Ashley Jameson Eriksmoen studied fine woodworking at the College of the Redwoods before earning her M.F.A. in Furniture Design at Rhode Island School of Design. In 2006, she received the Norwegian Marshall Fund Grant to research traditional woodworking methods in Norway. Eriksmoen has taught design/woodworking at California College of the Arts, College of the Redwoods, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and Penland School of Craft. She currently designs and builds sculptural furniture in her studio in Oakland, California; she also designs custom, commissioned furniture and sculpture for clients nationwide, especially in California's Bay Area (Marin, Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco).