Kurt and Lynda Carlson began their own studio in 1992 in upstate New York. Kurt, who has been working in glass since 1978, received his bachelor’s degree in glass from the School of American Craftsmen at Rochester Institute of Technology. While at the school, he studied with Andy Magdance and Michael Taylor. His wife, Lynda studied art and sculpture at the University of Mexico and Nazareth College in Rochester, NY. Their work has been shown at galleries, juried exhibitions, and museums throughout the United States, including the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, RIT, Rochester Art Museum, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.