From 1966 to 1970, she studied handicrafts under at the Jutland Art Academy in Aarhus, specializing in weaving under Anna Thommesen.
There she met her second husband, the editor and publisher Martin Kristen Schultz (born 1950) with whom she later had two children.
From 1985, at exhibitions throughout Denmark, she presented her rugs which typically were decorated with geometric designs in clear but pale colours.
[3] In the early 1980s, Erbou Laurent joined the Danish handicrafts association Danske Kunsthåndværkere.
Under her influence, its scope was extended to cover a wide range of interests, including textiles, ceramics, jewellery and their combinations.