Rose Schmits

Rose Schmits is a ceramic artist best known as the kiln and firing technician on the Channel 4 competition series The Great Pottery Throw Down.[1][2] Schmits is from Delft and moved to the United Kingdom to study at the City & Guilds of London Art School.[3] She won the Undergraduate Prize awarded by the Artists' Collecting Society in 2018.[4][5] Schmits appeared on the Great Pottery Throw Down from the fourth season (2021) through the seventh (2024).[6][7]

Schmits bases her work on the Delftware pottery technique.[8] Her work includes:

  • We Live in a Society Collection
  • Crawler Pot Collection
  • Trans Forms Collection
  • Creature from the Delft Canal
  • Galatea’s C***

References

  1. ↑ "Who is trans potter Rose Schmits? Meet The Great Pottery Throw Down's brand new kiln girl". PinkNews. 2021-01-11. Archived from the original on 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  2. ↑ "Everyone Is Obsessed With Great Pottery Throw Down Technician Rich Miller And His Replacement Rose Schmits". Grazia. Archived from the original on 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  3. ↑ "Artist talks | City & Guilds | London Art School". www.cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  4. ↑ "Rose Schmits: 'The Great Pottery Throw Down'". Artists' Collecting Society. Archived from the original on 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  5. ↑ City & Guilds of London Art School (2019). "2019 Review" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  6. ↑ "The Great Pottery Throw Down 2022: Release date, line-up, hosts, judges and latest news". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  7. ↑ Duncan, Charlie (14 October 2024). "Great Pottery Throw Down's trans kiln girl explains exit after three years: 'Wasn't worth it'". Pink News. Archived from the original on 18 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "About". ROSE SCHMITS. Archived from the original on 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2022-06-30.