The Great Pottery Throwdown

I agree with you Ajay I thought that making a toilet was hard enough without the practical element of it being a working one! They mainly did really well though, Ryans
Loo certainly was amazing.I think now that he will win, as overall he has been the best potter ( although it does depend on how he does 'on the day') I know.

I thought the 'working toilet' challenge introduced an engineering element which wasn't quite fair. What did constructing a u bend have to do with pottery? Mind you Ryan's loo was magnificent!

I agree.

Surely they could have come up with something better than making a toilet. The credibility of ceramics as art made into a joke, imo, sorry.

I thought it was right Nam went out but I was a bit sorry about Cait I d got used to hervandvi thought she was improving I really liked clovers little set and Freyas were clever I thought Ryan's were very disappointing and if he doesn't improve he should be off
I ve really warmed to the chap with the funny hair I think he's quite a sweetie And the lady judge had heart shaped glasses

A programme in the same vein, Sewing Bee, has not been recommissioned by the BBC. Like Portrait Artist and Pottery Throwdown, we found it relaxing and interesting to watch.

It will be sad when this finishes. It's great that everyone is so nice to each other. I'm disappointed that Ryan hasn't come up to expectations- think he overcomplicates things . This week his glazes improved from his Brown efforts , but he must have been disappointed that his fish plan didn't work.

This programme and Portrait Artist of the Year are my favourite things on TV. I find it a really soothing thing to watch and like the potters and the judges. I don't envy them some of the challenges, but it's fascinating seeing how their efforts end up once they've been fired and decorated.

They're a really nice bunch of people this series. Cait's a bit annoying but she is really improving.

Says she who know b***er all about pottery.

I love the different firing techniques - they are fascinating - and I was very pleased when Richard got pot of the week. Well deserved.

We did pottery at school, with wheel etc. There was a lot of mucking about as far as I can remember, but I did enjoy it. I remember also making stuff with rolls of clay and slip.

Yes, Bluebelle he is a quirky man with an equally quirky hairstyle and dress sense.

So, nobody thrown out this week! They all looked relieved, although two have to go next week.
Richard's pit fired vase was great, he deserved to win it.Cait did do the artichoke very well, and I felt sorry for Richard being left with a bunch of grapes, how the hell was he supposed to make a vase out of that!

No it's more than that Whitwave he has a parting down the middle and lots of grease to hold it down very strange

A comb foreward?
All the rage look at trumpty

Cait should have gone admitted Richards wasn't good but he's thrown some good things in the past Cait hasn't done anything good apart from her Roses Nams didn't work out very well either
I think Freya's was definitely the best by far Ryan had a poor night but he's a bit of a golden boy
What is with the tutors hair (is he Keith ?) I don't get it weirdest style I ve ever come across

Dogs nose? Dogs dinner!!

I agree . elaine is very talented but Imsuppose their hands were tied because she didn't follow the brief.,I also feel very guilty in saying that Cait is very irritating as I'm sure she is some bodies darling daughter , but apart from that and her roses , her work is awful.

I agree with those of you who said that Richard should have gone and not Elaine. She has been better than him all through and was penalised unfairly even though she didn't meet the brief. I also think that potters being allowed to pass "spares" onto others, though very magnanimous, is wrong because it puts the ones who can't benefit from it at a disadvantage. Freya's water feature was lovely. She deserved to be Potter of the Week.

Yes - Richard should have gone. Elaine's work was good - she just had the bad luck to have a kiln explosion.

Richard looked weary and resigned to being the one to leave. I've always thought these things are manipulated with clever editing.

Cait will probably win.

Yes I agree with others Richard should have gone!

newquay that's really interesting.

What pottery do they make in Middleport now?

Sorry, that was responding to merlot.

Roses - yes, Elaine really shouldn't have gone.