04x10 - The Final: 1920s Art Deco Punch Bowl & Decanters

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It's the final, and the nerves here at the pottery are palpable.

We have clay, we have wheels,

we have three fantastic potters,

as Adam, Jodie and Peter prepare to battle it out for the chance

to be crowned Britain's Best Home Potter.

Our 12 potters... Go!

SCREAMING ..have made some

incredible ceramics.

It's wonderful, Sal.

Absolutely brilliant.

An epic battle of clay to endure.

Agh!

It's been emotional...

Oh, sweetheart!

...and for some...
I'll just give up.
OK.

I've had enough.
...the bubble burst...

Sorry.
...as, one by one,

they said farewell to the pottery.

Now...
Agh!

...just Adam, Jodie

and Peter remain...
Go on, Peter!

We can do this, come on, guys!
...to face a main make...

Tidy-
...that turns back the pottery clocks

to the 1920s...
Sticking with my plan. Today,

I'm sticking with all the plans.
...and a tiny surprise.

'W
A doll's house!

So, grab a drink, maybe a hankie,

and prepare to party 1920s-style.

Welcome to the grand final of

the Great Pottery Throw Down!

# Making time

# sh**ting lines

# People have their uses

# People have their uses. #

BOTH:
# Daisy, Daisy

# Give me your answer do
I'll...

# Go and make flowers, not like Peter do! #

SHE LAUGHS

Former engineer Peter has grown

throughout the competition.

You've come on so much.

I'm inspired by you, mate.

His passion and hard work

were rewarded with a fabulous win in the quarterfinals.

It's the best thing you've

ever done, it's the best thing

you've ever made!
I'm still here,

and it's just fantastic. I'm just gonna go in there,

but I am gonna give it my very, very best.

When you said fruit bowl, instantly, I thought of, like,

the Polynesian culture.
And have you been to Polynesia?
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Oh, Fight, yeah!
LAUGHTER

Scrub nurse Jodie has won Potter of the Week twice.

It's almost faultless, lovey. It's absolutely brilliant.

Her skills and commitment have always shone through.

Coming this far now, and to think

that the possibility is there that I could win,

it's just, oh, it's so exciting.

My actual plums'll be slightly larger.

Each week, Adam has gone the extra pottery mile

to impress. His artistic skill

has won him praise from the judges.

It's a feast for the eyes.

The detail is just

really, really wonderful.

But after a fault here and there...

L“!
...the top spot has eluded him,

until last week...

We can tell that you've put a hell of a lot of work into this.

...and his first Potter of the Week win.

Adam. SCREAMMG AND LAUGHTER

Ha-ha!
Oh, thank you!

I'm gonna go into this really enjoying it,

just giving my all and, hopefully, I'll make something that the judges

love, and that I love.

Good morning, potters.

For your very final main make challenge,

we are stepping back in time - 100 years, in fact.

The judges would like you to make

a fabulous 1920s, Art Deco-inspired party set,

complete with punch bowl and ladle, six hanging cups

and two fabulous decanters, both with stoppers.

Your chosen forms and decoration

need to have bright striking colours

and angular forms, typified by the era.

Now, you can throw or hand-build your pieces,

but you must sculpt the stoppers of your decanters.

We are so proud of the three of you and wish you the very, very

best of luck. And your time starts...

HOW.

This feels massive. It feels epic, momentous, monumental.

All of the words! You gonna get the party started, Peter?

Yeah, let's do it.
In the first four hours,

the potters will have to make all the elements of

their ten-piece, 1920s party set. Then,

after drying, they will have a further three hours to refine them

to the perfect Art Deco finish the judges are looking for.

The pressure's on, but go for it, but enjoy it.

Good luck, guys.
Good luck, Jodie. Good luck, Peter.

We can do this, come on, guys!

The 1920s were a turning point for ceramics,

and the birth of the Art Deco movement.

After the austerity of the First World w*r, the traditional

floral Victorian designs gave way to the bold, bright

Art Deco aesthetic. And here in Stoke, local girl

Clarice Cliff was making a name for herself with her

innovative, colour-rich designs.

So, here we are, the final!

We're turning the clocks back
100 years...
Yeah.
...to the 1920s.

The birth of the Art Deco period.

And it was a style that really brought with it punchy designs

and bright colours, didn't it?

I mean, look at this teapot, here.

It's so quintessentially Art Deco.

It's all about the lines, the angular formation of those lines.

And then, you've got these
lovely, rich, bold colours.
I mean,

the punchbowl is gonna be the centrepiece of this party set.

It's gonna be tough to make something in clay

that would more usually be made in glass. The cups have to hang on

the side, and then that ladle has to have enough volume that you can

pick up punch and fill your cup.

And then, you know, there's the decanters. We want to see them

bring their characters out in those sculpted stoppers.

We're in the final. I want to see

really, really good execution of their idea, right from

the lump of clay on the bench

to what happens when you open that kiln.

No 1920s soiree would be complete

without a punchbowl.

Hopefully, I'm gonna encapsulate

that kind of energetic vibe that...

that the '20s, I think the '20s had.

Hopefully, it'll just be a really fun set.

But for Peter, this challenge is more of a passion project.

I love Art Deco. My wife loves Art Deco.

The house is all Art Deco inside.

So, this is quite an interesting throw for me.

Morning, Peter.
Morning, judges!

The final!
Can you believe it?
I can, Peter.

The reason why you're here is because you've shown us...

I've started crying already! ..such amazing hard work. You're

absolutely brilliant. You're a
wonderful human being...
Thank you!

...and not a bad potter.
Ha-ha!

Peter's Art Deco party set will have

angular decanters and stoppers,

identical cups hung on holes

carved in his elaborate punchbowl.

His decoration is inspired by Clarice Cliff,

and his time in Stoke.

My piece is called Sunset Over Gladstone.

Now, in each cup is a bit of colour.

As you turn the bowl, the setting sun'll fall.

And the sunset is the setting sun over the competition on

our time here and everything.
That is lovely!

Ha-ha!
He's looking confident,
though, isn't he?
Yeah.

Oh, come on!
Well, look, good luck.
Focus.
Thanks very much.

We'll see you later.
Brilliant, thank you.

JODIE:
In the '20s,

women got the right to vote,

so they were feeling very liberated.

They were doing things they were never allowed to do, like go out

and listen to music, dress the way they wanted to dress,

all things like that. I was looking at Clarice Cliff

and how she, you know, was so successful

in such a male-dominated era.

She started on the factory floor. She worked her way up,

and she become a very successful artist.

Jodie's nod to the women of

the 1920s will feature cups

with angular handles, a purse-shaped

decanter with a flapper girl

feather-shaped stopper,

and a brightly-decorated bowl,

inspired by her own journey

into pottery.

This is the first thing I ever made in clay when I was 11.

The
What?!
Yeah. So, it's, like,
Art Deco at aged 11, you know?

Clarice Cliff was 13 when she
started.
13, she was, was she?
Yeah.

Yeah, so you're two years ahead of Clarice Cliff here,

so we expect quite a lot!
Yeah!
So, after playing it safe

last week...
Yeah.
...because you
kind of did a bit, how are you

feeling about this design?
Going
The
You're really... Yeah.
Yeah.

Yeah, absolutely gonna go for it.
Go wild!

While Jodie and Peter are embracing the bold Art Deco-style of

the 1920s Staffordshire...

Kind of want mine to look a bit different to everyone else's.

...Adam's inspiration is over 4,000 miles away.

Mine's a nod to Miami.

For me, Miami was a party city in the Art Deco period,

so perfect for a party set. Whether or not

the judges think it's Art Deco!

L“!
HE LAUGHS

Adam's love of Miami's Art Deco -

combined with his love of

a good c*ck - has inspired his

slab-built cups, with citrus-slice

handles, a shapely punchbowl

and cone-shaped moulded decanters,

all decorated in pastel shades,

typical of the hotels of

South Beach.

These are the colours that I'm gonna go for, which are maybe slightly

muted, in terms of Clarice Cliff's colours, because I also love

the whole Art Deco in America, like,
Miami and stuff like that.
Yeah.

And I'm hoping to make you something that makes you wanna, yeah,

have a party.
Obviously, this
is quite minimalist...
Yeah.

...in its shape and form. How are you feeling about that?

I'm quite nervous about this one.
Right.
It seems...

to be more difficult to go minimal, I think, because there's nowhere

to hide, is there? So, I'd better
get on making it now!
Bye!
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Potters, that's one hour gone,
one hour gone.
What?!

With their punchbowls thrown...
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...the potters move on to the accompanying six cups.

This is the final, at the end of the day, they are gonna be looking at

the bottoms. They're gonna look at the rims. So, I don't wanna just

knock out things that look pretty, I wanna knock out quality work. I just

use a normal, angled ruler and put

the little grooves in there. These circles, you see them everywhere.

These forms, you know.

So, I'm gonna try and incorporate everything Art Deco into it.

Difficulty is, with doing Art Deco, is keeping it straight,

keeping it sharp, keeping it looking the part.

I want to show the judges that I can throw consistently.

I'm the only one hand-building my cups, which could be a huge mistake,

cos they do need to be the same. And I think in throwing something,

you kind of forgive the slight differences a little bit more,

whereas this, I'm kind of going for the almost machine-made look.

I have noticed that both Peter and Jodie are doing quite large

punch cups, so I'd probably prefer to go to their party! Ha-ha-ha!

I'm now thinking they're too small, but that was the plan.

I'm sticking with my plan. Today, I'm sticking with all the plans.

Potters, you are halfway through! Halfway through!

JODIE:
Thrown my six cups.

PETER:
I've got seven
cups, so one's spare,

cos one of them's gonna be used as a ladle.

As Peter throws...
This is the part of the ladle

that scoops the punch out of the bowl.

...and Jodie coils...

So, this is my way of just bringing

one more technique into the make, really.

...Adam is late to the party.

This is my third cup, and I've got six to present.

Now thinking, where can I save a bit of time?

The answer is, nowhere. Erm, so, I've just gotta work a bit quicker.

As Adam pushes to finish his cups, Jodie is on the pull.

This is just bringing another technique in.

I'm gonna use it as my ladle handle.

So, I can try and get a nice shape in it.

So, I'm just doing the crescent moon...

for the handle for the ladle

has got to look absolutely immaculate. If it's not immaculate,

they're gonna kick my backside out, I tell you.

You know? Well, they can't kick it out, it's too late now. Ha-ha-ha!

This is my last cup.

Now I'm moving on to my decanters,

and I'm gonna use these moulds.

The base will be really small,

so about the size of a 50p piece.

The decanter shape is quite unusual, and I wanted that

razor-sharp square structure

that looks a tiny little bit like a bottle kiln.

Unlike the boys, Jodie is throwing and hand-building her decanters.

This decanter's gonna be in the shape of a clutch bag,

like the flappers would take out, so

there'll be a slight curve in it,

but then angle up the sides.

I just wanted to complicate the heck out of it, you know?

I don't wanna be saying, you've gone safe.

As jodie's decanters take shape,

Peter and Adam have the tricky task...

I
...of demoulding theirs.

What should happen is,

the plaster sucks the moisture out of the clay,

the clay shrinks, and then...

HE GASPS

L“!

Is it meant to come out?

Oh, I hope so, yeah.

There we go.
Panicking a little bit now.

I'm just very aware that time's a-rushing by.

Potters, remain calm,

but you have only one hour left!

'Course I'm panicking!

One hour left. The most important build...of your life!

She's not kidding!

It's fine, I can do this.
Go on, Peter!

This is like...

the Olympics of pottery.

They now have to turn and trim...

It's got to look absolutely immaculate.

If the bottoms aren't perfect, Keith ain't gonna be happy.

...and add their handles - to achieve that refined Art Deco finish.

Why did they love angles so much? It's just...quite annoying.

We've seen strong hand-building
skills from Jodie...
Yeah.
"But

there is a lot of joins on this, and this is a very smooth clay,

so it's so unforgiving when you stick bits together.

But what I do love about Jodie, she always looks really,

really focused.
Yeah.
She sets her mind to it.

This is the punchbowl, and the cup handles

hang on to the inside of the bowl.

Peter's cups do look fairly similar. I'm just a bit

concerned about the weight of them, because they're gonna be

hanging off that punchbowl.

I will make these a beautiful thing.

They're gonna be full of liquid.
What, his decanters?
Yeah. I'm a bit

concerned about whether they're gonna stand up.

The bases are very, very narrow.

Potters, you have half an hour left, half an hour left.

Oh, don't say that!
Pressure is on!

I just need to get my stoppers done, and collapse.

The judges have asked for sculpted stoppers for the decanters.

Oh, my gosh!

Stop shaking.

As Jodie finesses her feathers...
I'm a bit panicked about time,

if I'll be honest with you.
...Adam hand-builds

his citrus slices,

Peter is relying on a mould.

It doesn't necessarily make it easier,

but it does allow you to do quite unusual shapes. And it's...

It's a way of just getting everything right.

Hold steady, don't lose your nerve.

I need to go mad and, er, fettle everything up.

JODIE:
I do not want
my hooks falling off,

so I am making sure these are coiled in.

Adam, is that your ladle?

It will be, yeah.
Excellent.

Better...ladle than never!

Five minutes left, guys. Five minutes.

No, this is not good, Siobhan!

Remember, everything in your party set needs to be in the drying room.

Things are going in, you clever, clever people.

IN WELSH ACCENT:
Oh, beautiful!

Stunning!
Check your benches, make
sure you've everything in there.

It's the last ten seconds.

Jodie, have you checked everything?

Ladle, six cups.
Have you checked everything, Peter?

Absolutely.
Absolutely.

And the door is closed!

And...

that's it!
Ha-ha!

Well done, potters! THEY CLAP

k&!

JODIE:
I'm happy with what I've
made. It was the best of my ability.

I certainly didn't play safe this week. It just needs to get through

the kiln now, doesn't it?

I'm flabbergasted that I managed to get that made,

and I even made a ladle in, like, five minutes.

How did that happen?! It was just suddenly there.

It's like, phew!

I'm coming in.
PETER:
I AM feeling confident,

but I've pushed my love into it, but I've also pushed the boundaries

a bit as well. I have been, er, middle of the pack,

and I have sometimes hung on by my,

my fingernails, but I'm not today.

It's the final of the Great Pottery Throw Down, and another chance

for the potters to impress,

in the second challenge - a tiny surprise

that could have a massive impact.

Potters, your final second challenge is a throw down.

You will be making

a 16-piece dinner set...

for one of these!
Ha-ha-ha!

A doll's house!
A doll's house!

This is the smallest throw down we've ever set, so you'll be

throwing off the hump and you'll be making

four dinner plates that sit on a 2p,

four bowls that sit on a 1p,

and four cups and saucers

that sit on a 5p. So,

I'll make the cup first.

When you're making something this small,

you really wanna get the top of the hump exactly the right size.

Is it harder to do it off the hump?

No, it's actually easier.

Just imagine if all these were little separate ba*ls of clay,

it would actually be really, really hard.

You've got a series of tools here

to really help you form and shape

those small pieces.

So, I'm just gonna use this just to

make the hole for my cup.

Get my finger in there.

Gently thin out that rim.

When you're making something this small,

everything is completely amplified.

Really think about that pressure

that you're applYing-

Bring it up...

and make that cup.

111$'! go in...

and lift it off. Here's the saucer.

Now, like all domestic ware,

you want a nice clean rim on it,

so I'm just getting that credit card just to splay out that rim.

There you go, that's your saucer.

Now I'll go to make my bowl.

I'm just gonna use that tool,

making that bowl shape.

Squeezing that clay underneath it

with the tips of my fingers

to make that nice bowl shape.

And now, for the last one, the plate.

Just draw a bit of clay out,

just so you can get that rim

slightly wider. OK?

You want a nice clean mustard well.

Mustard well?
Yeah, the rim of a
plate is called a mustard well.

Oh, right.
And it's the lightest of touches.

And then, gently go in,

and off comes your plate.

Rich and I would also like you to put a handle on the cup.

Of course!
So, here we go.

Just lightly smooth that base off.

Get your little mini extruder,

and then just extrude a bit of clay.

Try and keep it as nice and straight as possible.

Cut off the handle.

A nice shape on there.

And now, once they're all finished, you've got the plate

that can sit on the 2p,

the bowl can sit on the 1p,

and the cup and saucer

can sit on the Sp.

Four plates, four bowls,

four cups, four saucers.

Potters, you have 45 minutes, and your time

starts...now.

JODIE:
This is the smallest thing
I've ever thrown.

This is definitely the hardest thing we've done so far.

ADAM:
Get it into a good centred
bit. Look how bad that is.

PETER:
I've never thrown
off the hump before,

but quite exciting. I mean, you know,

it's the final, isn't it?

Making such small delicate pieces

is the ultimate test of our finalists' throwing skills.

Teeny-tiny cups.
Oh, my God, this is hard!

It's the shaking that's the problem.

Ooh...

Oops! It's a bit deep, that one.

You can see this has all gone a bit wrong.

I'll just see if I can throw it again.

They need to be the same!

I'm terrible at making things look the same!

Oh, that's terrible!

I've cut that one way too short.

I mean, it's so difficult because it's one thing learning to re-use

your fingers in that kind of way,
all tiny...
Yeah.
...as well as

then become a production potter

and make four things the same.

I'm sizing these up by looking at what finger I'm putting in.

And to be honest, it's all by eye.

Nerve-racking to throw things so small.

I'm quite happy with that little barrel cup.

Potters, you are halfway through!

Really? You're having a laugh!

JODIE:
Right, what's next? Bowl.

It's basically a human-size bowl.

Whoops! Do that one again, it's too deep.

JODIE:
I'm just trying to think of

the size on these saucers. I don't want them

to think, oh, that's a plate.

Oh, no! I just hit the other one. Oh! I just...

scupper myself.

Hardest bit is to get 'em off.

This is a hard one, this!

I think Peter's gone through a few of his bases.

A plate with no bottom, it's a bit of a design flaw.

Right. So, my plate has to fit on a 2p piece,

and I need to get that little old mustardy thing in, don't I?

The mustard well.

He mentioned that a few times,

let's give him a good well.

Agh!

I'm just making saucers now,

then the handles to make. They're not very good,

but just got to get on with it, haven't I?

JODIE:
One plate left. We like

that one, we like that one, we like that one.

We don't like that one.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four!

Potters, last ten minutes!

I have to... What have I got to do? I don't know, I don't know!

Don't forget your handles on your cups. We don't want beakers.

I wanted to make some cool handles.

I've gotta refine everything. How long have we got left?

One minute left, potters!

And remember, you need to put your 16-piece, little teenchy-weenchy

dinner set onto your bat for presentatione.

Oh, no!

And...

time's up!

Oh, my goodness! What?!
LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE
Well done!

Look at them!
High five!

Oh, my goodness!
L“!
They're amazing!
?

Three doll's house dinner sets,

ready for judging"-
Oh, they're beautiful... Oh, God!

...but will each of their dinner plates, bowls,

cups and saucers deliver the exact size, shape

and consistency Keith and Rich are after?

So, how many have we got?

We've got four plates,

four cups and saucers,

and four bowls.

We've got the coins here, so we've got your 2p.

The plate, well, it sits on there.

Your bowl fits on the penny.

And then, the 5p, well,

your cups and saucers are a bit on the large side.

But I have to say, these plates

are really good definition, with

the rim of the plate there, the mustard well,

and the face of the plate. And it's really not a bad effort

at all, Jodie.
Ah, thank you.
Absolutely brilliant.

We seem to have four plates...
Ye/P"
...four bowls, and four cups

and saucers.
Yeah!
Well done.

That sits on the 5p. That sits on

the 1p. And they sit on the 2p.

Very good.
They look nicely
in proportion with each other.

What I particularly like about your cups and saucers is that

you've got a real nice shape to
them.
And the little detail that

you've got in that handle, I just love that sort of kink, rather than

a straight, rounded handle. It's beautiful.

And lovely bottom.

Oh! Ha-ha! Thanks!

You've got some really nice finesse on the rims. If I was

to be really finicky - which I am, cos it's the final -

I would say that the bowl could've been a bit more

bulbos...a bit more bulbosity...
Oh, bulbosity! Yeah!
...in the bowl.

And the plate is a bit dish-like. They're a nice size,

just a bit flatter. But otherwise, absolutely brilliant.

So, let's have a look. We've got four...

plates, four bowls,

and four cups and saucers.

I mean, these are tiny, but let's have a look.

That sits on the 5p.

That sits on the 1p.

And they do sit on the 2p.

You've got these bowls here - they could've been a bit more bulbous,

don't you think?
I do, yeah.
And then, the plates, again,

you could've accentuated the form a bit more.

It's funny, because all of the pieces,

together, kind of are
in proportion...
Yeah.

...but I think the overall proportion

is just a bit small.
But pretty
good effort.
Thank you.
Yeah.

The judges will now rank the finalists' dinner sets,

from bottom to top.

So, in third place is...

...Peter. Wonderful cups and saucers.

Would've just liked to have seen a bit more definition with those

bowls and the plates.
Of course, yeah.
In second place...

"Jodie. Lovely definition on those plates.

The cups and saucers are a bit on
the large side.
Definite.

So, in first place...

'w
Well done, Adam.
APPLAUSE

Really lovely cups and saucers there.

They had a real style to them. And really wonderful finish.

Well done.
Thank you. Thank you.

Woo! Super happy!

Boosts my confidence massively.

Does make you think, oh, maybe I could actually win it.

It feels within my grasp now.

It hasn't knocked my confidence.

I still think I've got a fair chance, I really do.

JODIE:
There's still hope,
so I'm gonna cling on to that hope.

It's not over yet.

It's day two of the final,

and the 1920s party sets are out of the kiln.

But before Adam, Jodie and Peter start decoration, there's a surprise

from their loved ones who they've not seen since moving to Stoke.

What's going on here, then?

Can we go for it?

Yeah.
Yeah.

Right Jode, I hope you're listening to this.

You've been there for nine weeks now.

It's about time now that you come home, but don't come home

until you've got that down.

We are so, so proud of you,

and we're just wishing you all the luck in the world.

You deserve it.

Can't fault you.

Absolutely spot on.

Aw, you're so like your parents!

Good old dad.

Good luck, Adam.

I know you can do it.

You put so much good into the world that you deserve this.

Make something that doesn't explode and make the judges cry.

Do it for us.
Aw!

So we're both rooting for you and can't wait to have you back.

Who's next?

CHILDREN: Good luck, Grampy.
Y

We think you're the best.

We miss you so much.

We think you can win.

Grampy to win, Grampy to win!

Grampy to win, Grampy to win!

LAUGHTER

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Yeah. The leader
at the back there.

No pressure!

Yeah.

Now the potters are about to find out if all ten pieces

of their bisque-fired party sets have survived the kiln.

Yeah... You happy?

Uh-huh.
Yeah? You happy, Peter?

Outstanding.
Well done.

I'm happy that things are intact,

but I wanna make sure that no matter what way

they put this stopper in it actually fits, cos I know that little

things like that, it is gonna make an actual difference.

I'm really, really happy with the stoppers.

And I just broke that then, when I did that.

But I'll be able to glaze that back on.

Oh! It's not the end of the world.

I just need to not freak out.

"Argh!"

So I've just gotta get decorating now.

The colour palette that I like the best is the red, yellow,

green and blue, because it's just got all the, you know,

the primary colours.

The potters have four hours to decorate

and a range of coloured glazes...

Ah, it's like I'm at the party already!

...to bring their Art Deco party sets to life.

You know, Art Deco, the colours are a bit garish.

So they're not normally complementary.

Sometimes they're totally aggressive.

While Peter and Jodie have opted for bold Art Deco tones,

Adam is sticking with his Miami pastels.

This is very much my aesthetic.

I feel like me stepping away from the Clarice Cliff palette might be

a b*llet in my chances of winning,

but you've gotta be true to yourself.

I knew that those two boys with their designs

are gonna be extraordinary.

The reason they're here is because they're so talented.

So I knew if I even had to... If I stood a chance at this,

I was gonna have to bring my everything, really.

Potters, that's one hour gone. One hour gone.

Erm... All right.

I'm not happy about it being one hour gone, no.

I want all these to be finished an hour in.

Trying to be as precise as possible,

because sometimes the mistakes take longer to fix than it does to

actually decorate in the first instance.

Did you ever think you'd end up here?

In the final?

No, not in a million years.

I thought, "If I really work enough I might get here,"

but to actually stay here, this is beyond my expectation.

Do you need to put several layers of glaze on?

Luckily, with Clarice Cliff's ware, you could see the wishy-washiness

of the glaze.
Right.
So I'm going for that...

You're going for wishy-washy?

JODIE LAUGHS
Yeah.

Clarice Cliff would paint in a very Art Deco way,

so you could see each brushstroke, whereas I'm trying to do it

so that it's more block colour.

I opted to do every single cup in a different Clarice Cliff style.

Huh! It's really bright.

Morning, Peter.
Hi. Good morning.

So what do you feel is between you and winning the final?

Getting this done really, really accurately.

I want to wow you.

I want to show, "Look, I can do this."

Well, look, without getting too emotional, you've all...

You've already impressed me, mate.

Thank you.

You're fantastic.

And I just... You know, all credit to you for being here and, ah...

Good luck.
Thank you.

I'll go now.

Before I start crying!

Oh, thank you so much.

SIOBHAN: Potters, you're halfway through.

Right, that's done, that's done, that's done.

Priority now is bowl.

OK. I'm... I'm running.

OK. But I am getting there.

Oh...
Ooh, look at this!

Miami Vice.

It's got the sort of peach-muted...

Yes. I love pastels so it kind of... It ties me in to the piece.

Are you ready to win?

Erm, I would love to win, but I do feel like I've already won.

Blah, blah, blah!
I know.

Don't be trying to fool me with your greeting card stuff at all.

Ah, look.

Like recognise like.

We will crush people if we need to.

Potters, one hour left.

No.
Oh, my God.

Yes, yes!

No.

Last hour of your make.

As well as decoration, their sets are practical ware that must

be party-ready.

All of this needs to be glazed, cos it's functional ware.

And every piece fit for purpose.

Both of my decanters, the little spout that I've made for them

has flattened. It's flattened out.

So it's melted back in.

But what I'll do is I'll just open that back up so that there's a spout

for the water to come out, cos I want it to come out in

a nice, smooth way.

Potters, you've half an hour left.

Half an hour left.

Oh,
BLEEP.

Sorry.

I'm struggling here, man.

I just tipped my water over as well.

I'm gonna glaze this back on in a cool Art Deco asymmetrical way.

I didn't wanna just do a black base so I am putting these on to add

a design element to it.

Triangles. Art Deco.

Get 'em on there.

With time running out, the potters still have to glaze

all of their pieces.

Any mistakes now could ruin their decoration.

I'm not gonna dip the bowl, cos I'm afraid I'm gonna drop it

in the glaze.

What I can dip, I'll dip. The rest I'll spray.

I'm gonna dip that, yeah.

Ah...

Oh, no!

Panicking. We're out of time.

That's that.

Right.

Getting it everywhere.

I'm making sure that there's glaze around the full inside of

both of the decanters.

I'm glazing the last bit.

Hope for the best.

Whoa... Oh, no, no.

One minute remaining - last 60 seconds. Come on, Jodie!

I got it, I got it, I got it.

And that's it. Down tools, down tools.

Well done, everyone.
W

You've done so, so well.

I'm coming in!

Yay!

Oh.
I love you guys.

I love you guys too!

Well done, well done.
Well done.

It's the final of The Great Pottery Throw Down,

and for Peter, Jodie and Adam, their dream of being crowned

this year's winner all rests on whether their 1920s party sets

have survived.

Whatever happens, there's nothing we can do now.

It could be anybody that takes that prize today.

I'd love it to be me.

After the second challenge, I was in the middle.

So there's still a bit of hope, I think.

It could go either way.

It is a bittersweet day.

It's gonna be really sad that it's over, but ultimately I'm gonna

savour every moment and - who knows - at the end,

maybe take home a trophy.

Peter, Adam, Jodie, your hearts must be in your mouth,

so, Keith and Rich, let's get the judging started.

Peter, could you please bring your party set up to the judges?

So just remind us then, Peter, what the idea here is.

OK, so this is the setting sun.

So as you turn it, it sets down over Stoke-on-Trent.

Then, at the end of the evening, you hang the ladle on that

so the moon comes out, over the night sky, and you say goodnight.

It's such a lovely idea.

It's that real punch of colour that's so Art Deco.

It's fantastic.

It's quintessentially Clarice Cliff.

The quality of line and the drawing is staggering.

I'm not so enamoured by the cup.

If you'd made that handle slightly longer it might've been

easier to hold in the hand.
OK, I understand.

But I love this detail here, that indent, so that

when it hangs on the side of the bowl it balances.

The decanters feel like less a part of the set, somehow.

Shall we do the pour test?

Yeah, it pours all right.

For me as well, the stoppers could've been a bit more detailed.

Shall we try the punch?

Yes, the main event.

Well, I mean, the ladle functions incredibly well.

That punchbowl is absolutely fantastic.

I put my all into it.

Where you've come from to where you are now is inspirational, mate,

absolutely inspirational.

You should be so proud of this set, Peter.

Well done, Peter.
Thank you.

It's really, really wonderful.

It's stunning as a centrepiece.

The throwing is fantastic.

The glaze application is pristine.

The pastel colours perhaps make you feel a bit more Miami than

maybe sort of the more traditional Art Deco.

But I think the use of colour and where you've chosen to put it

shows a real eye for design.

You've got these circular designs, they carry through to your ladle

and you've got this orange segment on there which carries through to

your stoppers on your decanters.

And that's a happy mistake, isn't it?

Yeah, so that broke and then I've glazed it back on.

That works really, really well.
Oh.

You know, you...

You...

You visualising that concept and then giving it to us

when you're opening that kiln door is brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

What I do have a problem with, though, is the stability of these.

Yeah.
What were you thinking?

In my head, when they're full, the weight will go down through

the middle and be more stable.

No, it won't!
No?

It's a lovely object.

Is it fit for purpose, though?

Uh-oh.

It's not a great pourer, is it?

Siobhan, do you want to do the honours with the punch?

Oh...
You haven't drunken it,
have you?

SIOBHAN HICCUPS
L“?

LAUGHTER

And pink. Yay!
Wow.

It really comes to life.
Yeah.

The ladle feels nice, and it actually fills up the cup.

Yeah, to a perfect level.

It's a really, really well built cup, Adam.

It just feels lovely in the hand,
you know...
Really nice.

...and it's lovely to drink from.
Thank you.

The only issue I have is those decanters.

That's my dilemma.

Your party set screams Art Deco.

The punchy colours, the angular forms,

there's design elements that really bring everything together.

These lovely concentric circles on the ladle which

we pick up on the holders for the cups, which you pick up

on the base of the cup.

And then that carries across into your decanter.

There's so many angles and so many joins.

It's testament to your hand-building skills that it works so well.

I mean, that's just brilliant.

Ah.

You pick that up and the weight of it is absolutely amazing.

And to throw this on the wheel, it's just inspired.

This sculpted stopper is just fantastic.

Oh.
Absolutely wonderful.

It just has an energy about it.

That flick to get that gesture into something is

so difficult. it's a really lovely sculpted stopper.

With this decanter, the proportion of that spout to the body,

really lovely.

Shall we see how the decanters pour?

Yeah, wonderful.

Phew.
Let's have some punch.

Yes, punch.

Wow, we can get a second jug in there!

I know.

They're fantastic cups.

And you've got this lovely Art Deco handle.

I mean, I just have to ask you,

what do you take from this whole experience?

Oh, just everything that I've learnt,

and confidence - oh, my goodness.

You wouldn't believe how I felt when I came in to how I feel now.

But...

Isn't it incredible when you get pushed to do something

and it's creative, how...

How much extra confidence you get when you actually achieve

what you've got in your head?

Oh, it, it does.

It just changes your outlook. You know, you made that.

You know, proud.

Well done, Jodie.
Thank you.

Fantastic.
Well done.

All I said to myself was, "Do your best."

I'd love to win.

It'd be icing on the cake.

But, yeah, it's open competition still, cos we all had good feedback.

I'm really, really proud of what I've made.

I knew my design would be quite risky.

The colours, yes, it's quite Miami.

And my decanters, they were kind of impractical.

But I would love to win it.

If I hear my name, I might just explode into a ball of glitter.

For the very last time, potters dismissed.

I came into the challenge and I decided right from day one,

"Go big or I'm gonna go home," and that's what I did.

Well done, kids.

Ah.
Ha-ha!
X&!

This has been a mind-blowing experience,

and I would love to take that trophy home with me.

Oh, let's have a cuppa.

While our finalists wait for the result,

outside some familiar faces have returned.

It feels great to be back.

I would love to see Peter win this.

He's put his all into it, and he's got to the final.

I would love for Adam to win.

He was always there for me.

A really passionate and good friend.

I have to say I'm on Team Jodie,

because I know how much it would mean to her.

It would mean everything.

And the past potters are not the only guests.

Jodie, Peter and Adam have no idea that someone

special in their lives is waiting in the wings.

I'm so, so proud of Peter.

He's come such a long way.

I can't wait to see him, and telling him I love him.

Adam didn't set out because he thought he was the best potter.

He thought this was the best place to learn.

Amazingly proud that he's in the final, yeah.

She's put her heart and soul into this.

Everybody that knows her is extremely proud.

We've really missed her.

And I'm welling up now thinking about it.

OK, judges, are you gonna tell me who the winner is?

We haven't decided.

What's the hold up?

They're all so incredibly good.

OK well, let's go through them, then.

Peter's party set.

I mean...

Oh, you're off.
I'm...

Absolutely fantastic.

We wouldn't have seen that
in week one.
No.

He's just really blossomed.

Adam?

Every week, Adam's given us such immense detail in his makes,

and what he's brought to us this week is this bold, simple design.

But was it quintessentially that 1920s Art Deco that we were

looking for? Or was it Miami 19305, '40s?

And those decanters, you'd only have to jog the table slightly...

Yeah.
...and they'd just fall over.

And that's gonna happen at a party.

And, finally, our lovely Jodie.

The decanters looked like Art Deco perfume bottles.

Just stunning.

Those feathers were absolutely brilliant.

How can you possibly decide one over the other?

We seriously don't know, and we've all been here for

ten weeks in very, very difficult circumstances.

Everyone has sacrificed so much and we owe it to them

to make a really, really good decision.

Without any further ado, may I present to you your finalists,

Peter, Adam and Jodie!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

OK, before I announce who the winner is,

we have been keeping a little bit of a secret.

Could you please welcome to the pottery, Peter, your wife Gill?

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Adam, your finance, Dan?

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

And, Jodie, your father, Colin.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

OK...

Adam, Jodie, Peter,

the wait is over.

The winner of The Great Pottery Throw Down is...

"Jodie. JODIE GASPS

Oh, Jodie...

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Well done!

Oh, my word.

Well done. Congratulations, my darling.

Oh, my God. Well, well done.

Oh, my goodness.

I can't believe it.

I just... It just doesn't feel real.

I am wonderfully proud ofjodie.

She showed us so much skill, so much passion.

She's an amazing potter, and hopefully she just takes

a moment just to recognise the amazing work that she's done.

She just got her head down, and worked and worked and worked.

She's supportive, caring, and she deserved it.

Oh, boy, did she deserve it.

Thank you so much.

They see something in me, obviously,

so I'm starting to believe that I can do it.

They believe in me, so I'm going to believe in me.

0h, I'm just... I'm so happy.

Wow.

Pinch me.

Oh, God.

MUSIC: It's Not Unusual by Tom Jones