Lisa Boyter (1950- ) was born in Scotland and first became interested in ceramics in Edinburgh. In 1972, she emigrated to Western Australia, where she obtained a Diploma in Ceramics from Forrestfield Technical College in 1980. Moving to Tasmania in 1983, she completed an Associate Diploma in ceramics at the Tasmanian State Institute of Technology, Launceston, in 1987. From 1989-2001, she and fellow TSIT graduate Rudolf Sibrava produced work under the name Artisan Studio Ceramics, and she still curates exhibitions at the Artisan Gallery they established together in Robigana in the early 1990s. In 1995, she completed a degree in ceramics and print media at the University of Tasmania, Launceston, and has since held teaching positions at university and TAFE. She signs her work with a painted 'LB'.