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00:01Amazing! Look at this!
00:02We started with 12...
00:04For all potters, Glaston is like our Mecca.
00:06It's our church, our cathedral.
00:08And over the last nine weeks,
00:10the potters have wowed us with spectacular ceramics.
00:13This is what the show is all about.
00:14From scrumptious soup sets...
00:16These have far exceeded my expectations.
00:19...to wonderful wall-mounted water fountains.
00:21Hey!
00:22Oh, look at that!
00:24They brought animals to life in 1,000-degree heat...
00:27Boom!
00:27Raku! Raku!
00:29...and tears of joy to the pottery.
00:31Just a couple of blokes crying over a jug!
00:35As each week, someone had to depart.
00:38I would have been really good if you hadn't have brought me jug!
00:41Now for Finn.
00:43It actually blows my mind that I'm here now.
00:46Elham.
00:47Sleeves rolled up. Serious mode now, isn't it?
00:50And Anne Harrod.
00:51There's a lot of pressure, but it should be pressure,
00:52because it's a big deal.
00:54Just two challenges remain
00:56to decide who will be crowned Britain's best home potter.
01:02Welcome to the final of the Great Pottery Throwdown!
01:23So profound!
01:36Would you have believed it if someone told you week one you'd be walking in here today?
01:40After week one especially, I was like...
01:43It's a dead heat approaching the final finish line.
01:46Finn.
01:47Featuring three potters.
01:49And Harrod.
01:49With two Potter of the Week wins each.
01:52Elham.
01:54After a nervy start and being new to the wheel...
01:58Oh, look, everyone's just walking into the driving room like...
02:01Elham has grown throughout the competition.
02:04You seem to sort of improve every week.
02:06You really do seem to improve.
02:08Her intricate repeating patterns have been a regular highlight.
02:11Your decoration is just extraordinary.
02:13It's beautiful.
02:15And the momentum of her semi-final Potter of the Week win...
02:18For me, you've learnt the most out of the whole process.
02:22...sees her progression peaking at the perfect time.
02:25There's a chance for anyone to win.
02:27Like, it's whatever you do this week.
02:29But winning that trophy.
02:31I am here for that.
02:32Get me in my...
02:33Be rolling my slab that is.
02:36Have you had to calculate measurements?
02:39No.
02:39Of course not.
02:40Have you met Finn?
02:41For Finn, being the man with no plan...
02:44I don't even know if this is going to work, to be honest with you.
02:46...has turned out to be an impeccable approach.
02:48That is gorgeous.
02:50Really, really well made.
02:51His aversion to making the same thing twice...
02:54...means he rarely practices properly.
02:56Kind of just winging it to some extent...
02:57...and making it up as I go.
02:59But his attention to detail...
03:00...has resulted in some astonishing bills.
03:02It's an absolute feast for the eyes.
03:05I think it's fantastic, lovey.
03:06It's fantastic.
03:07And a rare judges high five.
03:10Coming round for a high five.
03:11I can't even speak.
03:12You've smashed it.
03:13It's awesome.
03:15I'm ready in spirit.
03:17But in usual fashion, the ideas are still marinating.
03:22Winning would be absolutely huge.
03:24Mind-blowing, actually.
03:26I think it's quite simple, but there's so much going on in it.
03:28Simple?
03:29Really?
03:30With detailed designs and decorative work...
03:32You want to get it all in.
03:34...Anne Harrod has dazzled the judges throughout.
03:37It's brilliant, lovey.
03:38I don't.
03:38It's fantastic.
03:40Despite struggling with second challenges...
03:42It's just full-on collapsing.
03:44I'm going to be last.
03:45...and self-confidence...
03:46This could turn out looking absolutely horrific.
03:49...looking inside herself for her portrait sculpture...
03:52That is fantastic.
03:53A celebration of you.
03:56...finally showed her just what she is capable of in this competition.
04:00We're going into the final now, and we've all won part of the week twice.
04:04So it's anyone's game, you know.
04:06So I could win it.
04:13Hello, finalists.
04:15Well done on getting here.
04:17You must be so proud.
04:19For your final main make challenge, the judges and I would like you to make a model stage.
04:28Judges, for the last time, any words of wisdom for our finalists?
04:32Well, we'd like you to be inspired by the famous 19th century Staffordshire figure groups and create an elaborate miniature
04:39model stage.
04:40It should feature a selection of characters, as well as scenic backdrops and set furniture.
04:45And we'd really like your stages to come to life, so the figures and the scenery should be movable.
04:50Give us imagination and wonder.
04:52We want your stage to tell us your story, something meaningful that reflects your life and personality.
04:58Now, the majority of this build is a slab build, but we really encourage you to give us as many
05:03skills as you possibly can.
05:05So think about how you can incorporate coiling, sculpting and throwing, as well as plenty of colour, sprigs and relief.
05:12We want to be wowed.
05:13This is the final.
05:14Oh, fantastic.
05:15I really, really can't wait to see what you do.
05:18Potters, you have been given seven and a half hours to make and refine your model stages.
05:25And your time, for the last time, starts now.
05:29Potters, get potting.
05:33We're final.
05:35Sleeves rolled up.
05:37Serious mode now, isn't it?
05:39I'm so excited to be in the final.
05:40If it works the way that I've designed, I'll be really proud of myself because I've never made anything like
05:46this before.
05:46Honestly, just really looking forward to today.
05:48Probably change it, rip bits off, move stuff around.
05:51It kind of worked until now, so...
05:55Rich, the final.
05:57Here we are.
05:58The challenge is so celebratory.
06:00We've asked our potters to be fully inspired by the early 19th century Staffordshire figure groups.
06:05And what a treat to have one right in front of us.
06:07I mean, we're keen that their stages really come alive by way of individual elements moving.
06:12Yeah, absolutely.
06:13At least two movable pieces of scenery.
06:16At least six, preferably more, characters.
06:19One of them has to be them because we want them to set the stage of their life and their
06:24personality.
06:25All of this really wants to feel like a culmination of all of their time in the pottery
06:29and all of the skills that they've learnt and picked up along the way.
06:32You know, using the wheel as a tool, using slabs, using hand-building,
06:35we want to get a sense that they've used every single second of that seven and a half hours.
06:40It really wants to be a celebration of them in the final
06:42and a celebration of what they can do with the clay.
06:45Well, the stage has been set.
06:47Let's hope they put on a show that we really love.
06:49Yeah, and which one of our potters is going to get a standing ovation?
06:56Hi, lovey.
06:57Hello.
06:57Hello, Elham.
06:58Coming into the final as our potter of the week.
07:00Yeah, absolutely.
07:02Well, tell us about your design this week.
07:04It's called the Palace of Stormlight.
07:05Sounds very extravagant.
07:07Yeah.
07:07Based on home.
07:08Home can really be theatre sometimes, especially with Kith.
07:11It's that real jump from, like, chaos to part home.
07:14Yeah, how fabulous.
07:15I notice here it says bottom storage drawer.
07:19So, well, I thought, how do I incorporate a support
07:21and something useful?
07:23So, chaos will just go in there.
07:26Elham's slab-built stage setting of a calm Sunday roast in the kitchen
07:30will be shattered by the chaos unleashed from the drawer below.
07:33Changeable scenic views move from a sunny day to a gloomy evening
07:37as her hand-sculpted children run riot around dirty clothes and dishes,
07:41spill tea and nappies on the floor.
07:43What a lovely theme.
07:45Yeah, how fabulous.
07:46And is this parquet flooring?
07:47I will show you.
07:48Oh, my God.
07:50My husband's a dentist, so he prints retainers with a 3D printer.
07:53I was like, erm, do something for me.
07:55Some people are like, oh, where's my retainers?
07:57I need my next one.
07:58And I'll be like this.
08:00Elham was in the final, so, you know.
08:03Well, look, good luck with it all.
08:04Can't wait to see it.
08:05Yeah, it looks great.
08:06Thanks.
08:08I've pre-cut some templates.
08:10I'm cutting the slabs around, and I've worked them out so that they should,
08:13when they're ready to be put together, just slot together really nicely.
08:16To create a stage worthy of their most important make of the competition...
08:20So many slabs!
08:21...as well as cutting to precise measurements to ensure the correct fit,
08:25The potters also need to make sure their slabs are the right consistency.
08:29Slab building has a tendency to warp, so I'm just praying that that doesn't happen.
08:35As any areas drying unevenly run the risk of both warping and cracking.
08:40There's no room for cracks this week.
08:42It's the final.
08:42But while Elham and Anne Harrod use slabs to build box structures in the form of a traditional theatre...
08:48I'm hand-sculpting some trees, and I'm throwing the main body at the base.
08:52Finn is taking his stage to the great outdoors.
08:55My design is based between my family in Cornwall,
08:58and my now-inherited family in Canada, on Marnie's side.
09:02Mona and Geordie, they're my cheerleaders from the other side of the pond, basically.
09:05So, yeah, they've been amazing.
09:07So I wanted to base it on kind of like the Alice Through the Looking Glass idea
09:09that there's sort of two worlds, but we're sort of connected through nature.
09:13Finn's reversible open-air stage will sit on a thrown and altered base,
09:18draped in slabs and framed with extruded and sculpted trees.
09:21Marnie's family will be looking at them amongst the sprigged engine houses of Cornwall
09:25before changeable slab scenery see Finn, Marnie and their dogs gazing across the pond
09:30to alpine trees in a cabin by the lake in Canada.
09:34Fantastic.
09:35So how many moving objects do you think you're going to be doing?
09:37Are they moveable as well, or are they...?
09:39I haven't really decided.
09:40Yay!
09:42Don't be asking such a silly question.
09:44He doesn't know yet.
09:46It's an escape that if it sort of pops off during that, I'll be like,
09:48yeah, it's totally beautiful.
09:49That was the plan.
09:49Yeah.
09:50It was just last night that I decided I was going to throw the base.
09:53It was going to be slab.
09:54Brilliant.
09:54Yeah.
09:55That's my boy.
09:56Well, look, good luck with it all.
09:58We'll see you later on.
09:59It's really exciting.
10:00Yeah.
10:01Well, we're excited that you're excited.
10:02Great.
10:03Cheers.
10:03Cheers.
10:08The drying room is open.
10:15I need to put them in the drying room, let them firm up.
10:18While structural pieces begin drying.
10:20So, right now, I'm just throwing off the hump.
10:22I'm throwing my characters.
10:24To be able to tell their stories on stage, the Potters will need the stars of the show.
10:29So, this will be Mona in Canada.
10:31Just kind of making a really rough sort of shape, letting them firm up a bit, and then I'll carve
10:36some clothes and some stuff back into them.
10:38I've chosen cone shapes.
10:39Kids, husband, mum, dad.
10:41Me.
10:42Anybody else making an appearance?
10:44Maybe new best friends?
10:47Postman.
10:49Okay.
10:49That sounds good.
10:51While the Potters all sculpt their own families.
10:54This will be my best friend, Luke.
10:57Anne Howard's story involves an additional one.
10:59Luke and Josh, they're two of the people I met when I first moved to London.
11:03I worked as a wiggy.
11:04Wham!
11:05Wigs, hair and make-up.
11:06A musical theatre.
11:08Moving, you know, from my family in South Wales and going from, like, the countryside
11:13to, like, a massive city, they basically became my family.
11:17And my siblings and Josh and Luke, they've all been individually just so supportive of
11:22anything that I've done.
11:23And they think I can do things that I don't even think I can do.
11:26Like, genuinely, they just have this belief in me and I'm just so grateful to have them
11:31in my life.
11:32Anne Howard's slab-built theatre wig room will double as her Whitechapel bedroom and be
11:37shared with Luke and Josh.
11:38Her first backdrop will be removed to feature a painted London skyline, which will then share
11:43the sky with her final act, coming full circle back to Wales and being reunited with the family
11:48she adores.
11:50I love that same sky idea.
11:52It's the idea of, like, you might not be in the same place, but you're all in the same
11:56place at the same time.
11:57Oh, that's marvellous.
11:58I'm going to be throwing the characters and the wig blocks off the hump as well.
12:02Well, we'll see you at Christmas then.
12:04It's really lovely.
12:06But lots to get done.
12:07There's a lot to get done.
12:08Break a leg.
12:13Potters, you're halfway through.
12:16Halfway through.
12:17Yay!
12:19Yay!
12:20Oh, my God.
12:22So much to do.
12:23I've manipulated my base and put a solid support in there.
12:26There's going to be so much weight on top.
12:27Need to crack on now.
12:29Throwing my little parts off the hump.
12:31As well as having many items to make.
12:33Three done.
12:34700 to go.
12:36And textures to apply.
12:37I've just got some lino that I've carved with a fake wood effect.
12:41I'm just doing floorboards.
12:43The potters need to utilise as many different techniques within their stages as possible.
12:48We're doing slab building, throwing.
12:50Hand sculpting.
12:51And now, sprig work, all fun.
12:54A little bit of everything.
12:55As with the curtain drawing on the competition.
12:58So, this is an engine house.
12:59There's one literally on my road.
13:01This is their final chance to impress the judges.
13:03So, are you content at this point in the make?
13:07Uh, I'm working for my list.
13:09I've got a list today.
13:09You have a list?
13:10Doesn't mean I'm really looking at it, but it's kind of fair in the background.
13:13Please, don't change.
13:14Trust me, I won't be.
13:16It could be written down and I'll still ignore it.
13:20Finn is a really creative, busy character.
13:23Pottery, he's only been doing for a couple of years and yet he just loves it.
13:29I think what's potentially got him to the final is he may not go the conventional route.
13:34His favourite saying is, there's no plan A without a plan B.
13:38He's always loved making things, doing things, trying out, experimenting and exploring.
13:44To get to the final has been amazing for him.
13:47So proud of what he's achieved.
13:49Amazingly proud of him, yeah.
13:51Take a good look, Dad.
13:53Oh, no.
13:54Good luck.
13:55He's always saying how proud of us he is of doing certain things and to hear him get this
13:59far is insane.
14:01Like, really, really, really proud of him.
14:02So pleased that you've got to the final.
14:05Yeah, I definitely wouldn't have managed any of this, I don't think, if you guys hadn't
14:08have been so supportive with it.
14:09You know, everybody's just done so much for me.
14:11I've been looking out for the whole tattoo studio, but having to deal with everything.
14:15So, yeah, you'd better win.
14:17I love you.
14:18I love you too.
14:21So, this is the tree layer for the Canadian side.
14:25I've got one of the Cornwall scenes done, but I've still got so much to do.
14:29I'm making a little logo for my theatre.
14:32It's like a little half-mask with juggling hands to represent, like, just juggling everything
14:37at home.
14:39My mum and Afsana are at home each week having the kids, and everyone is doing their bit
14:44to let me be here.
14:46You know they say it takes a village to raise kids.
14:49That's my village, and...
14:53Yeah, family to me is everything.
14:55Oh, you've got a massive tower of squares there.
14:59Elham is...
14:59I'm using the word inspiration, because that's the definition of her name.
15:03Her name actually means inspiration.
15:05She's a great inspiration to our kids, and she's an amazing mum.
15:08I am not surprised at all that she's made it to the final, because I've seen how she's
15:12put her blood, sweat and tears into every single stage.
15:15She's regularly practised for the show, and sacrificed being with the kids.
15:19Ah!
15:21I think Elham needs pottery in her life to channel something within herself that I think,
15:26as people, we can lose through life and its ups and downs.
15:30Getting to the final for Elham is an affirmation and a validation of her hard work, and for her
15:36children to be able to see her as Elham, and this is her own individual achievement, is
15:43so positive.
15:44Yusuf, which one is that?
15:45Who are you drawing?
15:47Me?
15:47Yeah.
15:48Ooh, I like my eyelashes.
15:50I don't think I can verbalise how pride I am of her.
15:53Not only in getting to the pot we throw down final, but just generally since I met her.
15:57I've struck gold with Elham.
15:59I'm sure she will strike gold with the trophy as well.
16:03This is for the cobbled bricks from the outside of the theatre.
16:06It's lovely.
16:07So, how do you wish me to address you now?
16:10Madam finalist?
16:11Queen.
16:11Because this is a palace.
16:14Queen finalist.
16:15Yes, I'll take that.
16:16And you were Potter of the Week last week.
16:17A wall.
16:18All hail Queen finalist.
16:20Thanks.
16:23My small movable props are going to be wigs.
16:26Being a wiggy is a very similar environment to this room here.
16:29It's the adrenaline of the show, and you're working with really, really talented people.
16:35It's quite overwhelming being the final.
16:37There's a lot of pressure, but it should be pressure, because the reality of what it is, it's a big
16:41deal.
16:42It's a big deal.
16:44Which one's earlier? I don't know.
16:46I'm incredibly proud of Angharad, of where she's got to, and just where she's coming from.
16:51She was always creative, and when she was in London, she just loved being in theatres and doing wigs and
16:56make-up, but overnight she lost her job because of Covid, and when she did come back, she was kind
17:01of, like, lost.
17:02I think she has poured everything into pottery, and it has been, like, an outlet for her creativeness.
17:07Life can be a lot sometimes, and when things have been really difficult, as well as my siblings, my friends,
17:13it's been a known thing, like, I can rely on.
17:17But when I did the self-portrait sculpture, that was the first thing that I made, where I was like,
17:21oh, do you know what, that's really quite good.
17:24Angharad deserves to be in the final.
17:25She knows she can do it, but she doesn't believe in herself.
17:28We know she can do these things, but I'm hoping where she's got to will hopefully make her realise that
17:33she is very special and very talented at what she does.
17:37We're all just incredibly proud of her.
17:40You on to wigs?
17:41Yeah, on to wigs.
17:42Get all the fiddlier things out of the way and then crack on with the actual...
17:46Constructing.
17:47Yeah.
17:47Fab.
17:48You're all right, you'll get there.
17:49We'll get there, all get there.
17:53Batters! Five hours gone! Two and a half hours left! Hurry up!
17:58Oh my God.
17:59That's not very professional.
18:01Who are you?
18:03I am going to assemble now.
18:06I just want to really make sure that he's fit.
18:09I'm going to pop the walls to join.
18:11We need to come together nicely.
18:13Slipping, scoring, slipping, scoring.
18:15Their stage structures need connecting before the clay gets too dry.
18:19It's the time management between making sure that stuff is dry and joining it at the right time.
18:24Or they'll run the risk of cracking or separating during firing.
18:28I am doing a little extra with these joins. I'm adding some coils.
18:32My dad would be proud. He's a civil engineer.
18:34He'd probably be like, you're doing that wrong.
18:36There will be no stage if these pop off because I've got no roof. There's nothing there.
18:41That's anything I learned working in theatre.
18:44Even if the stage collapsed, the show must go on.
18:47These are the little pockets to put the sky scenery in.
18:50The movable scenery is crucial to the success of their final makes.
18:53I would usually try not to move the slabs as much as I have done.
18:57So I'm just a bit nervous that we might have a bit of warpage.
19:00If they don't fit correctly as they slot in and out, the potters won't be able to tell their stories.
19:06The backdrop panels slide in to be held up by the tree. So it's like you walk through nature.
19:11There's a theatre. Oh my God, there's an actual theatre. Okay.
19:14With their structures in place...
19:15I need to carve some texture into it. I want floral patterns.
19:19The potters now need to add the all-important detail to complement their overall themes.
19:24Just going to get a couple of these leaves put on so they've got a little nod to Canada with
19:29the little maple leaves.
19:30So I have sprigs that I made from my husband's dental putty.
19:34Nice cosy little fireplace. Oh my God, I've got to do all my blooming sprigs.
19:38How are we going on?
19:39Chaotic at the moment. I just do so many sprigs, it's not even funny.
19:42Do you want me to go? Yeah.
19:44Yeah. Can I leave the cameramen here watching?
19:46Oh, sure. You have to.
19:48Would a cup of tea be a good support for you?
19:50No. Oh, yeah. It's fine.
19:52Probably worse. Probably worse.
19:57Potters, you've half an hour left. Half an hour left.
20:00I'm going to have sprigs all around the theatre.
20:02The one I'm putting on at the moment is the first opera I did, which was Aida.
20:06All the shows I've worked on have, like, just really lovely memories.
20:09This is my little campfire for the Canada scene.
20:12What's left? You've done a lot of work.
20:13Where's the ceramic drawer?
20:15It's there.
20:15Oh, lovely.
20:16I need to put a little candle on it.
20:17Oh, do you want to see my kitchen?
20:18Yes, please.
20:22That's delightful.
20:23Do the doors open?
20:24No.
20:25Oh.
20:27That's all right. It's just the final.
20:30This is a wig trundle.
20:31When you go on tour with wigs or wardrobe, you have a trundle which you kind of tore the wigs
20:36in.
20:36How much time have we got?
20:37Potters, you've ten minutes left. Use them wisely. Ten minutes left now.
20:42Oh, my God. Realistically, it looks like I might have to give the stairs a miss, which is a real,
20:48real shame.
20:49All right, just be calm.
20:51I don't have time to think, so I'm literally just trying to get as much carved down as possible.
20:56There's a lot of detail and still carve out. It's the usual sprint to the finish.
21:00Last minute support for the front, because without stairs, I need something there to hold that up.
21:05I do not want a wonky stage.
21:07Just put texture into some wigs.
21:10I just need to get some last-minute details in.
21:13I'm just carving out some texture in the curtains in the last few minutes, seconds, whatever we have left.
21:20Last-minute potters.
21:21Last one.
21:22Last wig.
21:23Start thinking about bringing your model stages into the drawing room.
21:28Try and lift the damn thing.
21:30This is so heavy.
21:32Be careful.
21:34Brilliant.
21:34Well done.
21:35Nearly there.
21:37I don't realise how much these things.
21:38Wait till you've picked them up.
21:40Elham.
21:41Okay.
21:42Are you done?
21:43Come on now.
21:45Fabulous.
21:47Oh, my God.
21:48In this way.
21:49I'll take the bottom.
21:51Ten.
21:52Nine.
21:53Eight.
21:53Seven.
21:54Six.
21:55Five.
21:56Four.
21:57Three.
21:58Two.
21:58One.
21:59Tools down.
22:00Well done.
22:01Seven and a half hours of work.
22:04Are you going?
22:05Yeah.
22:06I'm not.
22:09Well done.
22:10I'm so impressed.
22:11Potter is dismissed.
22:12Oh, God.
22:13Oh, God.
22:14I just can't believe the make of the final challenge is done.
22:17I can't believe that's just happened.
22:18Because I didn't think I could do that.
22:20But then I haven't thought I'd been able to do everything that we've had to do.
22:22So I hope I've done enough.
22:23Like, I couldn't do any more in that time.
22:25I probably am far too adventurous with what I think I'm going to do.
22:28But hopefully it all comes out in one piece.
22:31I didn't realise how heavy the entire thing was up until the point I had to carry that into
22:34the drawing room and then went, well, there's quite a lot later.
22:37I'm happy with the amount of props that I have and the detail.
22:40It's the main structure I think I'm most worried about.
22:42Major cracks.
22:44Warpage.
22:51It's the final of the Great Pottery Throwdown.
22:56It's a wheel.
22:57And Hidden Under the Hessian is the second challenge which will help decide the winner.
23:01Oh.
23:02That's not going to be an easy one, is it?
23:07Welcome back, Potters, to your final second challenge.
23:12And this week, it's a throwdown.
23:18You will be making a pot with this sodium silicate effect.
23:23And to show us how it's done, Master Potter himself, Keith Primer-Jones.
23:27Keith, please take the wheel.
23:29OK.
23:29We have our colour and you've got three kilos of clay.
23:34Centre up the clay.
23:35I'm just going to go down to create my base and then start collaring it up.
23:40You want to keep enough clay at the top to give me a really nice defined rim.
23:45I'm just going to get the heat gun now.
23:47And I'm drying that out before I start applying the blue slip.
23:51If the surface isn't dried off enough, does the slip just mix with the clay?
23:54Yeah.
23:55And make a mushy mess?
23:55It does, which is not what we're after.
23:58And then just start applying that slip.
24:00And you want a nice, even coating.
24:03Oh, that's very satisfying.
24:05It really is, yeah.
24:06I'll then take my heat gun again.
24:08You want to dry off that slip.
24:12Now I apply the sodium silicate.
24:14Get that brush really nicely charged up to give a nice, even coating.
24:18It's like a varnish over it and then it all starts cracking.
24:23Yeah.
24:24Once you've done that, back on the heat gun.
24:27I want to dry this off so you can't see that sheen anymore.
24:31The drier it is, the better effects you get.
24:34But too dry, the pot will be too firm to actually get that bulbous form.
24:39Dun, dun, dun.
24:42Now I'm just going to form that outer shape.
24:44So at this point, you can't touch the outside of the pot because you'll ruin the effect.
24:48So you've got to throw it from the inside.
24:52It looks very counterintuitive to not have your other hand guiding what's going on on the inside.
24:58It does.
24:59And it is.
25:00This particular process is really the main crux of this whole challenge.
25:04You only have one go at this.
25:06Well, it is the final, I guess.
25:08Just one more pull.
25:10It's the beginning to crack.
25:11Oh, my gosh.
25:12Ooh.
25:13Wow.
25:14It's like magic.
25:15What Rich and I are really looking for is a nice bulbous form, a good purposeful rim and a really
25:23lovely effect that we've got here.
25:24Fantastic.
25:25Thank you very, very much.
25:26All right, then, potters, back to your benches, please.
25:30Now, this is going to be judged blind, so you know what that means.
25:34Get out of here, boys.
25:36Good luck, guys.
25:37Good luck.
25:38You have been given 25 minutes to create your sodium silicate pot.
25:47And your time starts now.
25:50Remove the hessian.
25:52We've got this.
25:54Last second challenge.
25:55Never done this before, but it looks fun.
25:59Me and second challenges have not been good, so it'd be nice to leave with one last good throw.
26:04Are you happy that your final second challenge is a throwdown?
26:08I'm kind of happy.
26:10Yeah.
26:10What are you worried about?
26:11Altering a form from the inside out.
26:14Yeah.
26:14I'll try my best.
26:16That's bullish.
26:17Then what?
26:18Pull up.
26:19I've just got to get the form up into a cylinder.
26:23The hardest part, I think, is just going to be getting the rim on there the way that they want
26:25it.
26:26Come on.
26:27Right.
26:27I'll just do this.
26:30OK.
26:30You've got it up quickly.
26:33Is this an effect that you like?
26:35I think it looks really cool.
26:36It reminds me of scorched earth.
26:38Or my skin if I don't apply enough moisturiser.
26:43He wants a nice rim.
26:45That's the best it's going to get.
26:46Sorry, Keith.
26:47Just drying it out a bit to get the slip on.
26:49Happy with the shape.
26:50I've already started to get it to go out a bit.
26:53Slip's going on.
26:54I'm just trying to apply it evenly and just make sure that there's no gaps.
26:57I've got the structure right, so as long as I can get this effect to work on here, then it
27:01should be all right.
27:02It would be great if I could win this.
27:04Potters, you're halfway through.
27:06Ah!
27:06Halfway through.
27:09I've got one layer down and doing one layer back up now.
27:12And then was it dry again?
27:13So that I can apply the sodium.
27:19I don't know if that's enough.
27:21I feel like that could do with a bit more slip, truth be told.
27:24I could do another layer.
27:24OK.
27:26Did Keith do that?
27:27No, he did not, and I know that's bad.
27:28I just want you to know that if it goes wrong, I will say I told you so.
27:32You can say.
27:32You can absolutely say.
27:34I'm just adding the sodium silicate.
27:36It's kind of almost like a syrupy type stuff.
27:39This is definitely another first.
27:41Oh, my gosh.
27:42How is it drying?
27:43It looks to be all right.
27:44I'm hoping when I've started for bowl shakes, I'm just going to follow that out and then bring it back
27:48in on itself.
27:49Probably just go for it, shouldn't I?
27:51I am now bellying out the pot.
27:53What's going to be the hardest thing about this?
27:55I obviously can't touch the outside of the pot, otherwise it's going to ruin the whole effect of it.
27:59I'm just having to anchor my left arm off my right arm, and it's just hanging in there, you know.
28:04Oh, my God, I don't know how to do this.
28:05How am I meant to do this?
28:06Like, literally.
28:08It's this hand that I'll use.
28:10No, it's not.
28:12I've never done anything like this before.
28:15It's quite scary.
28:16Can't touch the outside.
28:17Nope.
28:18No touching the outside.
28:19My legs are shaking.
28:22Five minutes left, Potters.
28:24Do you have five minutes left?
28:27Do we have a crack there?
28:29Oh, my gosh.
28:31Anyone got their crack effect?
28:33Elham, I know.
28:34Yeah, I do.
28:35Finn?
28:36Yes, a thumbs up.
28:38And Harry?
28:38Not yet.
28:39Don't let me down.
28:41Oh, there is.
28:42There is.
28:42Yay!
28:46Potters, final minute for the final second challenge.
28:50I need this to be more bulbous.
28:52I kind of feel like I'm just going to leave it like that.
28:54I don't want to ruin it.
28:55It's really hard to see the shape when you're so close.
28:58You kind of want to step back and have a look, but I don't have time.
29:00I think I'm going to go back in and try and get a little bit more clay out of the
29:03base.
29:04Ten seconds.
29:06Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
29:12Well done, well done, well done.
29:13Step away from your pots.
29:16Well done.
29:17Well done, guys.
29:18Please bring them up to the front.
29:21Keith and Rich will now judge the potter's sodium silicate pots.
29:25Wow.
29:26Isn't that amazing?
29:27Excellent.
29:28And they have no idea whose is whose.
29:31The sodium silicate application is very good.
29:33It's really worked well.
29:34Lots of lovely cracking.
29:35Yeah, lovely.
29:36The rim could have been a bit more pronounced, and if they just got a bit more of a bulbous
29:40shape
29:40down the bottom there, just to make the whole shape fuller.
29:43But great use of the clay, really good.
29:45Excellent.
29:45Moving on.
29:46This is a really considered rim.
29:47That's brilliant.
29:48Nice bulbous shape down the bottom.
29:50Yeah, I mean, lovely proportions between the bottom and the top.
29:52Really lovely cracking there.
29:54Excellent.
29:55Last but not least, a nice shape to it, and lovely cracking.
29:58There's a bit of a rim there.
29:59Could have been a bit more pronounced.
30:01Could have maybe just been a bit bolder, just to give you a more bulbous shape.
30:05But really, really good effort.
30:07Well done.
30:08The judges will now rank the finalists from worst to first.
30:12In third place is this one.
30:18Not mine.
30:19Yeah, it's mine.
30:20Oh, it's yours.
30:21Oh, right.
30:22Could have just been a bit more bulbous.
30:24But, no, I mean, brilliant effort.
30:26So, yeah.
30:26Well done.
30:27In second place is this one.
30:33Nice bulbous form.
30:34Really, really lovely effects on there.
30:36Nice bit of throwing.
30:37So, in first place, Finn.
30:40Cheers.
30:40Well done, Finn.
30:41Well done.
30:43Lovely rim on there.
30:45Really competently thrown.
30:46You started that bulbous form right down at the bottom of the base.
30:50Lovely.
30:50Well done.
30:51Cheers.
30:51Well done.
30:54Finn, congratulations.
30:55But congratulations to the three of you.
30:57Potter's dismissed.
30:59It's really exciting to get a win.
31:01I was really happy with what it made.
31:03And the judges really happy too, so that's a plus.
31:06Obviously, coming in third gives you less hope.
31:09But my main make might really be a wow.
31:13You never know.
31:15Second challenge is done.
31:16I just feel like now I just have to do a really good decorating job.
31:19I just hope everything turns out okay.
31:29It's day two of the final make.
31:31The Potter's stages have cooled down after their first bisque firing
31:35and are ready to be decorated.
31:36I'm assuming I've got pieces to decorate.
31:38I'll have something.
31:39Oh, it's still up, right?
31:41But how the Potter's builds have fared in the kiln
31:44is yet to be revealed.
31:46The one thing I won't miss about this experience is that Hessian.
31:49I never want to see Hessian again.
31:51It's going to be a hard one because all three of us,
31:54decorating's I think, I do want to win now.
31:56Like, I'm here and it's like, you know, it's this close.
32:01Welcome back, Potters.
32:02Your model theatres have been bisque fired and are ready for decoration.
32:07Keith, any advice for our Potters?
32:09We want you to show us a wide range of decorative skills.
32:12A cohesive plan is the best way to bring everything together successfully
32:15and bring that model stage to life.
32:18Don't rush.
32:18Apply that glaze carefully and make the most of all of your hard work.
32:22Just enjoy it and get theatrical.
32:24Theatrical music to my ears.
32:26All right, then.
32:27You've been given a range of glazes and oxides
32:29and four and a half hours to use them.
32:32And your time starts now.
32:34Remove the Hessian.
32:36I don't want it all.
32:42And Harrod, everything okay?
32:44Not as bad as I thought it could have been.
32:46That's the spirit.
32:47Finn?
32:48There's a crack along that back panel,
32:51but nothing too bad, I don't think.
32:53Okay.
32:53Elham?
32:54A little bit of a crack in the base,
32:56but nothing horrific.
32:58Fantastic.
32:58Well done, everyone.
32:59Happy decorating.
33:00Yeah.
33:01That makes me happy, seeing these together.
33:04What I'm more nervous about
33:05is that we've got major warping on my slabs.
33:08This is meant to go in.
33:12God, just...
33:13I mean, it's not flushed to the ground,
33:16but it's not terrible.
33:18I've just got to decorate them all now.
33:19To help bring their stages to life...
33:22Oh, wow.
33:22That is thick.
33:24The potters have a table
33:25full of colourful underglazes and oxides.
33:28I think with this,
33:29everything will have a slight blue undertone to it.
33:31I'm hoping to go real with the decoration.
33:33Curtains being red and things like that.
33:35Hi, lovey.
33:36It's all happening here.
33:37It is all happening.
33:38Look at that.
33:39Oh, okay.
33:40I'm hoping to just lodge one of these in
33:41for the green sky underneath.
33:43What's happening up here, then?
33:44This is to represent the juggling of life
33:46and motherhood and family life and everything.
33:47I can see what you're doing there.
33:48I'm going to give it
33:49every single bit of me that I can have.
33:52I think it's brilliant you're still here.
33:54It's amazing.
33:54Me too, because I only back-cooked for three weeks.
33:57I was like, don't worry, guys, I'll be home.
33:59The cracks are going to get bigger in the next firing,
34:02but I can only decorate what I've got.
34:03Hello, Angharad.
34:04Hello.
34:05How are you doing?
34:06Okay.
34:07What's your plan?
34:07You've got the oxides.
34:09So I've got this.
34:09I'm going to be sponging ombre
34:10where you blend in between everything.
34:12And if you waxed this?
34:13So I've latexed around the window.
34:15Then I'll peel the latex off.
34:16I'm going to be doing some bubble glazing as well.
34:19So you're going to be adding soap into the glaze
34:21and blowing it with a straw to create bubbles?
34:23It's for my wigs more than anything.
34:24I love the fact that you've remained ambitious.
34:27It's the final.
34:27Yeah.
34:30Just to let you know, guys, an hour has gone.
34:33How nice.
34:33We never get that from you.
34:35There you go.
34:36What a treat.
34:37My strategy is to focus on small things
34:39and then give that loads of love.
34:41While Elham is focusing on delicate detailing.
34:44Painting oxides and underglazes darker,
34:46wiping them back, painting more on, wiping those back.
34:49Yeah, it's a lot of work.
34:49It's not just painting it all once.
34:51Vin and Angharad have started with the bigger picture.
34:54Do you know what?
34:54I'm just enjoying it too much.
34:56But equally, I do need to finish what I'm doing.
34:59You've done a lot.
35:00It feels like it.
35:02You've enjoyed it here, though, haven't you?
35:03I've absolutely loved it.
35:04Oh, good.
35:05Yeah, it's been so much fun.
35:06Can I talk to you about your autism?
35:08I imagine things that you have thought
35:09haven't been a good trait are actually very helpful.
35:13Yeah.
35:13Not having a plan balances out my ability to understand time.
35:17The things that I can't control, I just have to not think about.
35:21And I think that has given me the sort of internal peace
35:24that for so long I didn't have.
35:26Great.
35:26Well, that is beautiful to hear.
35:28And also very fortuitous because this show is now the great dance-offs.
35:33Then I would not be in the final.
35:35Neither would I.
35:36I'm planning to slip trail the parts and the outfits on the characters.
35:41My kids are everything to me.
35:43The hard work that I'm of them.
35:44So I've painted my Whitechapel High Street scene.
35:47This is a view from the farm that I grew up on.
35:50They were really happy memories.
35:52When I look back, like how lucky we were to be so close to the sea
35:56and to have animals around us all the time.
35:59So lucky.
36:00So this is Mona and Jordy in Canada.
36:02It's been a real privilege, actually, to be accepted into their family
36:06since Miley and I have been together.
36:07They've been over once for the last five years.
36:10We've been trying to get out to Canada.
36:12Hopefully next year is the year that we can go.
36:16Potters!
36:17Please don't say an hour because that will be a shock.
36:19One hour left.
36:22100% need to speed up to get this all done.
36:24Do you like my roast dinner?
36:25I love your roast dinner.
36:26Making you hungry?
36:26I am a bit hungry, actually.
36:28I love a nice carrot.
36:30I'm still working on the background pieces.
36:31Everything is really detailed.
36:33But I think I'm actually doing okay for time.
36:35They may be my famous last words.
36:36This is a wig trundle and I've got a bed.
36:38Growing up, I would do all of my artwork in my bedroom.
36:41So I hope that the judges see, like, the sentimentality.
36:45All my small pieces are done.
36:47I'm just imagining that pop of red at the front of the theatre.
36:50I'll need to sit down and watch.
36:53Finishing off my little cottage and around the deer and stuff,
36:56there's just lots of little black lines that I've added in.
36:58They're subtle, but they're there.
36:59Now that I've done the wood floor, it looks quite cute.
37:01Are you painting the wooden floor brown?
37:03Gray?
37:04Gray, yeah.
37:05It's kind of like contemporary.
37:06Oh, the contemporary theatre with the crack in the floorboards.
37:09Yes, I know it will.
37:09I'm going moody.
37:11So once I wipe this back, I'm going to put a layer of brown underglaze on.
37:15Hopefully just blend together so it's not too stark.
37:18This time call is going to stress me out.
37:20Potters, you've half an hour left.
37:23So you've still got all your characters to do?
37:25I'm a bit behind, but I can do it.
37:26It's fine.
37:27Okay.
37:28Oh, God.
37:29I am dabbing on some oxide onto the bricks and the other side of the scenery.
37:34It sits in all the brevices and stuff.
37:36It's really nice.
37:37I'm going to use the monoprinting,
37:39so I'm just going to paint paper with some underglaze
37:42and then press it on top of the clay.
37:44The damp will pull it off the sheet and transfer it onto the clay.
37:48I need to actually decorate some people now, don't I?
37:50So I've got me, I've got my older brother, my younger brother, my sister,
37:54and then my two best friends, Luke and Josh.
37:56No pressure.
37:57I am just scraping off the black glaze.
38:00Next performance, chaos, 7 o'clock.
38:03Who is that?
38:04That's my older brother.
38:05Is that my older brother?
38:06No.
38:06I don't know who that is.
38:07Okay.
38:08Monoprinting has worked all right.
38:10Potters, that's ten minutes left.
38:12Okay.
38:13I think I'm actually just going to glaze everything.
38:15Transparent glaze while milky in appearance when applied...
38:18You're glazed.
38:19Oh, you're not glazed.
38:20..will create a glossy finish
38:22and add pop to the potter's decoration once fired.
38:25The drawer is going to be underneath the theatre,
38:27so if it does slump, it won't any glaze under there.
38:30I'm peeling the latex off.
38:33Ooh, one minute left now.
38:35What are they doing now?
38:36Just literally slapping it on.
38:37Just a couple of trees.
38:39And it should be done?
38:40Yep.
38:40Promise me?
38:41Yeah.
38:41Don't break my heart.
38:42This is definitely the closest I've got to not finishing.
38:45Just ten seconds left.
38:46Really?
38:48I have no idea what's going on.
38:50And that's it.
38:51Ah!
38:53Brushes down, step away from your model theatres.
38:56Well done.
38:56That was the last time.
38:58And Harrod, what are you thinking?
39:00I know.
39:00I think I'm in shock.
39:01Well, for the last time, potter's dismissed.
39:06Off you go.
39:08Off you go.
39:21It's mad that we've just done that.
39:22Perfect.
39:23Perfect.
39:24I'd like to win.
39:25That would be lovely.
39:26You never know.
39:27Just pray that that stays in one piece and we'll see.
39:30How are you feeling?
39:31Exhausted.
39:32I honestly don't know if I could be the winner.
39:35I don't know.
39:36I couldn't have done any more, basically.
39:37It'll be that anxious weight of what the Kiln Gods have got in store for us.
39:46Guys.
39:47Last time.
39:48Last time.
39:51It's judgment day.
39:53The stages have undergone their final firing.
39:55And for the potter's, there's nothing more they can do.
39:58I am excited to see my final make.
39:59Dream scenario.
40:00No more warping.
40:02No more cracking.
40:03But I know I did my best.
40:05I think it's anxiety and excitement in equal measure on this front.
40:09Because the end could be that I'm the winner.
40:11And that would just really be the cherry on top of what's been an amazing experience.
40:16I'm really looking forward to seeing my piece now.
40:18Stand in front of the judges for the last time.
40:20Present your work for the last time.
40:22Like, it has been daunting.
40:23But today I'm going to do it with pride because it's my last piece.
40:27And I'm like, do you know what?
40:28I'm proud of this journey.
40:29I'm proud of what I made.
40:30And here you go.
40:33Wow.
40:34Ooh.
40:36Wow.
40:37There are some more cracks that have opened up.
40:39Massive cracks.
40:40Have you?
40:41I think we've all got some cracks.
40:42Yeah.
40:43Massive crack.
40:44But actually, it's still really cute.
40:46So I'm happy.
40:53Your model theatres look absolutely amazing.
40:57I cannot wait to see them.
40:58So I'll stop talking.
41:00Let's get on with the judging, shall we?
41:01Yeah.
41:01Elham, if you could please bring your model stage up to the judges.
41:19Are you pleased with how it's looking?
41:21Do you know, honestly, I'd say it's the proudest piece that I've made here.
41:24But it's also the most heartbreaking, too, to see that crack in it.
41:29Well, look.
41:30We're going to skirt over the crack.
41:31We'll put a carpet in the middle of the room.
41:33A rug.
41:33Do you know why?
41:36Because it's so much detail.
41:38There's so much to look at.
41:40There's so much to think about.
41:41It really is.
41:43It's amazing.
41:44Look at that.
41:45Yes.
41:45Look at that, Rich.
41:46I mean, this is the thing.
41:47I think we're always our own worst critics.
41:51And yes, you've got one stress crack.
41:53A little bit of a crap in the bay.
41:54Well, two minor stress cracks.
41:56But that can't take away from the beauty you've injected into this stage.
42:00There is so much in here that you should be so proud of.
42:02I want the roast dinner.
42:03Yeah.
42:04You've even put a board around every single plate on the table.
42:07That is a beautiful object.
42:09They both are.
42:10I mean, they are exquisite.
42:11I mean, who does that?
42:13Well, Elham does it.
42:13Yeah.
42:14And this is such a wonderful scene.
42:16Both of them.
42:17And the fact that you've kept them matte.
42:18It looks like theatre canvas.
42:20The scenery for the next scene is in the drawer.
42:22This is the comic.
42:22Yeah, can we have a look at the chaos?
42:24Chaos.
42:24Go on, give us chaos.
42:26Does this go the other way around?
42:27Yeah.
42:27There you go the dark way around.
42:29Use their phones off the chandelier.
42:31Of course.
42:31So it's nappies all over the place.
42:33There's a spilt tea.
42:35So there's a pile of dishes and there's dirty ones.
42:37That's reality, isn't it?
42:38Yeah.
42:38That's a lovely, simple process to do.
42:41But really, really effective.
42:42I mean, everything is so immediately recognisable.
42:45I can't believe you've got this much done in that time.
42:48Me neither.
42:50Yeah, it's really, really lovely, lovely.
42:52Thank you very much.
42:53Well done.
43:04Well, you know what, Finn?
43:05The thing that you notice most about your stage is detail.
43:08We've seen your attention to detail on surface throughout this whole process.
43:12And this is just the very definition of you, really.
43:16It's really, really wonderful.
43:17Yeah, it's just fab.
43:18It's just got such energy.
43:19And I like the fact that you've flipped the whole idea on its head.
43:22Why shouldn't a stage be out in the woods?
43:24I mean, it's a shame that, yeah, you've got a bit of a stress crack.
43:27But it's just got such a lovely atmosphere about it.
43:30It feels like you're in a woodland.
43:32And you've got this lovely little fire.
43:34I mean, the fire.
43:34That was fun.
43:35It is beautiful.
43:37It's just amazing how everything is part of the same field.
43:40Even though you've sort of thrown oxides on here and you've got monoprinting,
43:43it just works.
43:44The colour brings it all together.
43:46This could be a brooch in itself.
43:48I mean, it's just...
43:48Maybe on your jacket, not on mine.
43:49It's just incredible.
43:50Yeah, I could wear that.
43:51No, it's beautiful.
43:52Maybe more of a medallion.
43:53And, Finn, how many scenes have you done, then?
43:55There's two scenes.
43:56Right.
43:57The idea is the Canadians, they would be looking back into the scene at us in Cornwall
44:00and then vice versa.
44:02I see.
44:02And then they go in there looking out at us and then we look back in at them.
44:05Act two.
44:06Just really fabulous.
44:08I love the way that you've managed to sort of incorporate the characters within the whole
44:12scene.
44:12There's not much to them, but what there is, is detail.
44:15But what's impressing me most about it is a real sense of your style.
44:20It's almost like a culmination of all the weeks before coming into this.
44:25I could look at it time and time again.
44:26It's really, really wonderful.
44:29Well done.
44:29Thank you so much, Finn.
44:30Cheers.
44:31Well done, lovey.
44:31It's absolutely brilliant.
44:43Are you pleased with it?
44:44I'm really, really happy.
44:45Besides the warping and massive crack down the middle.
44:49It's a genre in theatre.
44:50It is, actually.
44:51That's right.
44:52I mean, there's a reason why ceramic pings.
44:54It's the tension.
44:55Yeah.
44:55And you've got these two columns and it's just going.
44:58Yeah.
44:59Yeah.
44:59Well, look, your sense of style and your sense of playfulness is just absolutely a complete
45:06and utter celebration.
45:07And it tells that story of who you are.
45:10And I just, I love it.
45:12Yeah.
45:12It's like your creative style just oozes out of you and it kind of penetrates every aspect
45:18of what you make.
45:19I mean, this is beautiful.
45:20When you look at it, you can see layers of different colours and surface and the texture on the
45:25stage.
45:26Beautiful.
45:27There's so many different techniques that you've employed on each and every aspect that
45:30makes them feel individually loved somehow.
45:32You can tell that you've put real heart into it.
45:36Wow.
45:37God, that London scene.
45:38That's fantastic.
45:39It looks like a backdrop that would be painted in a theatre.
45:43Yeah, that comes out as well.
45:44So it goes really stripped back and then it's just the four of us down on the farm.
45:49We don't have a lot of photographs of us all together as kids and that's one that we
45:52do have.
45:53And here you are and you're making it in three dimensions.
45:56And as you're making it, you're just thinking about all those people that you love in your life.
46:00I love it.
46:01And look, this goes for all of you folks.
46:03You've covered everything and you've really thought of every single bit of detail.
46:08This particular challenge for the final is just so fitting because it enables you to
46:13give us your stories, but to give us all that incredible detail.
46:17And this is just brilliant.
46:19Really, really cool.
46:19It really is.
46:20Well done.
46:21Thank you so much.
46:24Awesome work, Carol.
46:25Well done.
46:27Well done.
46:28Really lovely.
46:29I'll take those lovely words away with me and just remember that when I have wobbles when
46:34I make it.
46:35It would be lovely to win, but I don't know what way it's going to go.
46:38It's up to the judges.
46:39And thank God I'm not one of them because I don't know what I'd do.
46:42I'm hoping I've done enough, but I've just lifted that really heavy thing up there.
46:46I'm not sure how good my arms are going to be for carrying a trophy today.
46:49But yes, it would be amazing if it could be me.
46:51I'd be absolutely elated if I won.
46:53I can't say good things about myself.
46:55I really, really struggle.
46:56But I can look at that piece and think, wow, I have definitely grown.
47:00I'll take so much away from this.
47:02It'd be nice to take the trophy too.
47:03They're all just extraordinary, aren't they?
47:05They really are.
47:06They really are.
47:11My gosh, what a final.
47:12What a great challenge, actually.
47:14Yeah, so much of themselves in what they've made.
47:17And with such incredible detail.
47:19Exactly.
47:20So, Anne Harrods, let's talk about her extraordinary stage.
47:24There were so many different decorative techniques on display.
47:27She didn't rest on her laurels in any way.
47:30She really pushed herself.
47:31She doesn't even know where her laurels are.
47:32No, no.
47:33To rest on them.
47:34No, no.
47:35She's always pushing herself.
47:36Yeah.
47:37Aside from that crack, the quality of the making was outstanding.
47:41And that backdrop on the stage looked like a backdrop you'd find in a theatre.
47:44You also mentioned that Elham's inserts looked as if they were printed on canvas.
47:49Yeah.
47:49How do you think she did this week?
47:51Again, incredibly well.
47:52Incredibly detailed work.
47:54She did have a fairly substantial structural crack in the stage.
47:58But you could have taken any individual object out and it would have been intricately decorated.
48:03The Yorkshire puddings.
48:03The Yorkshire puddings.
48:04Those vases.
48:05Everything was just finished off meticulously.
48:08It was a culmination of what she's good at in the final, which was brilliant to see.
48:13Let's talk about Finn.
48:14Now, it is worth pointing out that Finn did come first in the second challenge.
48:18Yeah, he did.
48:19And attention to detail with form is what his main make was all about.
48:22Exactly.
48:23It felt like a really well-thought-out stage.
48:26And all the components felt like they'd been treated with an equal amount of love.
48:29It really all came together for Finn.
48:31Aesthetically, almost structurally and decoratively.
48:34It was just brilliant.
48:36Well, it's always a serious decision, but it's extra serious this week.
48:39Do you have a winner?
48:40I think I do, yeah.
48:41Yeah, I think so.
48:42And I think it's the same as him.
48:44Yeah.
48:45OK, well, I cannot wait to hear who it is.
48:53As our finalists await the judge's decision, their family, friends and past potters are here to cheer them on.
49:00It's so nice to be back.
49:02It's just been amazing being back here, isn't it?
49:04Yeah, yeah, yeah.
49:05Do I have a favourite?
49:07I mean, they're all really, really beautiful.
49:09I mean, Finn's is extraordinary.
49:10The illustrative quality you can bring to Clay is magical.
49:13Oh, it's difficult, isn't it?
49:15I think my money is on Anne Harrod.
49:17I knew exactly that Finn and Anne Harrod would be in the final because they're supremely talented.
49:22I didn't know about the third one, but I'm delighted it's Elham because she's just really pulled it out of
49:27the bag every time.
49:29She's just amazing.
49:30I think it's going to be a really difficult thing for the judges to pick from those three examples.
49:35I wish they could all win, honestly.
49:37They're all so good.
49:47Hello, everyone.
49:48It's so wonderful to see you all and so many of you all this year.
49:52It's brilliant to have you here.
49:54Now, the moment you've all been waiting for.
49:56Please give a very warm welcome to our three extraordinary finalists.
50:02Please welcome Anne Harrod, Elham and Finn.
50:18Oh, I cannot tell you how wonderful it's been to have you here.
50:22And thank you to the three of you for your incredible work and for making this final really quite spectacular.
50:28But the results are in.
50:29This year's winner of the Great Pottery Throwdown is...
50:46Finn.
51:00Oh, I'm so proud.
51:02Oh, my darling.
51:05This belongs to you.
51:06Well done.
51:07Really well done.
51:09Well done, darling.
51:10Well done.
51:11Well done.
51:11Absolutely wonderful achievement.
51:13Honestly, I'm absolutely dumbstruck.
51:16Like, I'm...
51:18Yeah.
51:19I'm so good.
51:22That's very good.
51:23I feel like you're going to be home.
51:26That lot over there encouraged me to even give this a go.
51:29If they hadn't, I wouldn't be here now.
51:31So incredibly proud.
51:32I've always known he's got an incredible talent.
51:35And I think he's incredible.
51:38Amazing.
51:40Oh, you did so well.
51:41Super proud of myself.
51:43And it's so nice to have my brother and my sister here.
51:46They get to see, like, that final piece and see how much they mean to me.
51:52We've all shown our strengths in different ways.
51:54And Finn has been a very strong maker throughout.
51:57So hats off to him because, like, it is deserved.
51:59It is deserved.
52:00Do you know what?
52:01You're all women winners.
52:02Yeah, no, everyone.
52:03And we've all been on the journey together.
52:05It's been lovely.
52:06What a way to finish.
52:08Genuinely well-deserved.
52:09Like, Finn's really, like, give it his all every week.
52:12And, yeah.
52:13Well done.
52:15Congratulations.
52:16Oh, thank you so much.
52:16Absolutely extraordinary.
52:18Finn has been consistent all the way through.
52:21There are skills that are taught and that you can learn and you can hone over time.
52:25But he just has it in him.
52:27And in the final, he just produced the most extraordinary, extraordinary piece that spoke bucket loads about his skills, his
52:34creativity and his personal stories.
52:37What makes Finn really stand out and be a worthy winner is his attention to detail, his observational skills at
52:45being able to observe a particular surface and recreate it in clay.
52:49He's just a credit to creativity.
52:51He really is.
52:53And, well, need I say any more?
52:55Finn's the winner.
52:56Do you know what?
52:57I think I've learned that actually I'm a little bit more in control of myself than I thought I was.
53:03And if I put the effort in, I can achieve stuff.
53:06So it's going to take me some time to process this, that's for sure.
53:09But this means a lot.
53:10I am just really overwhelmed right now.
53:13There's no...
53:15There's nothing else I can say, to be honest with you.
53:25There's a reason for the sunshine and sky.
53:29And there's a reason why I'm feeling so high.
53:34Must be the season when that love light shines all around us.
53:42So let that feeling grab you deep inside and send you reeling where your love can't hide.
53:52And then go stealing through the moonlit nights with your lover.
54:00Just let your love flow like a mountain stream.
54:05And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams.
54:09And let your love show.
54:11And you'll know what I mean.
54:14It's the season.
54:18Let your love fly like a bird on the wing.
54:23And let your love bind you to all living things.
54:27And let your love shine.
54:29And you'll know what I mean.
54:31That's the reason.
54:36There's a reason for the warm, sweet night.
54:40And there's a reason for the candlelight.
54:45Must be the season when those love rides shine all around us.
54:53So let that wonder take you into the space and lay you under.
55:00It's loving embrace just filled with thunder.
55:05As it warms your face you can't hold back.
55:09Guys are you excited?
55:10Mummy's on TV.
55:11Yeah.
55:12And probably watch something out.
55:14And you'll know what I mean.
55:16And let your love grow.
55:18With the smallest of dreams.
55:20And let your love show.
55:22And you'll know what I mean.
55:25It's the season.
55:29Let your love fly.
55:31Like a bird on the wing.
55:34And let your love bind you.
55:36To all living things.
55:38And let your love shine.
55:40And you'll know what I mean.
55:41If you'd like to apply for the next series of The Great Pottery Throwdown,
55:45visit channel4.com forward slash take part.
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