Ingela Norén and Daniel Grant create finely crafted works of functional art. Their partnership began in Pietrasanta, Italy in 1986 as marble sculptors. Ingela Norén, a renowned and published weaver, studied arts and crafts in Sweden, her native country, including the study of faux finish techniques. Daniel Grant, a skilled and

professional marble sculptor and painter, studied art and philosophy in California. He made custom furniture and cabinets before joining Ingela in creating this combined artistic venture in 1994. When the couple first started making their picture frames, Grant mage them by hand from poplar wood and carefully shaped and sanded