1335 00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:00,919 {\an8}♪ And lay you under 1336 00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:02,400 {\an8}♪ Its loving embrace 1337 00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:05,439 {\an8}♪ Just feel the thunder 1338 00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:07,399 {\an8}♪ As it warms your face 1339 00:55:07,400 --> 00:55:09,239 {\an8}♪ You can't hold back... ♪ 1340 00:55:09,240 --> 00:55:10,399 {\an8}Guys, are you excited? 1341 00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:11,519 {\an8}Mummy's on TV. 1342 00:55:11,520 --> 00:55:14,399 {\an8}Yeah. Can't we watch something else? 1343 00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:16,439 {\an8}♪ Like a mountain stream 1344 00:55:16,440 --> 00:55:18,399 {\an8}♪ And let your love grow 1345 00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:21,199 {\an8}♪ With the smallest of dreams 1346 00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:23,399 {\an8}♪ And let your love show 1347 00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:25,639 {\an8}♪ And you'll know what I mean 1348 00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:27,080 {\an8}♪ It's the season 1349 00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:34,399 {\an8}♪ Let your love fly like a bird on a wing 1350 00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:38,399 {\an8}♪ And let your love bind you to all living things 1351 00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:40,759 {\an8}♪ And let your love shine 1352 00:55:40,760 --> 00:55:42,400 {\an8}♪ And you'll know... ♪ 1353 00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:08,520 {\an8}Subtitles by Red Bee Media