Continue Reading. 47min. It's too bad some of his pieces cracked in the kiln. It's too bad that the kiln shrinkage meant his two pieces didn't slot together properly but overall I really liked his sculpture. Matthew's tea set looked like stoneware - a bit odd for porcelain - but I still liked it. When he's not working on the wheel, he's sitting on one and spends his spare time on his bike. Jim's flowers were beautiful, but his technique was off. ". The remaining passionate potters tackle decorative hand basins using a 15,000-year-old coiling technique. Or I'm not sure what story anybody else except maybe Sally-Jo was telling so I'm not sure I saw Tom's story being watered down. There was a clear view of the courtyard. I was so excited when I found that article. It was interesting to see the different pieces that they used for their forms. Don't get me wrong. Pottery Throw Down - Age Revealed. Sally Jo's had a really nice wavy shape that went with the waves in the paint but the fish were too small. Besides being a potter, Jim is a painter and decorator who fronts his own band, Slim Jim and the Wild Cards. I really liked the muted colors he dabbed around the middle of the jugs. Twelve of Britain's best home potters compete to be crowned best at the wheel. When said tall pots were finished presenter Sara Cox trailed around the contestants' wheels with a tape measure, offering gems such as 'Nigel, yours is 13cm'. Yay! Besides pottery, her practice includes painting and sculptural design and her work has been exhibited throughout Europe. I already dislike when the judges or hosts come around to ask questions and poke around while the contestants are working on a challenge. https://www.thecinemaholic.com/the-great-pottery-throw-down-season-4/, Wait, is the HBO version a new one? But, I can't. Rich previously worked on the show since series 1 as Pottery technician. The Great Pottery Throw Down airs every Tuesday at 9pm on BBC2. That was over 15 years ago. The potters are using a technique which is over 15,000 years old, coiling ropes of clay, one on top of the other. The stamped sections on the side glazed with a dark blue gave it subtle texture. For their spot test, the potters must transform an ordinary chimney pot into a decorative strawberry pot by cutting holes in the original and adding pouches to the side. The Great Pottery Throw Down. He really admired how she got through it and closed the cone since everyone knew how difficult throwing is for Carole. Jim, to me, seems a little smug. Jim's sculpturesare usually fun. I was rooting for him to take this one and not at all surprised that he did. There are some seriously good throwers like Elaine and Daniel. He gets points for using bright yellow which was so cheery. When the judges went around to measure their vases, at first I thought that I was getting the wrong scale because I briefly forgot that they were measuring in centimeters instead of inches. Not surprised that Jane has finally been eliminated. Meanwhile, in a fiery Throw Down, the potters attempt to craft sky-high cylinders while blindfolded. Tom's expressions this week were priceless. So I was sorry for him that it was clearly a bad idea since it was his best one. Originally purchased and built by the Shelley brothers - Michael and Thomas - the site was later bought by a family . The tope three sections looks a bit unfinished. 1 1.The Great Pottery Throw Down branded 'utter filth' by Twitter after 2 2.why did joanna leave the great pottery throw down; 3 3.People loved the plot twist on last night's The Great Pottery Throw 4 4.The Great Pottery Throw Down - Joanna Age - Facebook; 5 5.The Great Pottery Throw Down review: if your pot doesn't make the things I'd own happily): Ryan and Clover. saoirse, November 12, 2015 in Other Competitive Reality Shows. I thought she did pretty well this week so I thought Tom might be sent hom. Man, I love this show! The strawberry pot spot test was so fun. Throwing, trimming and decorating are just some of the stages of the make. He is artist in residence at a North Yorkshire boarding school and always dresses in a suit. Yay, I'm so excited that this show is back! Right, vet James lives with his partner Mark on a woodland estate in Bristol. Season 5. It's week three and the eight remaining potters must master the art of Japanese style ceramics. Joanna is a widow and lives in West Sussex with her 15-year-old son. Holy moly I didn't realize it was on hbo max!!!! She really enjoys what she's doing and it shows. In any case, I really like this show. As soon as S1 ended, I was worried that we wouldn't get a second season. I think Tom, Jim and Matthew are all well above the rest but I found that with the first season of bake off and moreso the first season of Sewing Bee. I loved seeing the contestants' families! Poor James! All rights reserved. And for the throw down, the potters have just ten minutes on the wheel to throw the widest plate they can. I don't know if it holds as strongly here. The Great British Pottery Throw Down program is utter filth, wrote one viewer, while another commented: The pottery innuendo and rather graphic clay caressing makes the bakers soggy bottoms look childishly tame.. To Rose for caring for the pots every week. They all are for anyone who doesnt have hbo. Sandra started potting after the birth of her second child 16 years ago. I liked Richard's yellow sunflowers with the rust colored accent petals. But at least Gromit will have his dad back home with him soon. I love Matthew's hair. Ha, it's like they went out of their way to freeze frame the most hilarious facial expressions for the video screencaps! James, who lives with his partner Mark, may not have won over judge Keith Brymer Jones with his unique take on a hand basin in last night's show, but the sight of him applying glaze to his clay handiwork got the viewing public hot under the collar. The final challenge completed by the contestants was to create a garden totem sculpture. The Great Pottery Throw Down is a British television competition programme first broadcast on BBC Two from 3 November 2015. Very nice to see Joanna offer her something she had brought to help her. Biggest disappointment: they're now awarding "pot of the week" instead of "top potter" (which always made me giggle). Nowadays, he splits his time between his job as a freelance sales and marketing consultant and his potting and also helps out at his children's rugby club. I know cracks are terrible, but I had to laugh when Nigel picked his up after the first firing and saw that the bottom had completely separated from the rest of his basin. Keith made it look so easy when he demonstrated. I doubt it. The mother of two only started throwing pottery five years before filming the series, when she wanted to hand-make a wedding present for a friend. Two men, at least. . Although, the glaze would help with that. I'm not sure what the issue was with Tom's chandelier. Jim is also the lead singer and guitarist in his band, Slim Jim and the Wildcards. He knows what he's talking about so I really enjoy seeing him assess everyone's pieces throughout the process. Joanna Morris. James seemed like such a nice guy but the judges seemed offended by his fifth vase so I'm not surprised he was the one sent home. I think that if she had actually finished all of the sections of her big piece (instead of adding that antenna to the top), she would have stayed and Jane would have gone home. That's of the best parts about art, but it is problematic in a competition. Jane is a part-time teacher who lives with her husband and two young children in North Wales. The inside of Jim's bowl was my absolute favorite, it would totally look great in my bathroom and I loved it. I did love that they cut the plates in half so we could see how thick and flat the bottom was and what the angle of the rim was. I was happy with the outcome. Now, according to his studio website, he's a lecturer in 3D Design at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen. In a shocking turn of events on last night's show, fans were delighted when no one was eliminated from The Great Pottery Throw Down. I am actually surprised that there weren't more vases that were dropped in the process. Bristol vet James Greenwood has set hearts racing on new BBC show The Great Pottery Throw Down, Making pottery sexy? Jim and his sideburns remain my favorite, entierly because of said sideburns but his Raku was so forced and eh. Except in raku week. However, this . As Kate said, there is a fine line between ambition and foolishness. Joanna Age: 42 Joanna, now widowed, lives with her 15-year-old son in West Sussex. 2 min read. She's just less than the others skill wise. "The Great British Pottery Throw Down program is utter filth," wrote one viewer, . Painting your plates doesn't require your mouth (unless you're holding a paintbrush in your mouth - hell, Nam was blowing bubbles and he still had time to chit chat!). Don't know if that's because of the quality of the video on YouTube or the fact that they're speaking a different kind of English. It is the grand final and the four remaining potters have just three tests left before one is crowned the winner of the Great Pottery Throw Down. I really liked the banding spot test. Copyright 2022 Snugglefish Media. I really liked the bold geometric shapes he used (and I loved the shot of Sally Jo through the hole in the circle - good job, camera crew!). I liken it to watching Bob Ross. Daniel the mortgage advisor scared me a little when he started cutting the edge of his plates. On her website, she says she finds the process of throwing clay almost spiritual: "It transports me both back in time to the mud pies of my childhood, and also into a meditative state where marvelous creations are possible and time has no meaning. And who will be the first to leave the pottery? But she was a lovely woman and I'd totally love to have some tea with her. Just to be challenged in my pottery making. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. He enjoys his job, but regrets not being 'brave enough' to follow his creative side. Together they share 5 acres of land with alpacas, donkeys, goats and chickens! She has been circling the drain from the beginning. It's available if you can get the BBC on-line. The search for a top home potter begins with a four-day assignment to make stackable kitchen bowls from lumps of earthenware clay. Matthew may be coming on strong now but he was almost eliminated in episode 1. I also really loved that we got to see a mini recap of each potter's process from the initial sculpting to the decorating and then the finished product. Even if Ryan's hadn't been the tallest (and he only beat Elaine by half a centimeter), his had the best cone shape. Testing their technical prowess in the Spot Test, the potters must sponge decorate a coherent design across a pair of jugs. admin 1 month ago 1 min read. She now pots in a disused barn on her dad's farm. Jane is a teacher from Wales who has been making pottery for over 20 years. Tom was more medicore this week too which is a bit disappointing. Each of the challenges is at least one week. Wow, I can't believe how long these challenges take. December 31, 2020. Father-of-four Tom married his childhood sweetheart, Becky, and they now live together in Gloucestershire with their young children. Ryan mentioned that James was making his pieces very quickly so I was surprised to see that he didn't make a new plate after he wired through the bottom of one. Sandra is a mother of two children, a new grandmother to a baby girl and works as a community arts project manager in Leeds. Joanna Hejmej. I wish the show would put the contestants' names on the screen more often, especially at this early stage in the show when there are so many of them. Move aside Tamal, there's a new heartthrob in town! The basins will take seven days to make, so in the meantime judges Kate Malone and Keith Brymer Jones set more tests of the potters' skills. Vet, James lives with his partner Mark on a woodland estate. Matthew spends around 25 hours a week at the wheel and enjoys throwing huge pieces. Who will be this week's top potter? I really liked that he kept it clean and simple. The Throw Down is a competition, theoretically, but the potters help each other and often admire each other's work. And if six episodes doesn't sound like enough, you're in luck: HBO is planning to release 3 seasons of the show simultaneously. And in a fiendish Throw Down, the potters are challenged to throw the tallest cylinder they can while blindfolded. But the slightest mistake and their lovingly crafted basins could explode in the heat of the kiln. Thank goodness, 'The Great Pottery Throw Down' is back on HBO Max Cousin to The Great British Baking Show, this pottery competition almost dares you to make fun of its aggressively earnest approach. The sink was beautiful, but I kept thinking about dried, congealed toothpaste stuck in the crevices, hee. As reported in The Mirror, the BBC has cancelled The Great Pottery Throw Down after two series. The battle of clay kicks off at the wheel, judged by Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller. Sandra's freestanding bowl with just the paper support seemed a little scary on the second day when she was scraping, I was getting so nervous for her. Jane's. sgh. I get it wasn't somethng he'd done before but he put out plates that had big blobs on them. BBC bosses have thrown in the towel on The Great Pottery Throwdown after two series despite its popularity with fans. joannahejmej.com. I totally agree. When I read one of the articles about how everyone's gushing about him, I thought heh, I bet girls won't find it charming that he lives with his grandmother if he were an ugly 30 year old man. Caitlin - 23-year-old medical student from Glasgow. I don't watch him to learn. In the throw down challenge, king of the wheel Keith demonstrates how to build a double walled pot, but against the clock, which potter can produce the goods? I would love to try being on it as a contestant. Although, I still don't know if you should be in contention if you don't complete the brief on one of the challenges. The 12 contestants must make a children's crockery set and ceramic milk bottles. But the wings overall made it a little hokey to me and I wish it was just the various feathers. He did say that he was inspired by graffiti, so mission accomplished? See author's posts. It's only the second week but the exchanges we have seen are hilarious. I liked it. Still, I totally love him and his sideburns and I want him to go far. Sanda, 52, has been potting for 16 years after longing to "get her creative juices flowing again" following the birth of her second child. She is 42, widowed and lives with her 15-year-old son in West Sussex, along with alpacas, donkeys, chickens and goats. Follow. Some Twitter users had a few pottery innuendos of their own, including this one from user @hangingwall, @Jontroid waded in with James can a saucy tweet about clay and thumbs, Female viewers expressed disappointment that James has a long-term boyfriend, Is anyone safe from the bearded charm of James? Matthew's was really nice. When James remarked on last night's show that Jane's hand basin might look like a part of the female anatomy, she retorted: 'Are trying to say it's a bit vaginal?' Hardly easy at the best of times, they must also do it in front of a special guest judge, one of the UK's most popular ceramic designers - Emma Bridgewater. I thought Matthew's pots were fantastic. I'm used to the Great British Bake Off where they film everything over the weekend and then go home for the week. In the Throw Down, the potters have 15 minutes at the wheel to make as many rice bowls as they can. I don't like when the judges start talking about the story that a piece is telling, but in this case I agree because there was no clear anything on Sandra's. I mean they're all nice people, but when you've got two guys who clearly have a talent level way beyond the others it takes all of the suspense out of the judging (and the only other who's even been close has been the third guy). The pottery programme was on BBC Two for two series from 2015, hosted by Sara Cox, but was cancelled last . Then she would slip away out the back door and leave them to occupy themselves with looting. They're trying to be objective but, in the end, art is always subjective. It is an ancient method which first enabled potters to colour and pattern their work. It was nice to hear his opinions (like when he talked about how he loved Sally Jo's use of color) and his explanations about what happened in the kiln that caused some of the cracking we saw. A self-deprecating farmer's daughter, she describes her family as "grubby, dusty and with clay in their curly hair". I know they can't take it too seriously but it's so fun to watch. Interior designer, Sally-Jo, is engaged to be married and does all her potting at the evening classes, which she joined five years ago. I didn't realize the ring test meant making the pot ring. Cellan, a 23-year-old 3D design and craft graduate from Brighton. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. She works as a community arts project manager and credits ceramics with helping her to recapture her creative spirit after becoming a mother for the second time. She has been potting for 22 years after graduating from a ceramics course and landing a two-year apprenticeship at Whichford Pottery. 4. I initially thought that Cit's was going to be a disaster when she sponged on too much paint and it started running so she started wiping and scraping at the clay, but her yellow and green design turned out much better than I expected. Beaming Princess of Wales watches a young boy backflip during St David's Day Lovely in lilac! It's called multitasking, Elaine. He supplies some 250 dinnerware items to an up-market hotel supplier each year and has been potting for 25 years in his garden workshop. I really love this aesthetic so I can't wait to see what he does next week! The Great Pottery Throw Down cast members for 2022 are as follows: Design graduate AJ Simpson, 21, from Aberdeen. In the courtyard, voices separated into a deep, heavy rumble and answers, lighter and higher. 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