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Picasso - The Beauty and the Beast episode 3

Picasso – The Beauty and the Beast episode 3

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Picasso – The Beauty and the Beast episode 3 – Even as the years advanced, age failed to cast a shadow over Picasso’s ever-vibrant artistic endeavors, particularly as he ventured into the realms of ceramics and filmmaking, areas where his creative genius manifested in new, groundbreaking ways. His insatiable passion for artistic expression remained not only unscathed but thrived, challenging the conventional wisdom that ties the vigor of imagination to the youthfulness of one’s physical being. Picasso demonstrated that the twilight years could indeed be a prolific period, a time of reinvention and bold experimentation rather than quiet retrospection.   […]

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The Great Pottery Throw Down 2021 episode 6

The Great Pottery Throw Down 2021 episode 6

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The Great Pottery Throw Down 2021 episode 6: It’s Terracotta Week in the pottery, and the potters are tasked to make their own range of cookware. Judge Rich Miller sets a second terracotta challenge to engrave tiles, before he and fellow judge Keith Brymer Jones decide who will be potter of the week and who will be leaving the competition. Siobhan McSweeney hosts.     During Terracotta Week at the pottery studio, talented potters face the thrilling challenge of creating their own range of cookware. As a second task, Judge Rich Miller tests their skills by requiring them to engrave

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The Great Pottery Throw Down 2021 episode 5

The Great Pottery Throw Down 2021 episode 5

The Great Pottery Throw Down 2021 / 9 minutes of reading / / By

The Great Pottery Throw Down 2021 episode 5: This week at the pottery studio, a musical extravaganza unfolds as the talented potters remaining in the competition turn their attention to crafting life-like busts of legendary music icons. To kick off this melodic week, a surprise special message from a renowned and iconic artist sets the stage and inspires the contestants in their creative pursuits. Following the initial challenge, the potters then face a rather intricate second task: constructing miniature musical instruments with painstaking detail and precision. This fiddly endeavour will test the limits of their pottery skills and showcase their

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Chinese Porcelain

Treasures of Chinese Porcelain

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Treasures of Chinese Porcelain: Lars Tharp, the Antiques Roadshow expert and Chinese ceramics specialist, sets out to explore why Chinese porcelain was so valuable then – and still is now.     In November 2010, a Chinese vase unearthed in a suburban semi in Pinner sold at auction for £43 million – a new record for a Chinese work of art. Why are Chinese vases so famous and so expensive? The answer lies in the European obsession with Chinese porcelain that began in the 16th century.   Treasures of Chinese Porcelain   Lars Tharp goes on a journey to parts

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