Ted Sawyer received his BA in ceramics from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore. From 1992-1993 he was the AiR at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland. He has worked at Bullseye Glass since 1997, and became Director of Research and Education in 2002, teaching, lecturing, and exhibiting internationally. In 2024 he also became the Creative Director of Bullseye Studio, where he helps artists transform their work into glass at large scale.