A DYFFRYN Ardudwy mother is set to become a household name.

Jane Williams, 40, is one of the contestants on the new BBC show The Great British Pottery Throw Down, a show which has been tipped to be the next ‘Bake off’.

Jane, a farmer’s daughter, lives with her builder husband and their two young children.

A part-time teacher, she is described as “self-deprecating” and claims her Welsh speaking family is “grubby, dusty and with clay in their curly hair”.

Jane has been potting for 22 years.

After graduating from a ceramics course at the Royal Forest of Dean College, she landed a two-year apprenticeship at Whichford Pottery.

The Pottery originally wanted a “strong man” for the role but Jane, who grew up on her father’s farm, convinced them to give her a job due to her “farmer muscles”.

She now pots in a disused barn on her father’s farm.

On the show, potters are set a number of tasks testing their skills (and patience) at the wheel and with different techniques.

They then have to create the Main Make, which sees the potters produce a piece from slab of clay to glazed glory with every episode culminating in the reveal of the Main Make which the potters present straight from their kiln for judging.

The programme is presented by DJ Sara Cox.

She said: “Clay, mess, passionate potters and the team behind Bake Off. What’s not to love?

“There’s something really raw and exciting about grabbing a lump of clay and creating something unique out of it.”