Ehren Tool is a Marine Corps veteran of the 1991 Gulf War. Tool has made and given away more than 26,000 cups since 2001. Tool has made cups across the US, Vietnam, China, Germany and France. Tool also has work in the Smithsonian's Renwick Museum. He also been featured on the PBS show "Craft in America". Tool is Staff in the Ceramics Lab in the Department of Art Practice at UC Berkeley. Tool lives with his family in Berkeley CA.