Lauren received a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, and an MFA in Ceramics at the University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. She went on to a residency at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT before moving to San Francisco, CA.
Lauren has worked in a variety of capacities in the ceramic and art fields over the past 25 years. She has taught and worked in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the Puget Sound area. Most significantly, she has been a teacher of art and ceramics to a wide variety of students at all ages, skill levels, and settings.
Lauren’s strong interest in ceramics also led her to wheel thrown porcelain, a form that she still enthusiastically practices today. She had her own wholesale pottery business for a number of years, participating in the Rosen Buyer's Marker for American Crafts, and American Craft Council shows.
Her work has appeared in a number of well known galleries around the country including: the Holter Art Museum in Helena, Montana, the Ferrin Gallery in Northhampton, Massachussetts, and the Kirkland Art Center in Kirkland, Washington. A teapot was accepted in 2005 to the NCECA International Teapot exhibit in Xixang, China. She has been accepted to a variety of juried shows such as Feats of Clay, Lincoln, CA, Crafts USA 2002, Silvermine Guilds Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, and Cups, The Intimate Object, C. Cummings Studio, Ft. Wayne, IN. Lauren's work has also been featured in 500 Pitchers, and 500 Teapots, published by Lark Books.
Currently Lauren is the Director of the Carbondale Clay Center and instructor for adult classes.
A native of Michigan, Ben holds a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute. He is currently the 2006-2008 Studio Technician and Artist-in-Residence at the Carbondale Clay Center where he teaches adult classes and KidsWheel during CCC's afterschool program.