Kyle Carpenter received a BFA in Fine Arts at The University of North Carolina at Asheville, with a concentration in ceramics. He has since made his home and studio here and started a family. For the last eighteen years, Kyle has focused on salt-glazed pottery and has recently started working with earthenware. He is a juried member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and his work is in many private collections, including The Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina.