Thrown out: Lovely Jane, perhaps for making a chandelier out of china breast implants. We also saw Major Tom wobble big time though - no time or inclination for jokey man bantz with Jimbo this week, just lots and lots of pressure on himself.
Top pot: Three in a row for Matthew - the Kiln Gods were smiling on him again. It's particularly exciting as it looks like he has a special bow-tie to wear under his tweed and tabard in the final. Fancy.
Keith's tears: Were they absent this week? Special mention instead therefore to Kate's glasses, which were orange and excellent. Oh and also to...
Keith's dungarees: I was most surprised to find myself suggesting to Mr Cad that he might think about investing in a pair of paint-splattered dungas. Who'd have thought?
Main make: A bone-china chandelier, which looks an almighty stressful faff, though I enjoyed hearing the expert use a Cadbury's Creme Egg analogy to explain the fabrication process. And they were all rather beautiful creations too, let's face it.
Spot test: Banding - those lines you get on plates. Yet another example of how I never really thought about how a standard and common feature on ceramics is actually reeeeeeally hard to carry out.
Throw down: Only throwing a blimmin' sphere! A SPHERE! Or a conehead, egg and, um, bowl in the case of some of our potters.
Vital potting implement of the week: Jim seemingly brings a guitar to the studio.
Potted history: The recipe for bone china was refined by someone called Josiah Spode, which is more Dickensian than anything ever, including anything by Dickens.
Smut-watch: "Jim, would you mind cupping my jellyfish?"
Next week: The final! Jim to pip Matthew or Matthew all the way? It's a tough call...
