Lauren is a painter, potter and sculptor from the Philly/South Jersey. She began painting with acrylic paint before delving into ceramics with a goal of creating functional art. Before pursuing art full-time, Lauren worked in the animal care field. She has always had a great love for animals, and would call that her second greatest passion, right besides art. 

Lauren began painting on her own early on in life as a hobby, and began more seriously working on her technique in college. She is a self taught painter and enjoys doing detail work and using as many colors as possible. Lauren first began her pottery journey at Hugs Ceramics, a pottery studio in South Jersey, where she began taking wheel classes in January of 2024. Currently, she is the manager at this studio and also teaches multiple wheel ceramic classes a week. She creates her work out of recycled clay that is reprocessed and reused right at her studio! Her love for wildlife is shown throughout her art, as she commonly creates mugs with animal sculptures in them. You will also find many character mugs in her portfolio, as another inspiration of hers is animation.

Capy Clay Ceramics is the company that Lauren sells her work under. Capy, as in Capybara, was chosen for her love of animals, especially capybaras and their close relative, guinea pigs. Capybaras tend to spend tons of time rolling around in mud, and these days she finds herself relating to that more than ever. Hence, the name Capy Clay Ceramics came to be.

In December, Lauren will be attending her first convention, PAX Unplugged, where she will be selling many character mugs and other fun pieces of pottery. She is attending alongside her pottery instructor and the owner of Hugs Ceramics, Katie Thomson, as she returns for her fourth year. Lauren hopes this to be her first of many conventions!