Joi and Dan LaChaussee create original designs in vases and bowls, some that combine contemporary styling and colors with the ancient technique of latticinio. They call these their "ribbon" series. Other designs incorporate a "marbled" design that features swirls of mulitiple colors.

Using classic glassblowing methods that are thousands of years old, the LaChausees create each piece at the end of a five foot long blowpipe, at temperatures in excess of 2000 degrees F. They blow each piece freely, without the use of molds, primarily from glass they have formulated and made themselves. Working together and separately, the LaChausees are accomplished in the use of latticinio, a technique that dates back to pre-Roman times and was widely used by glassblowers in 16th Century Venice. Traditionally executed in white and clear, latticinio yields a delicate lacy pattern that appears to be spun from molten glass.

The term latticinio refers to an Italian Renaissance technique of creating handblown glass objects from a number of twisted glass canes. Various canes are arranged side by side on an iron plate and heated to 1500 degrees F. The canes are then picked up on a blowpipe and formed into a bubble, which is manipulated into the desired finished shape.

The LaChausees design and create each piece individually, using combinations of transparent and opaque colors with clear crystal.  When completed, they sign and date each piece.

The LaChausees began working in glass in 1981 and established their own studio on a remote island off the coast of Seattle in 1988.  Joi earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics from the University of Colorado, then studied Glass at the Appalachian Center for Crafts. Both she and Dan studied Glass at the Pratt Art Center and the Pilchuck Glass School.  Their works have been shown at major galleries and museums throughout the United States and in Germany, and are included in numerous public and private collections.