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From there he was employed by Bronze Age Art Foundry where he worked with some of his creative heroes including Trevyn McGowan, Cécile and Boyd, Graham Viney, William Kentridge and Wim Botha – whom he still assists. At the Foundry, Laurie developed an understanding for a range of materials, as evident in his body of work which makes use of porcelain, wood, cork, felt, paper pulp and metal. At the moment, cork is Laurie’s material of choice.
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