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The new series of
the
Great Pottery Throw Down aired on Channel 4 Monday night (10th January), with a brand new pottery technician: Rose Schmits, a deeply talented transgender woman from the Netherlands.
If you’re unfamiliar with the format, it’s basically clay
Bake Off, with contestants competing to be crowned Britain’s next top ceramic superstar. Each week they’re asked to transform lumps of clay into beautiful pottery, with various challenges and twists thrown in for good measure.
One key player on the programme is its largely behind-the-scenes pottery technician. Previous technician Rich Miller has been promoted to judge, leaving a vacancy that Rose Schmits moved to fill. Rose oversees the final firing, with the contestants taking their final pieces to her kiln towards the end of the programme and entrusting them to her expertise. They won’t see their creations again until they unveil them in front of the judges.