0:00:02 > 0:00:04Six potters remain, and this week they have got to step back
0:00:04 > 0:00:07from the kilns as we turn back the clock some 30,000 years.
0:00:08 > 0:00:09That's some winding.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Our potters go all BC on us - before ceramics -
0:00:12 > 0:00:15in a 24-hour pit fire challenge.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Do you think they'll let me cook me sausage?
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Last time -
0:00:20 > 0:00:22it was round and round the garden...
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Roses are red, your face is, too.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28..as the potters constructed water features.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30It's like the World's Strongest Man competition.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Freya turned on her waterworks to win Pot of the Week.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37But Elaine's lack of tiers...
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Nothing to see here, judges.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41You ARE good, and that's what so frustrating.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43..meant she had to leave the pottery.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Not good news, really.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Tonight, the competition catches fire
0:00:48 > 0:00:49with a Main Make...
0:00:49 > 0:00:51What's going on with this, then? It's massive.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55..that's twice the work of anything the potters have attempted so far...
0:00:55 > 0:00:58- Engineering and focus, and planning.- God, yeah.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01..a throw-down that sees the potters go on the attack...
0:01:01 > 0:01:03SARA GASPS
0:01:03 > 0:01:04..and a Spot Test...
0:01:04 > 0:01:06The grapes of wrath, as they say.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08..that's good enough to eat.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11But who will make it through an all-night firing...?
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Who's going to wee on the campfire?
0:01:13 > 0:01:15..and who will survive...
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Listen. Listen. Listen carefully.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21..the biggest shock of the competition so far?
0:01:21 > 0:01:22That's a blow.
0:01:22 > 0:01:23- ALL:- Oh!
0:01:25 > 0:01:27It's like being in the Colosseum, this is -
0:01:27 > 0:01:28the Colosseum of Clay.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35# Making time
0:01:37 > 0:01:39# Shooting lines
0:01:40 > 0:01:43# People have their uses
0:01:43 > 0:01:46# People have their uses... #
0:01:59 > 0:02:02The six remaining potters are about to begin
0:02:02 > 0:02:05the most extraordinary and ancient challenge
0:02:05 > 0:02:06the competition has ever seen.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08It's pit firing.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11We make massive pots, we get to build bonfires -
0:02:11 > 0:02:12what could be better?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14It's really exciting.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16You know, you're out in nature burning some pots.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18I'm going to have a dance
0:02:18 > 0:02:20round the campfire.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Last week was a bit of a dark week for me,
0:02:22 > 0:02:23but I think the slump's over.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Let's get cracking.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- Morning, potters. ALL:- Morning.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30For this week's Main Make, Kate and Keith
0:02:30 > 0:02:33would like you to throw two vases.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34You are pit-firing them.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37After that, you will choose your absolute favourite
0:02:37 > 0:02:38to present to the judges.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41These vases are going to be thrown at the wheel.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45They need to be strong and robust enough to withstand that pit-firing.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48They need to be 60 centimetres high.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50You won't actually be decorating your vases,
0:02:50 > 0:02:54you will be choosing materials to burn in the pit with your pieces
0:02:54 > 0:02:57that will affect the surface of your pots.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00We want your vases to be beautiful.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03You have 2.5 hours to throw your two vases,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05and your time starts now.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Let's do it.
0:03:11 > 0:03:1260...
0:03:12 > 0:03:15even the biggest pot in my dad's workshop was 50,
0:03:15 > 0:03:18and I thought I could sit in it. It's huge.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21The potters have been tasked with throwing big and wide before,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24but now they face throwing up.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28This is definitely the biggest thing I've ever thrown.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Throwing big isn't really my strong point.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36Creating tall, elegant yet sturdy structures requires strength,
0:03:36 > 0:03:38subtlety and consummate skill at the wheel.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Having large hands, it does help.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43Pit firing -
0:03:43 > 0:03:45it's almost like we're going back to the dawn of time.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47But it is the most magical process,
0:03:47 > 0:03:50and it's been used for thousands of years -
0:03:50 > 0:03:52putting a pot in a fire, getting smoke effects.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55We are asking them to create something really quite large.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59The width is their choice, but 60 centimetres, that's a big pot.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02And it can't really be thrown in one.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04So they're going to be throwing it in sections.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06And each section is going to be joined together.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10And those joins could quite easily open up.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14The more pieces, the more zones for danger.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Throwing big objects is not what I'm best of.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20That's why I break it down in three sections.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23So, I'm going to do two tiers on this, hopefully.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Even though I'm officially Irish, I was actually born in Zimbabwe,
0:04:26 > 0:04:27and I grew up there.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31When I was a kid, I used to practise balancing water pots on our heads.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Cait's water pot inspired vases
0:04:33 > 0:04:37will be constructed from more sections than anyone else's.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40I've given myself the job of making ten parts.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- Ten?- Yeah.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45I lacked confidence in my ability to throw tall,
0:04:45 > 0:04:49so I made a design that would be made up of lots of wee parts.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50In a way, that's kind of good.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55But five pieces per case, ten pieces altogether, it's quite a bit.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56It's a lot of joins.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59A lot of joins, a lot of pieces.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01I love throwing big stuff.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03I don't do much, but when I do, it's a challenge.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06And that challenge, you do always relish.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09I am going for a bulbous shape called a moon jar.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Cage fighter Nam will wrestle two sections together
0:05:13 > 0:05:14to form a moon jar -
0:05:14 > 0:05:18a centuries-old traditional Korean pot used to store rice.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21He is adding a ribbed neck to bring it up to height.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26I love your little potter's nod that you've got there.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- Do I have a potter nod?- Yes.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Some go sideways...
0:05:30 > 0:05:33The only reason why I do it is not because of a pottery thing,
0:05:33 > 0:05:34it's because in boxing we sway.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- When you're sparring?- Yeah.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38- You don't want to get hit in the face.- Where was your defence?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- I could have had you.- I know.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Ryan's constructing his vases
0:05:42 > 0:05:46out of the least sections of all the potters - just two.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49What's going on with this, then? It's massive.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51- How are you approaching this Main Make, Ryan?- Wrestling it!
0:05:51 > 0:05:53You're wrestling it?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Have you done it before where you make something big
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- out of two big pieces?- Not this big.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- I've done if you double tiers before, but not 60cm.- OK.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01That's pretty high for me.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06Ryan's hoping to fire a sleek, straight-sided contemporary vase,
0:06:06 > 0:06:09and another with a round-bellied base.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Really excited to be camping. Especially with Nam.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14I think he's going to have some great camp stories.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Any opportunity to go camping, I will jump on it.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Apparently, Ryan said he's going to turn up in his onesie
0:06:20 > 0:06:21with his little bears on it.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26I'm looking forward to seeing that.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29History buff Richard is going back to the present
0:06:29 > 0:06:33with two modern-shaped vases, each comprising of three sections.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36It's a fairly contemporary shape.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39So the elegance is in the vase itself.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41And have you thought about how you're joining these together, yeah?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43I've had many a sleepless night
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- thinking about joining them and making sure...- Yeah, he's only 22(!)
0:06:47 > 0:06:48THEY LAUGH
0:06:49 > 0:06:52To stiffen off their sections for this challenge,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55the drying room is now as crucial as the wheel.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Sara, seeing as you're by the door, do you mind opening the door?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- Oh, yeah, course. - You're very kind. Thanks.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03The sooner the potters can get their sections in there,
0:07:03 > 0:07:04the drier they can become,
0:07:04 > 0:07:08reducing the risk of them collapsing when they join together.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Keep it open, Sara. Thanks.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Oh! Ha-ha-ha!
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Thank you, thank you, thank you.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Under the bless of the throwing fairy,
0:07:18 > 0:07:20I've made the tallest sculpture I've ever made,
0:07:20 > 0:07:22which is in the drying room right now.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Clover is aiming for two lightweight and delicate vases,
0:07:26 > 0:07:29despite making them from three sections each.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31I've always wanted to throw in section, you know,
0:07:31 > 0:07:33but I just didn't have a chance to practise
0:07:33 > 0:07:35before this task actually happened.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37- OK, so, this is going to be your debut?- Yes.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40So, out of your six sections, how many have you done?
0:07:40 > 0:07:42I have done four, I'm on the fifth one.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- OK.- So far, I think I'm on schedule right now.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Whilst Clover tries to stick to her plan, true to form,
0:07:49 > 0:07:53last week's winner of Pot of the Week isn't quite so disciplined.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56My initial idea was just to make it from two pieces,
0:07:56 > 0:08:01but I might make it from one, two, three or four pieces.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06Freya's making sections loosely based on African drums.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08She'll make a feature of where they join,
0:08:08 > 0:08:12but hasn't decided on a combination that will reach the required height.
0:08:12 > 0:08:1560 centimetres, when you say it, doesn't sound that huge,
0:08:15 > 0:08:17but I'm starting to realise the scale of this.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- Yeah, it's about that high. - I've never done one that big before.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- And have you joined stuff together before?- No, I haven't.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- I always get my maths wrong. - That's why you're making a feature.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Exactly.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32But in this challenge, a little arithmetic is essential.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36I took the shrinkage into calculation,
0:08:36 > 0:08:40so I'm just going to add 5% more height.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Richard over there has told me it's 5% shrinkage on this clay,
0:08:44 > 0:08:47so if anything happens, I'm blaming him.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49That's it, blame me for the calculations.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51If it's not right, Richard, I'll be after you.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53We've got to take responsibility for ourselves.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Width is just as important as height,
0:08:56 > 0:08:59as each section needs to align perfectly.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Potters, I know it's the pits,
0:09:01 > 0:09:03but you're already halfway through your time.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06One hour and 15 minutes remaining.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Ohhhhhhhh!
0:09:15 > 0:09:16I've got quite a lot to do.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22I'm not too sure that I'll be able to make all the cracks I need.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23This is a tricky one.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- It's a lot about engineering and focus and planning.- Oh, gosh, yeah.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Engineering, focus or planning aren't your middle names, are they?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33No, they're not in my name at all.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38With just two sections per vase, Ryan's already finished throwing.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40I wonder if I should just join mine up.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Joining them now could give him more time to finesse his vases later,
0:09:44 > 0:09:48but it's a gamble as the clay could still be moist and unstable.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53I'm not joining it, it's not hard enough. It won't take the weight.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55I'm not risking it.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- I think it's too soft.- It's a bit on the soft side.- It's too soft.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Look at it go. Oh!
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- No, Ryan!- It's too soft. - You're doing the right thing.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11He did the right thing to save it.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- What happened? - I just put it on too early.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- I thought it was strong enough. - Is it fixable?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19- If I'm quick, yeah.- OK.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Potters, you've got 15 minutes left. 15 minutes left.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27If constructing the first perfectly-joined vase
0:10:27 > 0:10:28wasn't hard enough,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31the potters have to do it all over again for their second.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34I'm just throwing another one, because that one's useless.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36I'm just going to quickly try and throw another one
0:10:36 > 0:10:38in less than 15 minutes.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Oh! Oh! Oh! Losing it, losing it, losing it, losing it.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44With time running out...
0:10:44 > 0:10:48I'm too short and we have about seven minutes left.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52..Cait has only managed to throw eight of the ten pieces she needs.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Not really where I need to be.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Potters, you've got five minutes left.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58At the end of the five minutes,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01I need all your pieces in the drying room, please.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Rushing's not going to be good.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- Ooh, sorry.- I nearly locked you in there then.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17- Ooh!- Thank you.- Steady, lady.- Sorry.
0:11:17 > 0:11:22Four! Got to be stricter. Three! Two! One!
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- That's a good one.- Well done! You can have a break, all right?
0:11:26 > 0:11:27Go and get some fresh air,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30we'll see you back here shortly for the Throw Down.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31Well done.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34I'd planned to join at least one of the pots together,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36but they were too wet.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37I saw what happened to Ryan's
0:11:37 > 0:11:40and I thought discretion's the better part of valour on this one.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I was just trying to rush and get ahead of the game.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44It backfired on me. Unlucky me.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46I am a bit worried about the height.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50That's why I've got a lot of components. Clever!
0:11:50 > 0:11:51I knew it was going to be difficult.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53I've not managed to make two vases.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Whilst the vase sections dry so they can be trimmed for a pit-firing,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Keith and Kate have raided ancient history once again,
0:12:03 > 0:12:07with a Throw Down that involves a form that's thousands of years' old.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11This week, Kate and Keith would like you to throw
0:12:11 > 0:12:14as many goblets as you can.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Two pounds of clay.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Now, when you're making a goblet, get it nice and evenly centred.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23And, then, in one fluid movement,
0:12:23 > 0:12:25you're bringing it up and making your stem.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28The best thing to do is to make the top
0:12:28 > 0:12:32while the stem is still fairly strong.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34So I'm just pulling out the bowl.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37I'm really focusing on the rim.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41We want to drink out of these, so the rim is incredibly important.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Just thin out that stem a bit.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47It's all to do with the evenness of pressure on the stem.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Then I'm just going to rib up the side,
0:12:49 > 0:12:52just to make it a nice fluent shape at the top.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56You want that foot to be fairly substantial.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59To be robust enough to be able to take it off the wheel
0:12:59 > 0:13:01without distorting it.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Wire it off...
0:13:03 > 0:13:06and take it off the wheel.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08APPLAUSE
0:13:09 > 0:13:13OK, the judges are looking for quantity as well as quality, OK?
0:13:13 > 0:13:16They are after consistency of shape and size.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Any that don't measure up, they'll end up dumped in the Bin of Doom!
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Head back to your workbenches, please, and get yourselves ready.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29OK, potters, you have 15 minutes to throw as many goblets as you can.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Potters, Throw Down!
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Oh, come on!
0:13:37 > 0:13:38Spend a bit of time on that stem
0:13:38 > 0:13:41because it will come back to bite you otherwise.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Feel that clay between your hands.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Nice fluent shape.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- Have you done one already, Nam? - Er...yep.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- Ooh!- Come on, Cait. - You can do it, come on.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19They need to be consistent in shape and size. Think about that.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22And she's popped out three already. Go, Clover!
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- Come on, Nam, number four. - Have you made a goblet before?
0:14:24 > 0:14:27I didn't even know what a goblet was until Keith made one!
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Focus, peeps, focus.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Aaaaah!
0:14:31 > 0:14:33- How come you're so good at this, Nam?- I'm not.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- I-I-I don't know what I'm doing. - What do you mean?
0:14:35 > 0:14:38You're on your fifth one. That's incredible!
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Five minutes left on the Throw Down.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Nam, you've got the speed there, have you got the quality?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47I've got you, I've got you.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- Nice consistency, Cait. - But there are only two.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Yeah. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Ohhhhhhh!
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Ohhh! I didn't do anything!
0:14:58 > 0:15:00I hadn't even approached you then.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04This one's going to be amazing, all right?
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- Oh, dear!- What are you on to now, your tenth, Nam?
0:15:07 > 0:15:08- No!- Ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Don't tell people that!
0:15:10 > 0:15:11And she's on 32.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Well done, Freya, at the front there.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15LAUGHTER
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- What?!- 32!- Keep pushing.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Don't look at the clock, Cait, we know you can't tell the time(!)
0:15:20 > 0:15:21CAIT LAUGHS
0:15:21 > 0:15:24We are on three minutes, people. Keep going.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Should be able to get two out of your three minutes.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- That's pretty ambitious! - Come on, Richard!
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Freya, you've got to take Nam down, do you hear me?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34You're doing this for the whole of womanhood!
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Oh! SARA LAUGHS
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- Sorry. My bad, my bad. - Can Cait have another ten minutes?
0:15:44 > 0:15:46CAIT LAUGHS
0:15:46 > 0:15:48One minute left of your Throw Down.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53You're catching up with Nam, Clover! Come on!
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Ten...nine...eight...
0:15:56 > 0:15:58..seven... Go on, Ryan!
0:15:58 > 0:16:01..six...five...
0:16:01 > 0:16:04KEITH LAUGHS ..four...three...
0:16:04 > 0:16:09..two...one. Time's up!
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Step back from the wheels.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Well done! That was awesome!
0:16:13 > 0:16:15APPLAUSE
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Wow!
0:16:16 > 0:16:19The potters were asked to throw as many consistently-sized
0:16:19 > 0:16:23and shaped goblets as they could in 15 minutes.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Any that fail to meet the judges' exacting standard
0:16:26 > 0:16:30will be thrown into the Bin of Doom and not be counted.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37- So, Mr Brymer Jones...?- Well, I reckon that one is nil points.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39It's very clumsy.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42And then the other one is that one.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44That's like an hourglass, isn't it?
0:16:44 > 0:16:48The only other one is this wavering rim. Sorry, Clover.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50BOOING
0:16:52 > 0:16:54You can imagine drinking out of these, can't you, Kate?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- Yeah, you can. I'm looking at this end one here, Keith.- Oh, OK.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01- Its stem and its foot. - Yeah. So we're putting that one in.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Are you going to say it or shall I?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- I know, it's going in the bucket, isn't it?- It's going in the bucket.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10- There's that one, isn't there, at the back?- Yeah.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Goes with the other ones. A pair!
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- That's got a wobbly top. - No, I think we're going to go...
0:17:15 > 0:17:16Yeah, it's going to go.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Boo!
0:17:17 > 0:17:18LAUGHTER
0:17:18 > 0:17:20I'm still thinking about this one on the end.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- I'm sorry, Ryan, but I have to be tough, you know.- Take it away.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27- GASPS - Oh!
0:17:27 > 0:17:30It's like being in the Coliseum, this is. The Coliseum of clay!
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Let me count them. Ahem.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33Won't take a while.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
0:17:36 > 0:17:3816, judges. LAUGHTER
0:17:38 > 0:17:42That one's a bit messy, but I think I might just let you off that one.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- Really?- You've basically gone for quality, rather than quantity.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Quite obviously.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50I wouldn't want to drink
0:17:50 > 0:17:53out of that one. There's no kind of logic to the rim at all.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55That's got to go in the bin.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00And then, that last one there, it's not very fluid, is it?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03It's a shame cos the foot's the best of your feet, but no.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Look at all these!
0:18:05 > 0:18:07You knocked up a fair few there, didn't you?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Trying to take Nam out.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11There's some obvious wrong 'uns here, aren't there?
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Certainly that one.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15That looks like a column, with a bit of a...
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Yeah, that's not very good either.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21That stem, it has got this bulge that we've...
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- LAUGHTER - Boo!
0:18:25 > 0:18:28That was vicious, that one.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- Trying to get Nam, here. - All the rest are fine.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34'After a punishing judging,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37'which potter has managed to throw the most goblets?'
0:18:37 > 0:18:42In sixth place, with four goblets, Cait.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46In fifth place, with five goblets, is Ryan.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49'Richard and Clover both made six goblets,
0:18:49 > 0:18:52'putting them in joint third place.'
0:18:52 > 0:18:57In joint first place, with eight goblets each, are Nam and Freya.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- Well done. - APPLAUSE
0:19:01 > 0:19:05We came joint, so I don't mind sharing it.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07But next time, I'm going to get him.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10I was just absolutely devastated inside. I was raging with anger.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14It was a hard one for Ryan to take, being so low down.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17He's starting to feel the heat, shall we say?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19'After three hours of drying,
0:19:19 > 0:19:22'the potters collect the sections of their vases.'
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Oh! Bloody heavy!
0:19:24 > 0:19:28'They have 90 minutes to turn, trim, and join both of them together.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31'But Cait has only enough sections to create just one.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33'And if they aren't joined correctly,
0:19:33 > 0:19:37'an explosion during pit firing will leave her vase-less...'
0:19:37 > 0:19:42I'm hoping I'll have one that works and to the right height.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46'..whereas everyone else has two chances to get it right.'
0:19:46 > 0:19:49It's not perfect. It's a little bit off-centre at the top.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51I'm trying to trim,
0:19:51 > 0:19:58so that the top bit could join very nicely with the one I'm working on.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01'By trimming and turning, the potters can shape their sections
0:20:01 > 0:20:04'and crucially, cut out any surplus clay.'
0:20:04 > 0:20:06It's a heavy, heavy pot.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08I'm just taking some of the clay away,
0:20:08 > 0:20:12so that when I put this on top, it won't collapse.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15'Excess clay can also trap air and moisture,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18'which will explode in the kiln or pit firing.'
0:20:18 > 0:20:21I am possibly going to join them.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24I'm just gauging how firm they are.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25Still very soft.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Oh, my God!
0:20:27 > 0:20:30The last one I tried to put on, it was still too wet, so when
0:20:30 > 0:20:32the weight goes down, it collapsed, whereas this is a lot harder.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34'Once they're hard enough,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37'the potters can start putting their sections together.'
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I'm just adding a bit of slip all the way round,
0:20:39 > 0:20:41so it's just going to moisten the edges.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Just making the surface really rough,
0:20:43 > 0:20:46so it creates a sort of clay Velcro.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48It's going to distort a bit, but...
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Get it on OK, quickly.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- Straight on?- Yeah, yeah.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Tap it. Tap it.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10One's slightly thicker than the other one.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12So what I'm going to do is just press all this down to get
0:21:12 > 0:21:15a nice good seal on there as well.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Now it's just a case of making sure all the welds are nicely meshed in.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26The join is really weak right now because the bottom section of
0:21:26 > 0:21:28the clay is a little bit too soft.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33I'm going to cut the top, at least it'll release some of the weight.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39I can't cut it.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46I don't really know what's happened to it. It keeps bulging out.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48There's just too much weight.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51This joining area, I'm going to try and blend it in with the light bulb
0:21:51 > 0:21:53and try to press it down, as you can see here.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56I don't want something showing up and looking ugly.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Lost quite a bit of the top, but don't worry,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03I left enough so I could throw it a little bit more.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Ah, the clay is soft!
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Or I'm pushing it around too much and what should be this
0:22:09 > 0:22:15beautifully up and down the way thing is becoming a bit kind of...
0:22:15 > 0:22:17a jaunty angle, shall we say?
0:22:18 > 0:22:22'While construction is well under way for most of the potters...'
0:22:22 > 0:22:25How many centimetres is it that we're making these?
0:22:25 > 0:22:2763.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30'..Freya has yet to join any of her sections...'
0:22:30 > 0:22:31God!
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Too short.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36'..as whatever combination she tries,
0:22:36 > 0:22:39'she can't reach the required height.'
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- 84.- Oh! All right. Thanks.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Oh, my God! I don't even know what the maths is.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50- 57 and I haven't joined this yet.- 61.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54'Even if they are the correct height now, during firing,
0:22:54 > 0:22:55'the clay will shrink.'
0:22:55 > 0:22:58I'm just trying to pull some of this clay up to give me
0:22:58 > 0:23:00a few millimetres extra.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05'As some of the potters move on to their second vases,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08'Freya stumbles on a combination that works for her first.'
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Actually, that's 66.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Actually, that's all right.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19If I just turn this a bit more, it should sit lower on the pot.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24And the other one... I don't even know.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29It's becoming my leaning tower of...Stoke.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36'Ryan's had to put his second vase back on the wheel
0:23:36 > 0:23:39'to pull it up to height.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42'But the pressure he's applying has buckled his join.'
0:23:42 > 0:23:45It's pretty weak. It's still not set yet, so it just didn't work out.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48There's nothing I can do. It's done.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50This one's 61 and a bit.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55- This is what you call slapdash. - Potters, your five minute call!
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Five minutes!
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Is this as good as I can get?
0:23:59 > 0:24:02It's the wobbliest pot I've ever made.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- Argh! - I'm determined to get it done.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08We're running out of time, so I'd rather sacrifice the shape
0:24:08 > 0:24:10and have a vase.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Potters, you have one minute left now.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22I've got no design on it!
0:24:26 > 0:24:32Five, four, three, two, one.
0:24:32 > 0:24:38- Well done.- I was improving. It's my throwing. I can't throw quickly.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Potters, well done, you guys.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Go home, have a little break, pack up your camping gear,
0:24:42 > 0:24:44practise your campfire songs,
0:24:44 > 0:24:48cos we'll see you back here for the pit firing campout.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49Going camping!
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Potters, dismissed.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54That was a tough old day.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Oh!
0:24:56 > 0:24:58That was a nightmare.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01End of a tremendous day of making and building.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05I think I just kind of gave myself a bit too much to do
0:25:05 > 0:25:07in the time available.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Devastating. Yeah, I was absolutely so annoyed with myself.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Yeah, just failed miserably, deep inside.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25'The vases have been drying for three days under the supervision of
0:25:25 > 0:25:27'kiln man Rich.'
0:25:27 > 0:25:29I'm now going to take these down to the electric kiln.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32They're going to have a biscuit firing to 1,000 degrees and
0:25:32 > 0:25:35that'll turn them from raw lay into ceramic and it'll just help them
0:25:35 > 0:25:39deal with the rigours of the pit firing a little better.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42'They'll be in the kiln for 24 hours.'
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Fingers crossed, they all survive now, after all that!
0:25:52 > 0:25:53'It's day five.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56'The potters' vases have had their first firing
0:25:56 > 0:25:59'and while they cool, Kate has set a Spot Test,
0:25:59 > 0:26:03'unlike anything the competition has ever seen.'
0:26:03 > 0:26:06This Spot Test is really close to my heart.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10My technique is hand building and that means using these
0:26:10 > 0:26:12and a really simple set of tools.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16'Kate's stunning ceramics can be seen in galleries all over the world
0:26:16 > 0:26:20'and this exhibition showcases her greatest passion.'
0:26:20 > 0:26:23When I look at a blackberry, at a pineapple, at a pumpkin,
0:26:23 > 0:26:25I see pots in front of my eyes.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29My objective is to show the wonder of nature.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32And I want the potters to show us their wonder.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37Potters, I want you to hand coil and pinch a water jug,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40using as your inspiration one of these.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45- Wahey!- Yay!
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Make the essence of the fruit your water jug.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52'This week's Spot Test will be judged blind.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56'Kate and Keith won't know who has decided to make what.'
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Right, judges, please leave the pottery. Scram.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02See you in a while. Roll up, roll up.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06This is a first come, first served situation, and you've got two hours.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Time starts now.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Oh, look! She knew what she wanted!
0:27:14 > 0:27:17You've got to make a water jug that looks like a strawberry now, Nam.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- No way!- Yes way.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- Who wanted the pumpkin? - I wanted the pumpkin.- I'm sorry.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24I REALLY wanted the pumpkin!
0:27:24 > 0:27:26This fennel evenly matches my face.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28So I think it's fate.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31I went for the pineapple because I love all the textures.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32Also kind of spiky, like my hair.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35I was aiming for the pineapple, but I went for this one.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40I wanted the pineapple and Ryan snuck in there a bit quicker.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Basically left with the grapes of wrath, as they say.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48'They have to hand roll these coils and actually, it looks easy,
0:27:48 > 0:27:49'but to roll a good coil'
0:27:49 > 0:27:51is a challenge to do.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54'Hand coiling is the oldest pottery technique there is.'
0:27:54 > 0:27:57When I was little, it was the first thing I started with, really.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00'We've been making vessels out of rolled lengths of clay for
0:28:00 > 0:28:02'over 15,000 years.'
0:28:02 > 0:28:05They build a base and the coils will gradually go up,
0:28:05 > 0:28:08like a brick wall increases in height.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Your hand skills are laid bare and if you don't judge your clay right,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14the whole thing could collapse.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17I'm looking for a functional jug, right weight, right handle,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19right spout, right rim.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23As the coils are layered, the walls need to be smoothed over
0:28:23 > 0:28:26before the potters can be working on their jug's form.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Just thinking about what shape this pumpkin can be.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Um... I want this to be quite big actually.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34It'll be one strawberry cos the strawberry is
0:28:34 > 0:28:35a nice little shape here.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39Nam, you can make a tiny jug!
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Get it done in half an hour.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44Very daunting to have Kate judge our work, yeah.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48I mean these probably lend themselves quite nicely
0:28:48 > 0:28:50to being a spouty bit.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53But this, this is what... I don't know what to do with that bit.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Basically make the pot and add the grapes to the outside,
0:28:56 > 0:29:00probably use the grapes as a handle. Coiling puts me to sleep.
0:29:00 > 0:29:06- I find it very boring.- Richard!- You can't beat the dynamics of throwing!
0:29:06 > 0:29:10'90 minutes left to hand coil an organic water jug.'
0:29:10 > 0:29:14I'm just cutting it, so then I can fold like this
0:29:14 > 0:29:17to create a shape.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19I'm just going to create these sort of spikes.
0:29:19 > 0:29:20This thing has these spikes.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24I need to get going on getting these
0:29:24 > 0:29:27frondy bits developed up the side.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31So, I'm pushing out through there and then pushing back in around it.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Got to get this bit right, otherwise it's not a pumpkin.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37'And Richard's jug has yet to become a grape.'
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Where are the grapes going to come from?
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Have you still to do put the...? Do the grapes?
0:29:41 > 0:29:44They're not going to be the form, they're going to be the decoration.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47You'd have an awfully small jug for a grape, wouldn't you?
0:29:47 > 0:29:50That's true. Just a drop of water, Madam!
0:29:50 > 0:29:53The easiest one is the pineapple.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Did you see Freya got the pumpkin, with speed and determination?
0:29:56 > 0:30:01- It's got nothing to do with that Kate loves pumpkins.- Oh, please!
0:30:01 > 0:30:04- I've always wanted to do a pumpkin. - What does Kate make? Pumpkins!
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Yeah, but I just love them anyway, whether she makes them or not.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Whatever, Miss Pumpkin!
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Is it the equivalent of an apple for the teacher,
0:30:11 > 0:30:13but a pumpkin for the teacher, do you think?
0:30:13 > 0:30:16Yeah, I wouldn't got that far, but you're right.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Freya's like, "Shut up!"
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Everything that I've done, I've kind of leaned towards making a pumpkin.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27To make something that Kate makes is an absolute dream.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Potters, you're halfway through your time now. One hour left.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32- Nervous?- Just time really.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35If I hurry up, I've probably got enough time.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38'If they're settled on form, for their jug to function,
0:30:38 > 0:30:40'the potters need a spout...' SHE HARRUMPHS
0:30:40 > 0:30:42'..and a handle.'
0:30:42 > 0:30:45I was thinking of having a traditional roundy handle.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48I'm actually going to use one of the leaves as sort of a spout.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50I'm going to sort of flute it a little bit.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52And then use another leaf, a big one, as a handle.
0:30:52 > 0:30:53Because this is just straight,
0:30:53 > 0:30:57I was wondering if I should have just a straight handle.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59That you kind of...
0:30:59 > 0:31:01I'm making a spout for the water to come out
0:31:01 > 0:31:02because that would work with the shape.
0:31:02 > 0:31:07I've designed my spout to be fairly open, so it's more welcoming.
0:31:07 > 0:31:08That's not a handle, mate.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11Too dry now, too hard.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14My handle is work in progress.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Like, not much work and bugger all progress.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19LAUGHTER
0:31:21 > 0:31:25So, I want to get a bit more of this going on on the outside,
0:31:25 > 0:31:27so I need to hurry up!
0:31:27 > 0:31:30It's just a bog-standard run of the mill handle.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32There's nothing significant about it.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35I might rethink my handle, make it look a little bit more feminine.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39I think most of the stuff I do is really masculine and Keith
0:31:39 > 0:31:40always says I'm a bit heavy-handed.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43And do you think your strawberry lends itself to, like, ladies?
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Yeah, it does!
0:31:45 > 0:31:48You know, it's a very kind of feminine form in general, you know?
0:31:48 > 0:31:52- Yeah.- Nice curvatures, you know, smells nice.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56- Smells nice.- There you go.- Seeds. - Yeah, seeds, there you go.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59- Go and tell Kate that. - Popular at Wimbledon.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Starting to put something on and a few ideas down.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Don't want to put a cat amongst the pumpkins here,
0:32:07 > 0:32:09but you do know it's got to be lifted by a human...?
0:32:09 > 0:32:12They're going to lift it? No, they're not going to lift it.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14- ..by a human being to pour water out of it.- It will break.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17And I just chopped one bit of stem, one bit of stem and the ends.
0:32:17 > 0:32:18Cait's making a giant teapot.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21- I don't know what's going on over there.- Oh, dear.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Bloody hell, everybody is so good.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Potters, you have two minutes left.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28- Two minutes!- Two minutes!
0:32:28 > 0:32:30Argh!
0:32:30 > 0:32:34- Not much pressure, but this is what Kate Malone does.- I know!
0:32:34 > 0:32:36You don't want to be too good or she might get threatened.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Yeah, she's definitely in danger of being threatened
0:32:39 > 0:32:40by my hand building skills.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Because she is so familiar with this technique,
0:32:42 > 0:32:46- I'm very nervous right now. - Kate will just eat you alive.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Eat you like a fruit.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50It may not be Kate's cup of tea.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53OK, here we go, potters.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55Three, two,
0:32:55 > 0:32:56one,
0:32:56 > 0:32:58tools down.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Please, bring the fruits and vegetables of your labour to
0:33:02 > 0:33:04the front for judging.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Kate and Keith are looking for a functional jug that's
0:33:08 > 0:33:11a unique interpretation of the potter's fruit or vegetable.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14- Feast your eyes. Doesn't it look gorgeous?- Fantastic, guys.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18- Wow.- And they won't know whose jug is whose.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20So, shall we start with the artichoke?
0:33:20 > 0:33:23I'm loving the idea of the jug spout being one of the
0:33:23 > 0:33:25leaves of the artichoke. That's really wonderful.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29The handle, whoever has made it has observed the stem.
0:33:29 > 0:33:30Look at that lovely end there
0:33:30 > 0:33:32and the lines on the stem are echoed.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35And, actually, the overall best bit is the form.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39You've captured, whoever it is, the form of the artichoke.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42- The fennel.- I was really intrigued on whoever got this one,
0:33:42 > 0:33:45how they would interpret this into a jug.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47And I think I'm loving the spout.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50I think whoever was coiling lost control.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52They were coiling up and it started to sag out.
0:33:52 > 0:33:53Because it started to sag.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56If you look at the original, there's great poise in this.
0:33:56 > 0:33:57The lift underneath and the form.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00It seems to have started to melt.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Number three, Kate. What do you think?
0:34:02 > 0:34:06We did ask for the whole fruit to be considered as a whole.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08I'm going to eat one of those.
0:34:08 > 0:34:09It is embellished with grapes.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12It is not a grape piece.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Onto the pineapple. Now, I love it as a form.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18- It's fantastic.- Whoever made it is in control of their shape.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21You had to have a thickness to create this pinching.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23So, I think it's a good version of coiling.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28And I'm really loving this use of the pineapple leaf flopping over,
0:34:28 > 0:34:31becoming the handle. Practicality-wise?
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Nil points. I don't think that's going to work.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Quite hard to tell where the actual spout is.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40It would have liked to see a little bit of an accent on there.
0:34:40 > 0:34:41Strawberries.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Strange, strange lip.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45It's as if it's had a bite out of it.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47- It's almost like brutalist, isn't it?- Yeah, it is.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49- It's a very strong thing.- It's a brutalist strawberry.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51It's a brutalist strawberry.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54Of course, you could only fill this jug up to the level of the spout,
0:34:54 > 0:34:55otherwise it would overflow.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59So, it indicates you can't really hold more water than that.
0:34:59 > 0:35:00It's heavy as well.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03So, last but not least, the pumpkin.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06A symbol of fertility and fecundity.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- What do you think of the jug?- Well, I'd like to feel the weight of the jug.- Right, OK.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Cos, actually, it's a really good example of coiling
0:35:13 > 0:35:16and then pinching and pushing out.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20It's very, very heavy.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24That handle ain't never going to lift this pumpkin, I'm just saying.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27But then I think it just has this character about it
0:35:27 > 0:35:29and it's a fabulous thing.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32Kate and Keith will now rank the jugs from worst to best.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Sixth-place is...
0:35:35 > 0:35:37The grape jug. Whose is that?
0:35:37 > 0:35:40It's grapes on a jug, not a grape jug.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Fifth place, the strawberry.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47It is heavy and the spout just seems to be so strange.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Fourth-place is...
0:35:49 > 0:35:51the pineapple.
0:35:51 > 0:35:56Amazing attention to detail, the handle probably not too practical.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58And in third place...
0:35:58 > 0:36:01is Mr Fennel.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04It's got such character, but it's lost control of the coiling.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07So, in second place...
0:36:10 > 0:36:15..the pumpkin. You've really captured the essence of the pumpkin.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18The handle was just a little bit weak for the whole form.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20So, that means there is a first place
0:36:20 > 0:36:23and it's the artichoke and that's Cait.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27Well done, Cait. Really, you've captured the form brilliantly.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29The handle is great design.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34So, for Kate to have put me in first place is quite flattering.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38So, yeah, won last week and this week's spot test.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42- Quite nice.- When they picked up my jug, it was hilarious.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Keith was like...
0:36:45 > 0:36:47I'm crestfallen.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49It's like being trodden into wine.
0:36:49 > 0:36:50I know how a grape feels now.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56The vases have been in the electric kiln for 24 hours.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58I've got everything crossed.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02And it's Rich's job to safely reunite them with the potters
0:37:02 > 0:37:05for a final pit firing that will ultimately decide who will be
0:37:05 > 0:37:09awarded Potter of the Week and who will be leaving the competition.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15Both the pots and the potters have a long way to go.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23For an authentic pit firing,
0:37:23 > 0:37:26we're heading deep into the Staffordshire countryside.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30It's really nice to come out of the countryside and have hills around.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Everyone is really happy and jolly today.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35You know, we're outside in the sun. You know, at one with nature.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37It's like we are entering the jungle.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Beautiful scenery, countryside, fresh air.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43You couldn't want for more.
0:37:43 > 0:37:48This ancient, unpredictable process will take all day and all night.
0:37:48 > 0:37:49Each potter has their own pit
0:37:49 > 0:37:52and they'll be solely responsible for the firing.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56To remain in the competition, they must ensure that one of their
0:37:56 > 0:38:00vases survives and can be presented to the judges.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02THEY GASP
0:38:06 > 0:38:10- That one totally went down.- Good grief.- It's still in one piece.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12- SHE KNOCKS ON VASE - Ah, nice sound.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15One of the vases came out perfectly fine. I'm happy with it.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18One of them, had a fairly big explosion on the bottom
0:38:18 > 0:38:21and lost the base. So, there was still moisture within the bottom
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- and it exploded.- This is what I was hoping to show to the judges,
0:38:24 > 0:38:28but the base has exploded. I've still got a base,
0:38:28 > 0:38:31but it's a bit wobbly. Mm.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34It's in one piece, which is good.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Considerably less than 60 centimetres.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40I'm not too sure if that join's going to last on fire.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Before lighting their fires...
0:38:42 > 0:38:44I feel like I'm digging my own grave.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46..the potters can customise their pit.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50I'm conscious of needing to get the temperature up,
0:38:50 > 0:38:52but also keep the temperature as well.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56I was thinking about digging a channel in the middle,
0:38:56 > 0:39:00- to, kind of, help the air flow around a bit.- OK.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03The only way the potters will be able to create colour and
0:39:03 > 0:39:06decoration is to add combustible materials to the surface of
0:39:06 > 0:39:09their vases and their pit.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11What combustibles are you going to use?
0:39:11 > 0:39:13- Blood, fish and bones. - Blood, fish and bone.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Trying to find my wire wool.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Did you just go under your kitchen sink and do this, basically?
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- Just grabbed it from your kitchen. - Yeah, that's what I do.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22I've put on some chards of stainless steel here.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25This is to deflect the flame, so it doesn't carbonate
0:39:25 > 0:39:27so much in one area. I've got loads of hardwoods,
0:39:27 > 0:39:29which burn a lot slower. I've got mahogany and oak here,
0:39:29 > 0:39:32so I'm going to actually strap some of these on the pot.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35And then I've got some hessian that I left in some salt.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37So, hopefully, this will create a nice effect.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39I'm going to put some cobalt carbonate around as well,
0:39:39 > 0:39:41to give it some bluey colours.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45I'm really quite excited about Ryan's decorative techniques that
0:39:45 > 0:39:46he's putting on the side of his vase.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48I mean, he really is throwing everything at it.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Clover's got some really interesting combustibles
0:39:51 > 0:39:54and she's also masking off with these ferns.
0:39:54 > 0:39:55It would be lovely to see a shadow of the fern.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57But she's trying to use it as a resist.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00I'm not convinced that the fern is actually going to withstand
0:40:00 > 0:40:03the heat enough at the right temperature.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07I'm throwing in banana skin and citrus peel.
0:40:07 > 0:40:12I'm going to put copper carbonate around here.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15I'm going to poor ferric chloride on it.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17It gives wonderful pink colours.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21Ferris is iron, isn't it? And it's very exciting to see.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23It was very strong. He did it on both of them.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25He's not hedging his bets.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Having committed to covering both vases with ferric chloride...
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Around this one I shall be putting steel wool.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32..when it comes to the pit,
0:40:32 > 0:40:35Richard will be giving one of them a unique firing.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39A little bit of copper carbonate and then we wrap this up in tinfoil.
0:40:39 > 0:40:40Should be two totally different pots.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42The one not wrapped in foil,
0:40:42 > 0:40:46the hops and the peel should affect it colour-wise.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50The one wrapped in foil is already cocooned in its own little furnace
0:40:50 > 0:40:52and we will see how we do.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54But when it comes to a unique firing,
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Freya might just have the edge.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58Here she is,
0:40:58 > 0:41:01at one with her cabbage leaves.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05It gives off like a smouldering greeny colour, which is what I want.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Is that going to be whiffy, that cabbage, when it burns?
0:41:08 > 0:41:10It stinks, yeah. It stinks already.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12- You know you're sleeping nearby? - Yeah, I know.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14I plan to keep all the potters up with the smell.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Finally, the vases need to be covered with wood,
0:41:19 > 0:41:21sawdust and paper.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Do you want to get your safety gear on before you start your fires?
0:41:26 > 0:41:28Gloves and goggles and arm things.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Cait, if you want to start off, please. Light your fire.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38If the potters have prepared their pits correctly,
0:41:38 > 0:41:41the fires will reach 1,100 degrees centigrade...
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Watch your bum.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46..the optimum temperature to create reactions from their combustibles
0:41:46 > 0:41:51and deliver the organic colours that Kate and Keith will be looking for.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57It's mostly about a well orchestrated fire.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00You've got your combustible materials in the bottom,
0:42:00 > 0:42:02which is usually something like sawdust,
0:42:02 > 0:42:05and that's going to give a slow burn and lots of carbon.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07You've then got paper or something intensely combustible
0:42:07 > 0:42:11and that goes up like a rocket.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13And then you've got the bulk of your combustible material on top,
0:42:13 > 0:42:16which is going to burn down and create heavy embers.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17It's going to give you sustained heat,
0:42:17 > 0:42:19to allow all of those combustible materials,
0:42:19 > 0:42:22the potassium in the banana skins, the things they've added in,
0:42:22 > 0:42:24to really get hot and work their magic.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33Once the fires have burned for an hour, there is more work to be done.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35I'm going to put my tin on, hopefully,
0:42:35 > 0:42:36to get some reduction in there.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41It's important to get a good seal,
0:42:41 > 0:42:42so the flames die down.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44You know, the oxygen is used up.
0:42:44 > 0:42:49Some of the potters decided to put a very heavy seal around the tin,
0:42:49 > 0:42:53which is going to create a very intense reduction atmosphere.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55And generally,
0:42:55 > 0:42:58reduction is associated with blacks and darker colours. So, it's going
0:42:58 > 0:43:00to be interesting to see how these atmospheres fume
0:43:00 > 0:43:03and what the materials do inside that kiln
0:43:03 > 0:43:05when the pots are out in the morning.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Oh, well, we shall soon find out.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18Just as their ancient potting ancestors would have done,
0:43:18 > 0:43:21the potters will stay with their precious work all night.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24- This would be a good combustible, no?- Yeah!
0:43:24 > 0:43:27- I wonder if we did marshmallows. - Sticky sugar.
0:43:27 > 0:43:31After 17 hours of hard at it today, I think we've earnt an early night.
0:43:31 > 0:43:35- I'm absolutely knackered.- Who's going to wee on the campfire?
0:43:35 > 0:43:38- Goodnight, everybody. Goodnight. - Let's go to sleep. Goodnight!
0:43:38 > 0:43:41- Night-night, everybody.- Night, Cait. - Night, Cait.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44Goodnight! Sleep well.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53Morning, guys.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55It's Judgment Day.
0:43:55 > 0:43:56Morning.
0:43:56 > 0:43:58Everything now rests on how the
0:43:58 > 0:44:00vases have faired in the pits overnight.
0:44:00 > 0:44:04Their work now needs to be cooled enough to be cleaned and presented.
0:44:04 > 0:44:08But any sudden change in temperature will lead to thermal shock,
0:44:08 > 0:44:11cracking and destroying five days work.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15Can't believe yours, Nam. It's still smoking.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17Yeah, let's cook breakfast on there, mate.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19So, I guess it's going to be an issue, potentially,
0:44:19 > 0:44:21because we've got to get these pots out for judging.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23So, we're going to have to take some drastic action at some
0:44:23 > 0:44:26point, I guess. The biggest concern would be cooling it.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28- Too hot.- Yeah.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30I think we need to maybe just remove the tin a bit more,
0:44:30 > 0:44:33- so the fire can burn its way out. - Yeah.
0:44:33 > 0:44:35Scraping some of the embers away from the pot,
0:44:35 > 0:44:38- so the pot can start to cool. - Mine is stone-cold.
0:44:38 > 0:44:42Cait, are you ready to do it?
0:44:42 > 0:44:44Wow.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47Oh, there are some nice reds going on.
0:44:47 > 0:44:49A bit of black, which is nice.
0:44:49 > 0:44:53- She's got so much pink there.- Yeah. - I'm just hoping it's in one piece.
0:44:53 > 0:44:54Oh!
0:44:54 > 0:44:57Wa-hey it's in one piece. That's good.
0:44:57 > 0:44:58Whoo!
0:44:58 > 0:44:59THEY APPLAUD AND CHEER
0:44:59 > 0:45:01Nice.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07Wow.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09Wow, that's beautiful.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12Yellow colour, I got yellow! Orange.
0:45:12 > 0:45:15- Oh, my God, I've got orange. - Well done.
0:45:15 > 0:45:16That's from the cabbage.
0:45:16 > 0:45:19- You see all this red?- Yeah.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22That was red iron and it looks like it hasn't cooked onto
0:45:22 > 0:45:25the pot, which means it's coming off in my hands,
0:45:25 > 0:45:28which means it probably didn't reach temperature.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30But there's even worse news for Ryan.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32Was that not meant to happen?
0:45:32 > 0:45:33It broke at the join I think.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36I think it was already broken, so as I just pulled it out,
0:45:36 > 0:45:37it was in two halves.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42- Oh!- Oh, no!
0:45:42 > 0:45:44Obviously, the weakness is in the joint.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46That's a blow.
0:45:46 > 0:45:47Wow.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52- That's amazing, Clover. - I'm sure it's a happy accident.
0:45:52 > 0:45:56I can't even remember what I put in. All this colour.
0:45:56 > 0:45:57- Wow.- Whoa!
0:45:58 > 0:46:02To make the most of the colours that the pit firing has created,
0:46:02 > 0:46:05each vase need to be cleaned and waxed.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Nice interesting bits in some areas.
0:46:08 > 0:46:11And then I don't how hot it got really at all, cos, I mean,
0:46:11 > 0:46:15that's still the same colour it was when it went in.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18I never expected this orange.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21Hopefully, some of it has sunk into the actual pot.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24But for some, cleaning will have to wait.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26So, this one, are you going to go at it both ends
0:46:26 > 0:46:28and just go really steady?
0:46:28 > 0:46:31- I shall leave it in there.- You're going to leave it in there
0:46:31 > 0:46:34- for a bit?- Yeah, forever. - I don't want to get mine out either.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36You can't go on strike, potters, and refuse to get them out,
0:46:36 > 0:46:39cos you're scared of damaging them.
0:46:39 > 0:46:43Ryan, Richard and Nam have only one surviving vase.
0:46:43 > 0:46:44I was trying to touch it a few minutes ago.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46- How hot is it?- Pretty hot.
0:46:49 > 0:46:53- Ooh. Got it. - Gentle. Slow, slow, slow.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55Up.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57There's not as much colour as I'd have hoped,
0:46:57 > 0:47:00but there's some really nice effects around the top and around this side.
0:47:00 > 0:47:04Oh, my goodness. How beautiful!
0:47:04 > 0:47:06Totally made up. I think it's wonderful.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11Four days, 13 hours later...
0:47:11 > 0:47:13HE LAUGHS
0:47:13 > 0:47:15- Are you ready to get your vase out? - Yeah, yeah.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17- Are you sure you're happy? - Yeah, I'm happy with it.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19OK. Slowly, gently, gently.
0:47:19 > 0:47:23I'm just going to take it to the table.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25- Still in one piece?- Still in one piece.
0:47:25 > 0:47:29There's a bit of streaks, a bit of copper, flaring.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32Right then, guys. It's time to get these pots wrapped up,
0:47:32 > 0:47:35take them up to Middleport for judging.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38Very pleased with the intact vase.
0:47:38 > 0:47:40The colours, I think, are marvellous.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43I've managed to avoid all that horrible dark carbon.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45I knew I put these combustible materials to get these colours,
0:47:45 > 0:47:48but I didn't expect that the colour would be so dramatic.
0:47:48 > 0:47:51I'd like to see some more reds and orangey colours in there.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54I just feel like it doesn't stand out compared to the others.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58I don't feel confident about them at all.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00I'm feeling uncertain.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20Potters, welcome back to the pottery
0:48:20 > 0:48:22and before we started the judging process,
0:48:22 > 0:48:25what exactly were you looking for with these vases, please?
0:48:25 > 0:48:29We wanted two vases, robust enough to withstand a pit firing.
0:48:29 > 0:48:34We wanted you then to choose one of them to bring us for judging.
0:48:34 > 0:48:38We also wanted to see that your decoration is showing pit firing to
0:48:38 > 0:48:41its very best on the surface of your vase.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43OK, so choose your favourite vase, please.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45Clover, you're up first.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47- I don't know which one to bring. - Decision time.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49You don't know which one to pick? KATE GASPS
0:48:49 > 0:48:50Gut feeling.
0:48:50 > 0:48:53THEY LAUGH
0:48:59 > 0:49:01You should've picked that one. No, no, I'm joking.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03- No, no, no, you chose. - I've chosen it.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05- You chose.- This one is not as well-made as the other,
0:49:05 > 0:49:08but it shows what pit firing could do for you.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12It's a brilliant weight.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14It's a brilliant weight.
0:49:14 > 0:49:17A pot, a vase, has a weight that suits it.
0:49:17 > 0:49:19You know, you have a feeling of how it should be
0:49:19 > 0:49:22and it was right when you picked it up. You're right, Keith.
0:49:22 > 0:49:26I like the fluency and I like the fact that it springs up.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29I would have liked to have seen more finish on the rim.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31The rim just looks like it sort of stops.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33It's got a sort of night and day side, hasn't it?
0:49:33 > 0:49:37It's like there is the moon shining in the night and as we turn it,
0:49:37 > 0:49:41we've got gingers from irons, we've got all sorts of coppers and greens.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43The surface is brilliant.
0:49:43 > 0:49:45Beautiful use of pit firing materials.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47Well done.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52Freya.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54OK.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58I'm having a really hard time deciding,
0:49:58 > 0:50:00but I think I'm going to go for this one.
0:50:00 > 0:50:02What is your heart saying, Freya? What's your instinct saying?
0:50:02 > 0:50:06Well, that's my favourite one, but it's too short. Oh, no.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08I feel like I'm walking to my grave.
0:50:08 > 0:50:10Walk to your grave.
0:50:13 > 0:50:16You can see that you're very, very competent at throwing.
0:50:16 > 0:50:20These accents that you got here, which are the points of where you've
0:50:20 > 0:50:22joined it together, brilliant.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24Really, really, really good.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26I don't think the surface is brilliant,
0:50:26 > 0:50:27as far as pit firing is concerned.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29There is a consistency of it,
0:50:29 > 0:50:33but I'm trying to find the depth that you can find in pit firing.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35So, I'm not as thrilled with the surface as I'd like to be.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38That...
0:50:38 > 0:50:41- I knew he'd look at your bottom. - It was too heavy and it exploded.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43- Yeah.- It was too thick and untrimmed.- Yeah.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45You know, if that was dry enough,
0:50:45 > 0:50:47I would have turned it upside down and trimmed that.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49You needed to trim that off, didn't you?
0:50:49 > 0:50:52I'm being harsh on you, Freya, because you are really good,
0:50:52 > 0:50:56but, you know, that's why that is a really silly mistake.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08Why did you choose this one over your other one?
0:51:08 > 0:51:11My other one, sadly, exploded from the bottom.
0:51:11 > 0:51:15Also the curvature on the other one wasn't exactly flowing either.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18I would have probably liked to have seen a bit more reaction with the
0:51:18 > 0:51:21combustibles, but I really like the shape and the form.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24I love the way that you change the accent at the top.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27There's a sense of modernity about this.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30The bold lines are like some kind of modern, abstract painting,
0:51:30 > 0:51:32- a Ruscha painting or something. - Yeah.
0:51:32 > 0:51:35And I like it for that. I think it was very bold.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41In my eyes, the make lets you down.
0:51:41 > 0:51:45And I think the surface, kind of, brings it up again.
0:51:45 > 0:51:47You're the only one who actually tried
0:51:47 > 0:51:49to use a geometric pattern.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52I mean, there are areas here that are quite bland, but,
0:51:52 > 0:51:54at the same time, there is this gorgeous heart.
0:51:54 > 0:51:59- The black heart here.- I usually like consistency and uniformity.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02As a make, the fact that it's, for another word, wonky,
0:52:02 > 0:52:04it kind of works for me.
0:52:04 > 0:52:08But it's wonky because of the bad making, not because it was intended.
0:52:08 > 0:52:11- But is there still a bit of beauty in the wonk?- There is.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21- Why did you choose this one, Richard?- This was always going to
0:52:21 > 0:52:24be my main pot, but my second pot decided to hate me and broke.
0:52:24 > 0:52:28- Let's have a feel.- It's great, great, Richard. Really good.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31It feels nice in your hands when you pick it up.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34The structure of it is really nice.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37In fact, for a rim that isn't a rim, it just sort of stops.
0:52:37 > 0:52:40It's quite abrupt. It actually works quite well,
0:52:40 > 0:52:43because this proportion here actually works with the rest of the
0:52:43 > 0:52:45body of the pot.
0:52:45 > 0:52:50The join is more or less invisible and I think the surface...
0:52:50 > 0:52:53- I'm speechless.- That's never happened before.
0:52:53 > 0:52:57Because it is lighter in colour, it's lifted the pot up as well
0:52:57 > 0:53:00and it's made the pot less heavy to look at.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03Well, it was a conscious effort not to have it too dark.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05Well, you've succeeded, lovey.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08Is this is where the tinfoil, do you think, touched the surfaces?
0:53:08 > 0:53:11- Yes, yes.- It's almost like a marble effect, isn't it?- It is, yes.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14It is, yes. This is...
0:53:14 > 0:53:17- extraordinary surface. - Thank you.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21Ryan, you're up next, please.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23Oh, sorry, wrong one.
0:53:29 > 0:53:32So, I like the top half. I'm not so keen on the bottom half.
0:53:32 > 0:53:35It, sort of, loses its shape for me.
0:53:35 > 0:53:39It looks like that, for me. And it doesn't really flow.
0:53:39 > 0:53:42- It's got a bit of a dad bod, hasn't it?- Yeah, yeah.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45It's very, very heavy. It is very heavy, isn't it?
0:53:45 > 0:53:48Do you feel that you could have turned and trimmed
0:53:48 > 0:53:51- a bit more off it? - Definitely. Yeah, definitely.
0:53:51 > 0:53:54I completely rushed with the joining process and turning process, yeah.
0:53:54 > 0:53:56I really like this top bit.
0:53:56 > 0:53:57I mean, it's quite black.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00I quite like this shadowing here of these blocks of wood
0:54:00 > 0:54:03- that you've applied on there. - And there's this shiny area here.
0:54:03 > 0:54:06- I love that bit. That's my favourite bit.- What was that?
0:54:06 > 0:54:09Probably just that hardwood really burning into the piece.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12It's heavy and that's a lack of good meeting at the day.
0:54:12 > 0:54:14I don't think you were on form on the day.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17And I would have liked to have seen a bit more colour
0:54:17 > 0:54:19and a bit more reaction.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33Who has caught your eye for Potter of the Week?
0:54:33 > 0:54:37The minute I picked up Clover's vase... I'm getting emotional now,
0:54:37 > 0:54:39but she's made this vase and it was quite incredible
0:54:39 > 0:54:41in its weight and size.
0:54:41 > 0:54:46And the surface. The greens and the honeys and the mustards,
0:54:46 > 0:54:47very beautiful.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Richard's left me speechless. I mean, really.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52That is such a unique surface.
0:54:52 > 0:54:56He set out to do a fairly contemporary vase and, as we know,
0:54:56 > 0:54:58Richard is stuck in the 17th century.
0:54:58 > 0:55:00And it was fantastic.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02Somebody has to leave the pottery.
0:55:02 > 0:55:03Who's in the danger zone for you?
0:55:03 > 0:55:05Annoyingly, it's Freya.
0:55:05 > 0:55:08She's such a good thrower, but the bottom of her pot blew out.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11She was just not totally on the ball.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14Ryan's make, he had such a heavy bottom.
0:55:14 > 0:55:15He didn't turn and trim that away.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17And then he did all this combustibles.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20I was thinking, "Wow, this is going to be fantastic.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23"He's throwing everything at this thing," and we end up with
0:55:23 > 0:55:26- a black and white vase.- And who else are you worried about?
0:55:26 > 0:55:27- Cait.- Cait.
0:55:27 > 0:55:30She's got this great ambition and great vision,
0:55:30 > 0:55:31but she just can't carry it through.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33Normally, by this point,
0:55:33 > 0:55:36I can, kind of, have a feeling for who's going to be leaving the pottery,
0:55:36 > 0:55:39but, I've got to be honest, I can't work it out with you two this week.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41Oh! Very hard.
0:55:41 > 0:55:42Very hard today.
0:55:46 > 0:55:51Well, potters, your performance this week has really fanned the flames of
0:55:51 > 0:55:52discussion with the judges
0:55:52 > 0:55:55and we are going to start with the happy bit.
0:55:55 > 0:55:58So, Pot of the Week, please.
0:55:58 > 0:56:00So, Pot of the Week this week is...
0:56:04 > 0:56:06..Richard.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08- THEY CHEER - Wow!
0:56:08 > 0:56:10- Go, Richard.- Well done.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13- Well done.- Thank you.
0:56:13 > 0:56:17So, now to the less happy job,
0:56:17 > 0:56:19because somebody does have to leave the pottery.
0:56:19 > 0:56:23And the person leaving the pottery this week...
0:56:23 > 0:56:24is...
0:56:31 > 0:56:33It's no-one.
0:56:35 > 0:56:38- Really?- It was really, really hard.
0:56:40 > 0:56:43It was such a dilemma. You've got positives and you've got negatives.
0:56:43 > 0:56:48Now, listen, listen, listen carefully.
0:56:48 > 0:56:53Freya, I'm really frustrated. You had this blowout. And, frankly,
0:56:53 > 0:56:56the decoration is really boring.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59Cait, you're way short of the 60 centimetres.
0:56:59 > 0:57:03Your joins were really poor and the fact that it's leaning to one
0:57:03 > 0:57:06side wasn't purposeful, it was accidental.
0:57:06 > 0:57:08Ryan, you've had a pretty bad week.
0:57:08 > 0:57:13The decorative surface on your vase is really lacking.
0:57:13 > 0:57:16And the weight of the vase is extremely heavy.
0:57:16 > 0:57:20Next week, we want you to really focus on all points, please.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22Really listen to what the judges have got to say, guys,
0:57:22 > 0:57:26because next week two of you will be leaving the pottery.
0:57:29 > 0:57:32Kate and I just really couldn't agree on the one potter that was
0:57:32 > 0:57:33going to leave this week.
0:57:33 > 0:57:36Keith and I were at loggerheads, almost,
0:57:36 > 0:57:37about what was going to happen.
0:57:37 > 0:57:41They all had such strengths and weaknesses.
0:57:41 > 0:57:43They've got so much talent there.
0:57:43 > 0:57:46They've just got to really show it to us. Well done, mate.
0:57:46 > 0:57:47- Thank you.- Mwah!
0:57:47 > 0:57:49Keith kissed me.
0:57:49 > 0:57:52I've got to live that one down yet.
0:57:52 > 0:57:56Richard's vase is the fifth piece to make it into our gallery.
0:57:56 > 0:57:58There really are some really good potters here
0:57:58 > 0:58:01and it's quite an honour, really, isn't it, to be on display.
0:58:01 > 0:58:03Just sort yourselves out.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07I'm relieved that I'm not going home,
0:58:07 > 0:58:10but I'm not particularly happy about this situation.
0:58:10 > 0:58:13I don't want to be on the cusp of being kicked out.
0:58:15 > 0:58:17It's nervy.
0:58:17 > 0:58:18I didn't expect that.
0:58:18 > 0:58:22Although Clover told me that that's exactly what she predicted.
0:58:22 > 0:58:25So, I think she's got a career in fortune-telling perhaps.
0:58:27 > 0:58:29No-one wants to leave.
0:58:29 > 0:58:33We're all excited to stay and be a part of this competition,
0:58:33 > 0:58:35so I will be disappointed if I go next week.
0:58:35 > 0:58:37Next time...
0:58:37 > 0:58:40This will be the last time the six of us will be together.
0:58:40 > 0:58:42- ..it's the quarterfinal... - They have to get this right.
0:58:42 > 0:58:44..and with four Russian dolls to make...
0:58:44 > 0:58:45I need to start again.
0:58:45 > 0:58:48- ..the cracks are beginning to show...- Argh!
0:58:48 > 0:58:50- ..but there's no way to hide... - I'm getting worried now.
0:58:50 > 0:58:52..as two potters must leave.
0:58:52 > 0:58:54I have my suitcase packed.
0:58:54 > 0:58:56But who will survive and make it to the semifinals?
0:58:56 > 0:58:58I think I'm going home.
0:58:58 > 0:58:59Just sort yourselves out.
0:58:59 > 0:59:01GASPING