The Great Pottery Throw Down

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9:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Friday 21 February

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The home potters are tested on the art of Japanese-style ceramics. For the main challenge, they throw a sake set, consisting of one bottle and six identical cups. The exciting part, however, comes during the firing, when they use a risky 16th-century method in which they pull their burning pieces out of the kiln and plunge them into a bin full of combustible materials. For the spot test, they must pierce and carve an intricate design into a lantern using a technique known as the 'devil's work', and the throw down sees them back at the wheel, making as many rice bowls as they can in 15 minutes