The Great Pottery Throw Down: Preston potter Christine Cherry's journey to the final
On Sunday evening Prestonian Christine Cherry will appear on Channel 4 TV competing in the finals of The Great Pottery Throwdown. Over the last nine weeks viewers have seen Christine grow in confidence and create some wonderful ceramics. Here is a selection of the top makes which have assured the talented youth worker and former teacher a place in the grand final of the contest. All photos: LOVE Productions
5. Home town homage
Christine pays homage to her home town of Preston with ceramics referencing the city's mill history Photo: LOVE Productions
6. Christine in the Great Pottery Throwdown studio
Christine at work in Throwdown studio Photo: LOVE Productions
7. Christine used her own experience of breast cancer to create this abstract sculpture
In week 8 contestants were asked to create an abstract work of art based on themselves and Christine said: "If I was brave enough, I could confront what cancer had done": Photo: LOVE Productions
8. Bathroom Week
Winning through: Christine pictured in the semi-final - her lobster urinal made for Bathroom Week helped win her a place in the final round, to be broadcast this Sunday Photo: LOVE Productions