Jennifer grew up in Missoula, Montana. She received degrees in English and Environmental Studies from the University of Montana. Jennifer worked for the YMCA, the Montana Natural History Center, Clark Fork School, and then enjoyed being a fulltime mom when her daughter was born in 1995. Two years later, Jennifer took classes in stained and leaded glass window design. She started building commissioned pieces, often collaborating with Tom. Jennifer then added tile setting to her work, and most recently, has expanded into the art of Marquetry (pictures made with wood veneers), having taken a course at Anderson Ranch Art Center from Marquetarian, Craig Vandall Stevens www.cvstevens.com. Her work is influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement, the Prairie Style, the theory of the Golden Rectangle, other artists, and the organic lines and patterns of nature and nature's inhabitants.
Tom was born on the Navaho Reservation in Ganado, Arizona. His family moved up to Anchorage, Alaska when he was 4 years old and he lived in Anchorage until he graduated from High School. In college, Tom studied Mathematics, Environmental Geology and Geophysics. Tom's Geophysics work led to doing research in Yellowstone Park and it was there, on his days off, that he built a small scribe-fit log cabin on land owned by his family in the Beartooth Mountains. As he was working on the cabin, especially the interior of the cabin, he realized that he was more interested in creating furniture than working as a Geophysicist. Tom worked as a Ranger for the National Park Service for a few years and after meeting Jennifer he moved to Missoula, Montana and became half-owner of a Bicycle/Nordic ski shop. In Missoula Tom set up a woodworking shop and started designing and building furniture. Four years later Tom became a full-time furniture maker. Currently, Tom builds gallery and commission pieces in Bellingham, WA. He teaches woodworking as well and has apprentices from time to time. Tom is a member of Artwood, a woodworking cooperative gallery in Bellingham.