He's a barista and she's a librarian.

When they met, his woodworking hobby inspired her interest in ceramics.

And this week's Tapestry segment that focuses on arts and culture.

Laura Rogers introduces us to the husband and wife behind a wood and clay.

And an old tobacco barn in Logan County, a place where their creative collaboration began.

Men who are about to get married in the same barn just a little bit below.

Under the watchful eye of some loyal companions.

The best part is unloading that kiln and seeing the beautiful pieces that you've created.

This is Ben and Laura Beth Boxall, the woodworker and the potter creating functional pieces that spark joy.

This is awesome.

I just love to make work that I know is going to be picked up and held throughout the day.

Inspired by the materials they use.

I think the best thing about it is they will just kind of tell you what it wants to be.

And the nature that surrounds them.

I love to incorporate flowers and wildflowers and trees and mountains.

They're partners ship as husband and wife.

We can kind of really bounce ideas off each other.

We're each other's best.

Critic and the place they call home.

Part of what we get to do as Kentucky artists is we get to be a little bit of the voice of the state in how we create and the art that we put out into the world.

For Laura Beth, that's mugs, vases, jars, and recently baskets.

I just think I can't sit still.

I think I just always like to be able to do something with my hands.

For Ben, it's woodworking.

From cutting boards to Christmas ornaments.

Christmas is always a really big deal in my childhood.

And so I feel like I reflect back on a lot of, like, really old antique little baubles.

No matter what they're making.

It's a process taking time and patience.

You're spending hours, weeks and months on a single piece.

And though they want each piece to be loved and used.

I love making functional stuff, but I also really just love making pretty stuff.

I continue to make a lot of wall art pieces.

In fact, a lot of this kind of wood, this is an old syncopated oak slab that I got from an Amish farmer out in Allen County.

They say their work became more intentional during the pandemic.

I felt like it was a pivotal moment for us to, like, really think about the work that we were making.

Where do we want to take this?

Where do we want to go with this?

Both continue to learn new things.

Laura Beth recently teaching Ben the basics of pottery.

I will say that the woodworking is a lot more dangerous, but the pottery is so much more volatile.

Like as you can get a piece to where you think is really great and then ruin it in a heartbeat.

Laura Beth using her talents to support causes that are important to her.

A lot of the work that I do has an activism element to it.

It helps me express myself, but I also see it as an opportunity to celebrate people who are doing the hard work.

As for their own work.

Of wood and clay.

It's more a labor of love for Kentucky Edition.

I'm Laura Rogers.

Beautiful work there of wood.

And Clay recently received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kentucky Arts Council to learn basket weaving, which they are incorporating into their ceramics.