Pottery studio furniture: Potter's kick-wheel, wedging table, work table

Ceramic Art by Troy Schmidt
Article by Martha Puff and photos by Michael Puff

This is a local television talk show hosted by Martine Beerman and aired on a local Santa Barbara station. I was on the show with colleague Dave Venaas. I showed some of my miniatures and a potter's studio roombox.

Dollhouse Miniatures, March 2006

Ikebana, Bonsai and Asian Pottery in Miniature
p.33 Three items on Blue pedestals (Teapot, Amphora & Ikebana) and the green and orange bowl with bonsai fuchsia by Carol Wagner

p.34 Three items on purple pedestals (Ewer, bamboo lidded jar and faceted vase)

p.35 Ikebana containing Lucky Bamboo by Beverly Gallerani

Dollhouse Miniatures, January[?] 2006

Show Scene - Good Sam, San Jose, CA

p.? Three items on clear pedestals - "open space" Teapot, Vase with green matt and shino glaze, Teapot

p.63 Chicago International Review
Troy Schmidt's pottery is individually wheel thrown on a full-size potter's wheel.
The Samurai ginger jar has a wood handle, $75.00
The carved celadon vase can be used in a contemporary setting, $55.00
The faceted vase [made of English Porcelain] is a Korean design

p.23 (Article about Ligia Durstenfeld) --Troy made the Butterfly basket filled with Ligia's wonderful cloisonné flowers.

"Last Look" p.66 by Kristen M. Scheuing

Vessel Vestige

"With a nod to his ancestry, artisan Troy Schmidt named his company Red Dragon Pottery in honor of the fire-breathing beast that is an ancient Celtic symbol. Above, we see Troy's brickware in full-scale and miniature. The openings in both versions are meant to represent a cave, and the smaller pieces inside them the vestiges of an ancient southwestern civilization. Troy began making small-scale ceramics in 1993. By 1999, he had earned Fellow status in the International Guild of Miniature Artisans (IGMA) Contact: Troy Schmidt, 5142 Hollister Ave., #37, Goleta, CA 93111-2526...Upcoming shows: Showcase of Miniatures, San Jose, Santa Barbara Miniature Show. Exhibit: Tee Ridder Museum."

Cover and Artisan's Showcase entitled 'Potter's Workshop':

p.36:

IGMA Showcase of Miniatures, Rye, New York, p.52

Left to Right:

p.70:

The wonderful Persian Cabinet was created by Gilbert Mena of California

IGMA Showcase 2001 program insert, p.G9

The "Porcelain Room" created by Jim Van Vliet for the IGMA Elements of Style has four of my pieces in it:

"IGMA Selects New Fellows", p.52-54

• Ewer with stumpy spout
• Amphora with dragon handles

Dollhouse Miniatures, August 1999
Artisans Showcase, "The estate sale shop", p.40

group 23 on top of cupboard - Tea Pot, blue-spongeware glaze
group 29 on desk

• Vase, blue glaze
• Box, K-9 glaze
• Pedestal bowl with scalloped lip, K-9 glaze

"Troy Schmidt - Goleta, California
Category: Ceramics
Troy submitted five original porcelain pieces. Each item, after careful research, was thrown on a standard sized potter's wheel, using his own technique for creating 1/12 pieces."

  Artisans Showcase, "Antique Treasures", p.45

Photo credits: Dollhouse Miniatures ^T.M., May 1998, p.45, photo by William Zuback, Biedermeier mirror-backed curio cabinet by "In A Miniature Manor"

• on coffee table-Coffee Pot with K-9 glaze

Artisans Showcase p.47 Native American style pots

• on bottom shelf of bookcase-Geometric Seed Jar [P-7]
• on second from bottom shelf, right side-Pueblo Staircase pot [P-4]
• on second from bottom shelf, center-Saggar Fired Seed Jar [P-1]

• on short pedestal-Tri Lobe Coil Vase with K-9 Glaze
• on medium pedestal, left side-Cross Coil vase with celadon glaze
• on medium pedestal, right side-Samurai Ginger Jar with temmoku glaze

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