Percy soap

Percy soapArtist: Matthew Bennett Laurents Percy, 2021 Ceramic 3" x 2. 25" 2. 25" Matthew Bennett Laurents graduated with an MFA in Ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA in Studio Art from Lewis & Clark College. Drawing on histories of craft and ritual, his work explores the potential of objects as vessels for spiritual and emotional energy. He lives and works in Portland, OR.

born in Rio de Janeiro

Along this trail of vast ideas

she sees her job to tell stories that are reflective of her coming-of-age in Detroit’s Eastside and Black Bottom neighborhoods

The collection is called Bonbon because it not only reminds me of colorful gummy candy

the 2019 Rijswijk Textile Biennial

I want to deconstruct the over romanticized narrative that is so quintessential to this line of collectible

can neatly stack on top for easy transportation

his work explores the potential of objects as vessels for spiritual and emotional energy

His process is rooted in his interest in psychology and how creativity functions internally and throughout culture - approaching his practice as a gateway into the mind

including Friends Of Friends at Wasserman Projects in the fall of 2017

" "Good Morning Heartache

I am exploring ideas of formlessness in conjunction with the coexistence of form