ABOUT US

Todd Hintz was born and raised in Minnesota and works for a large computer consulting company in downtown Minneapolis.  Todd's other hobbies include studying military history and collecting WW II memorabilia.  He also likes to build and launch model rockets, play computer games, and design web sites.

Ivy Loughborough was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area.  She moved to the Twin Cities in 1989 and currently works as the Wigmaster at the Guthrie Theater.  Ivy is a bookworm who also likes to cook, work in the garden, and commute to work on her bike.

Todd and Ivy live in St. Louis Park, Minnesota where they've been renovating their 1917 house for the last ten years.  They started collecting the Lotus pattern in 1999 and have since expanded to Desert, Party Ware, and Quartette.