An Evening with The Great Pottery Throw Down's Keith Brymer Jones

An evenng with Keith Brymer-Jones: the star of The Great Pottery Throwdown.

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Did you know the potter's wheel was invented before any other kind of wheel? And in the seventeenth century people believed eating clay was good for you? And that Royal Doulton started off as a sewage pipe company? And which famous potter said 'To make pottery is an adventure'?

All this and so much more is in Pottery Throwdown judge Keith Brymer Jones's very personal journey through the history of ceramics. From Roman kilns in North London to urinals in Scotland, wine jars to ink pots, Keith enthrals and entertains us with his knowledge of pottery and potters, what they made and how they did it. He shows us how ceramics have played an important role in cultures and economies throughout the world - and how his own life is inextricably linked to an industry that demands the same of its makers today as it did thousands of years ago: creativity, patience, respect for the material, and a respect for nature itself.

You will never look at a mug in the same way again.

Keith Brymer-Jones is a British potter and ceramic designer, internationally known for his homeware 'Word' range and celebrated as the lead judge on The Great Pottery Throwdown. The Evening Standard described him as 'Quite simply the best person on TV at this present moment in time'. After an apprenticeship at Harefield Pottery, he started hand-making ceramics for retailers including the Conran Group, Habitat, Barneys New York, Monsoon, Laura Ashley and Heals. As Head of Design for MAKE International he collaborates with other designers including Jane Foster, Scion Living, Hokolo and Becky Baur.