Emma Leslie (born 1971 in Stoke-on-Trent, UK) and Rhiannon Wilkey are Studio LW, a design partnership based in London.  Both are recent graduates from the Building Crafts College where they studied Fine Woodwork.  Leslie originally studied Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University (BA Hons). She was the winner of the Carpenters Craft Award in 2013 and received the George Pysden Award. Wilkey previously studied Psychology at Bristol University before becoming a furniture designer and maker.  She has completed several private commissions alongside her work with Studio LW.  Together they have shown in design exhibitions in London, and have been commissioned by institutions in London such as the ICA, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, and Stuart Shave/Modern Art.