He said judging the creations got tougher every year.
“It does get harder every year for Rich [Miller] and I to decide who’s going to go, but we always fall back on the technicalities of pottery, of ceramics – but it is hard, and you’ll see throughout the series… it is particularly hard this year.”
The first episode saw the return of the “bucket of doom” – a quick technical challenge that sees potters make several creations, but Brymer-Jones throws them into a bucket if they are not up to standard.
“The bucket of doom comes from my own training years and years ago,” he said.
“I had to throw 100 pieces of clay before I was allowed to leave the pottery. You have to be firm but fair.”
The next episode sees the contestants creating bookends, he said, adding: “Who knew that you could invest so much emotional connection in a bookend? But they are absolutely wonderful.”
