Rose Schmits

Rose Schmits is a Dutch ceramics artist working in the United Kingdom. She is best known for her role in the Channel 4 reality series The Great Pottery Throw Down on which she was the kiln and firing technician. ^{[1] [2]} Schmits is from Delft and moved to the UK 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 joined the show in 2021 ^[6] and left in 2024, ahead of the eighth season of the show. ^[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. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
2. "Everyone Is Obsessed With Great Pottery Throw Down Technician Rich Miller And His Replacement Rose Schmits". Grazia. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
3. "Artist talks | City & Guilds | London Art School". www.cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
4. "Rose Schmits: 'The Great Pottery Throw Down'". Artists' Collecting Society. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
5. City & Guilds of London Art School (2019). "2019 Review" (PDF).
6. "The Great Pottery Throw Down 2022: Release date, line-up, hosts, judges and latest news". Radio Times. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
7. Duncan, Charlie. "Great Pottery Throw Down's trans kiln girl explains exit after three years: 'Wasn't worth it'". Pink News. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
8. "About". ROSE SCHMITS. Retrieved 2022-06-30.