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The Great Pottery Throw Down, Channel 4
“It’s nice to have this show back. The unintentional smut in this beautifully therapeutic hour leaves Bake Off in the shade. The judge Keith Brymer Jones wept over the cheese sets and the port chalices, while throwing the crap ones in a bucket. The contestants also wept. It’s a wonder their clay ever dried out.”
“It is a precious hour of tranquillity, this vision of talented people giving their best, taking the job seriously but without being ridiculously overinvested or intense. Creating something fit for purpose out of nothing, moulding order out of chaos – how can this not, even in ordinary years, let alone one as stricken as this, be beautiful?”
He said the use of pottery and his time spent with artistic people allowed him to relax and focus on himself, as well as improve his wellbeing.
Speaking of his time on the show, which aired its first programme on Sunday night, Mr Moore said: The experience has been incredibly liberating and has allowed me to feel like I can create the art I want to create. It’s given me a self-confidence boost and a real artistic kick up the butt.
He said the hardest part was keeping it a secret from his nan, who normally knows all of his whereabouts.
Most days she can be found up to her arms in clay, creating vases, bowls and mugs on her potter’s wheel for her budding business.
On other occasions Shenyue Ding, a contestant on the new series of The Great Pottery Throw Down, slips into designer clothes for her very different work as a model.
And Miss Ding’s talents don’t end there. She has a degree in natural sciences from Cambridge and used to work as a consultant in biotechnology before she gave it all up to pursue her new-found hobby.
Shenyue Ding, a contestant on the new series of The Great Pottery Throw Down, slips into designer clothes for her very different work as a model