(Canadian, 20th C.) Trudi Curley was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. When 47-foot gaff-rigged schooner "Atlantica" was built by David Stevens as part of the Atlantic Provinces Pavilion, it was time for adventure for Trudi. She bought "Atlantica" and chartered her out of Grenada, West Indies for five years. She later settled in the Canadian Maritimes where she married Canadian artist Donald Curley. After working with people with disabilities for twenty years, Trudi attended the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, graduated with a BFA, and majored in fine art and art history. Her love for the ocean greatly inspires the colors and motifs that she paints on the nesting tables.

Karen Hooper was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia to study fine art at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design where she majored in art history and photography. She later owned and operated an art gallery in Nova Scotia, and finally settled in a beautiful Canadian Maritimes village where she gardens and actively sails her classic Dragon, "Dragonfly".

Trudi and Karen met and discovered mutual creative interests. They decided to share a studio space, which led to the first "nesters". The design of their nesting tables was inspired by an antique set, which they carefully have built to replicate the integrity of the original in form, function, and beauty. They have a master cabinetmaker of the European tradition build end table nests from fine kiln dried hard wood. The tables have mitered corners, biscuit joinery and the legs are tapered on four sides. When the tables are nested together they form a pattern, which can be seen through the glass tops. The tables are hand painted in colorful patterns using hand mixed pure pigments and finished with a wear resistant lacquer. Custom colors and patterns are available upon request.