Everyone's work was good but Donna's was next level. She deserved to win.
With that said, they really need to either come out with a "Professionals" version of this show (similar to what they have for GBBO) or change their criteria because this season was blatantly unfair and not fun to watch. While everyone has different skill levels, it's obvious that someone who went to art school for pottery and has been an art teacher for over twenty years has a unfair advantage over someone like Cadi, Princess, or Dan (who have other jobs but have been playing with pottery for only a few years). It's like getting someone like Gail Anderson (a graphic designer who mostly teaches and writes now but was the creative director of Rolling Stone in the past) to go up against someone who took a couple of design courses on Udemy and has only been designing for a couple of years.
She's not the only one; with his degree in Art as well as teaching Steven had no business being on this show either!
I do wonder where exactly the line is drawn to disqualify applicants with too much experience. Technically, the definition of being a professional is that someone pays you so if you get a table in the basement at the village hall and sell a piece of your work to a neighbor, you've crossed that threshold (and so many amateurs sell their work on etsy these days too). Obviously there's a big difference between someone who can support themselves full time with their art and a hobbyist but there's a lot of grey area in between and it might be hard to find an easy way to determine what is an unfair advantage
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Matthew, who won S1, had an undergrad degree in ceramics as well as a post graduate certificate in ceramics. When he competed on the show, he was a ceramics artist in residence and an art teacher.
Well, with that sort of background it's no surprise that he won? This is the reason why there should be a version of this show where people like Matthew, Donna, etc play against each other, not against hobbyists who throw maybe twice a week at the neighborhood art center. Personally, I think if you have a degree in pottery or ceramics that should be enough to disqualify you.
I totally agree that Matthew shouldn't have been competing against everyone else since he clearly had a huge advantage. I remember in the very first episode (before all of the other info about him having a degree and teaching ceramics were mentioned), he said that both of his parents were potters so he'd been doing it since he was a child. Even then, I was like wow, that seems like a pretty sizable advantage over just about anyone else. But when the season went on and the show revealed the other stuff, I was like how is this guy allowed to be on the show?
Honestly, even the people who have their own potting sheds are at an advantage over someone who has a full time job, doesn't have the money or yard space to create their own pottery, or can only go to a studio on the weekends but Matthew's presence was pretty egregious since he had just about every advantage you could possibly have (lifelong access, time, money, a degree, professional experience, etc).
With that said, they really need to either come out with a "Professionals" version of this show (similar to what they have for GBBO) or change their criteria because this season was blatantly unfair and not fun to watch. While everyone has different skill levels, it's obvious that someone who went to art school for pottery and has been an art teacher for over twenty years has a unfair advantage over someone like Cadi, Princess, or Dan (who have other jobs but have been playing with pottery for only a few years). It's like getting someone like Gail Anderson (a graphic designer who mostly teaches and writes now but was the creative director of Rolling Stone in the past) to go up against someone who took a couple of design courses on Udemy and has only been designing for a couple of years.
She's not the only one; with his degree in Art as well as teaching Steven had no business being on this show either!
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Well, with that sort of background it's no surprise that he won? This is the reason why there should be a version of this show where people like Matthew, Donna, etc play against each other, not against hobbyists who throw maybe twice a week at the neighborhood art center. Personally, I think if you have a degree in pottery or ceramics that should be enough to disqualify you.
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I totally agree that Matthew shouldn't have been competing against everyone else since he clearly had a huge advantage. I remember in the very first episode (before all of the other info about him having a degree and teaching ceramics were mentioned), he said that both of his parents were potters so he'd been doing it since he was a child. Even then, I was like wow, that seems like a pretty sizable advantage over just about anyone else. But when the season went on and the show revealed the other stuff, I was like how is this guy allowed to be on the show?
Honestly, even the people who have their own potting sheds are at an advantage over someone who has a full time job, doesn't have the money or yard space to create their own pottery, or can only go to a studio on the weekends but Matthew's presence was pretty egregious since he had just about every advantage you could possibly have (lifelong access, time, money, a degree, professional experience, etc).
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