Seattle native Kelley Knickerbocker is a professional studio artist-instructor inhabiting the intersection of mosaic and assemblage. Her material-driven practice uses the ancient organizational principles of mosaic to ground exploratory deconstruction/reconstruction/combination of everything from stone to paper towels to coffee mugs to blown and slag glass, garnering her numerous awards for innovation in mosaic. Kelley regularly exhibits and teaches internationally and has taught at a number of craft schools including Pilchuck and Penland.