The winner of The Great Pottery Throw Down 2024 has been crowned
Warning: This article contains spoilers about the Great Pottery Throw Down final.
After a tense and emotional final episode, the winner of the Great Pottery Throw Down has finally been announced.
Pottery lovers from up and down the country have spent the last ten weeks battling it out to be crowned the best home potter in the UK in one of our favourite craft shows.
Only three made it to the final: Donna, Dave and Dan after competitor Steven was knocked out in a gruelling semi-final. Judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller were set the difficult task of decided who was the best potter out of the talented bunch, while proceedings were overseen by host Siobhan McSweeney.
And after 20 tough challenges over the ten week competition, Donna from Bangor, Northern Ireland was crowned the winner of the Great Pottery Throw Down 2024.
Filmed in the Gladstone Pottery Museum in Stoke on Trent, the finalists were set three pottery challenges to determine who was the worthy winner.
The most difficult challenge of the series was saved until last: the three finalists had to create a chandelier, depicting the potters' lives and the subjects which mattered to them most.
For the technical second challenge, the finalists were tasked with creating as many faceted bowls as possible in twenty minutes. A faceted bowl has pieces of clay scraped out of it at even sections around the exterior, and is finished with a circular rim.
After Siobhan announced she was the winner of this year's Throw Down, Donna said: "I just can't believe that I've got it. It feels amazing. I really wanted to go home with this and I can't believe I have it in my hand.
"I feel really proud of myself. This is my second chance and I'm going to grip it with both hands. This is going to be the start of something for me".
The judges were delighted to crown Donna the winner – with Keith getting teary talking about Donna's creations.
Keith said: "Donna, you are a living testament to picking up where you left off, following your passion, following your dreams. Donna, you're wonderful. Well done."
Fellow judge Rich added: "From that roast-dinner set in week one with that exquisite red decoration, through to the end, she's challenged herself and it has paid off.
"I just hope that winning The Great Pottery Throw Down is that boost that she needs to reinvigorate her life with clay."
Do you think you have what it takes to be crowned Britain's best home potter? There's still time to enter next year's Great Pottery Throw Down – click here to find out more.
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