Lauren brings a wide range of experience and skills to the business. With a First Class Honours Degree in Jewellery Design and a Master of Arts in Glass, Lauren shows skills in usable consumer design with a working knowledge of her materials.  Lauren was first trained in glass whilst studying at the University of Central Lancashire 2000 - 2003.

"Kitengela Glass Studios, located opposite the Nairobi National Park, is reached by an atrocious road of dust and rocks in the dry season, and raging rivers and mud in the rainy season. Yet the stream of visitors from all over the world never stops. There is a magical ambiance, consisting of the sculptures and mosaic pathways, the animals (real and sculptural) everywhere and the niches of busy artisans all engrossed in different projects."  Nothing is wasted! Even the smallest shards are reused, first in sun-catchers then mosaics and finally re-melted in the bead hut to form the spun beads that have become famous as being the only glass beads made in East Africa, where the famous Masai beadwork comes from. The recycled bead shower curtains are popular and can you believe this - keep out mosquitoes! The place is situated in a particularly dry spot of the semi-arid plains south of Nairobi just beyond the National Park. Animals, wild and tame are everywhere. Giant pigs, camels, horses, mule and donkeys, ostriches, Rottweilers and Dachshunds, the Egyptian Vulture (the Kitengela mascot), and the odd leopard or wailing hyena, not forgetting the river pythons that regularly feed on the poultry all abound. As we always say "Never a dull day!" www.kitengela-glass.com

In 2003 Lauren decided to join the MA glass programme at the University of Sunderland after being encouraged to apply by the Programme Leader whom she met whilst exhibiting at New Designers 2003, London. The intensive12 month course consisted of access to Europe's finest glass making facilities, with outstanding technical support. The Masters of Arts course was a flexible learning year in which the students could express their artistic style and achieve their creative goals freely. After completing the MA in July 2004 Lauren established LB Glass Design to continue with her passion for glass and love of quality hand-made objects.