We first met at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee in the summer of 2002, where we both worked for the school in exchange for classes. We became friends and pen pals, writing through two more years in school and a couple of residencies; this eventually led to a wedding in June of 2005. We moved to Bradenton, where Nigel grew up, and worked from our porch for 2 years, carting work off to various kilns, once as far as driving back up to Arrowmont for a thanksgiving firing.

          We bought our current house in September of 2007, and turned the detached garage into our clay studio, which had to be rebuilt in early 2008 due to what we term as the “tree incident,” in which a tree fell onto the studio.

           We started Rudolph Clay Studios in late 2007, just after buying the house, and have been steadily working on personalizing both the house and studio spaces. Currently we sell and exhibit nationally.