The Great British Bake Off and Sewing Bee. Here, it’s fascinating to see what’s involved in making even the simplest-seeming piece: the process involves high levels of artistic vision and the ability to keep your cool when things go horribly wrong with pricey bits of metal.“The contestants seemed to be quite sensitive and emotional.
They felt like poets, a lot of the time,” says Ryan, who was recently seen in Netflix’s single-mother drama The Duchess, and is a regular on panel shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats. “Under the pressure of the clock, you could imagine someone throwing their toys out of the pram, but they would just adjust, and try it a different way.”The skill required to create a piece of jewellery was also a revelation to Ryan.
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