Steven Skinner and Louise Belmont-Skinner

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BlackTree Studio began in 2006 when Steve took a pottery workshop at LillStreet Studios in Chicago. In part he did so because of his experience at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History where, employed as an exhibit preparator, he worked with artifacts designing and installing custom-fit mounts, which required an appreciation of each artifact’s uniqueness. It didn't take long after that first workshop before he realized that pottery would become big in his and Louise's lives.