Laurence of a Labia
@lmforgie.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary artist exploring ceramics, fiber arts, embroidery, printing and zines in Northwestern Minnesota.
Gardener. Bread baker. BPD. Queer. NB.
No gods, no masters. (they/them, she/her)
😼🖤🔥
Gardener. Bread baker. BPD. Queer. NB.
No gods, no masters. (they/them, she/her)
😼🖤🔥
New post up on Substack about raku firings! Some folks were interested in my set up, here's the details. 🤓🏺
#pottery #ceramics #experimentalart
#pottery #ceramics #experimentalart
Raku & Experimental Pottery
Explore the history and backyard method of rapidly firing pots and exposing them to combustible materials. It gets a little smokey.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
New post up on Substack about raku firings! Some folks were interested in my set up, here's the details. 🤓🏺
#pottery #ceramics #experimentalart
#pottery #ceramics #experimentalart
My first glaze firing just finished in the new kiln. It's cooling. I'm dying from anticipation. I accidentally put a 2hr hold on the last segment, but caught it 10min in so I got a little soak in at the end?
Kept busy getting storage shelves put into the studio. Finally somewhere to put bisqueware!
Kept busy getting storage shelves put into the studio. Finally somewhere to put bisqueware!
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
My first glaze firing just finished in the new kiln. It's cooling. I'm dying from anticipation. I accidentally put a 2hr hold on the last segment, but caught it 10min in so I got a little soak in at the end?
Kept busy getting storage shelves put into the studio. Finally somewhere to put bisqueware!
Kept busy getting storage shelves put into the studio. Finally somewhere to put bisqueware!
Drawings taken from Paula Rego's Abortion Series from the 90's. If this piece turns out it will be donated to the silent auction at the Prairie Abortion Fund's annual fundraiser, Choice Desserts. If it doesn't turn out I'll be donating a tea set. 🤞🏼🤣
#pottery #ceramics #supportyourlocalabortionfund
#pottery #ceramics #supportyourlocalabortionfund
November 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Drawings taken from Paula Rego's Abortion Series from the 90's. If this piece turns out it will be donated to the silent auction at the Prairie Abortion Fund's annual fundraiser, Choice Desserts. If it doesn't turn out I'll be donating a tea set. 🤞🏼🤣
#pottery #ceramics #supportyourlocalabortionfund
#pottery #ceramics #supportyourlocalabortionfund
I spent four hours glazing this today?! 🖌️
November 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I spent four hours glazing this today?! 🖌️
It's a long story, but I haven't had a formal .com website for 2 years. It seems kind of necessary for artists to have an online portfolio, especially since I'm trying really hard not to use Meta. My old domain was actually available but I've moved on.
LmForgie.com coming soon. 🤩
LmForgie.com coming soon. 🤩
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
It's a long story, but I haven't had a formal .com website for 2 years. It seems kind of necessary for artists to have an online portfolio, especially since I'm trying really hard not to use Meta. My old domain was actually available but I've moved on.
LmForgie.com coming soon. 🤩
LmForgie.com coming soon. 🤩
New zine out now! The covers are screen printed by hand. 🔥🎃🍴
The new stickers are darker than I expected but it's growing on me. Definitely more subtle than the Queers Bash Back sticker which was pink and white on black.
The new stickers are darker than I expected but it's growing on me. Definitely more subtle than the Queers Bash Back sticker which was pink and white on black.
TNM Issue No. 13 + NEW STICKERS!
To view the issue online:
redrivercreatives.com/fall-2025
Available in print at the following locations:
Orange Records
THIS Skateshop
Moonrise Cafe
The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum
Ojata Records (Grand Forks, ND)
Need copies delivered? ko-fi.com/redrivercrea...
To view the issue online:
redrivercreatives.com/fall-2025
Available in print at the following locations:
Orange Records
THIS Skateshop
Moonrise Cafe
The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum
Ojata Records (Grand Forks, ND)
Need copies delivered? ko-fi.com/redrivercrea...
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
New zine out now! The covers are screen printed by hand. 🔥🎃🍴
The new stickers are darker than I expected but it's growing on me. Definitely more subtle than the Queers Bash Back sticker which was pink and white on black.
The new stickers are darker than I expected but it's growing on me. Definitely more subtle than the Queers Bash Back sticker which was pink and white on black.
I guess I've taken a liking to Substack. This piece talks about how much I loathe running but made a commitment to it anyway. I'm enjoying writing more despite the noisy critic that lives in my head (I know I'm mid at best, you can chill bro 🤣).
More on Physicality.
Some thoughts that are in relation to my previous post regarding bodies, but on a different tangent.
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I guess I've taken a liking to Substack. This piece talks about how much I loathe running but made a commitment to it anyway. I'm enjoying writing more despite the noisy critic that lives in my head (I know I'm mid at best, you can chill bro 🤣).
Reposted by Laurence of a Labia
Be on guard tonight, the thing wearing Dick Cheney's flesh is free and must find another host before the next dawn. You should be safe during the day as it cannot cross the rays of the sun, but avoid pools of dark shadow.
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Be on guard tonight, the thing wearing Dick Cheney's flesh is free and must find another host before the next dawn. You should be safe during the day as it cannot cross the rays of the sun, but avoid pools of dark shadow.
My 2nd Substack piece! I touch on sexuality, gender & the importance of physical fitness & getting dirty. Also pottery, embroidery, image transfer/printing & the amalgamations into mixed-media. I’m using this space to organize & archive my creative process in longform, but include a lot of pictures.
Past, Present and Pornography.
Getting romantic about clay, and bodies, and clay-bodies…and embroidery. I discuss where I'm at in my artistic practice while laying more background and offering images of past work. CW - sex/nudity.
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
My 2nd Substack piece! I touch on sexuality, gender & the importance of physical fitness & getting dirty. Also pottery, embroidery, image transfer/printing & the amalgamations into mixed-media. I’m using this space to organize & archive my creative process in longform, but include a lot of pictures.
*Big Sky by Orville Peck plays*
Southern corner of Minnesota.
Southern corner of Minnesota.
October 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
*Big Sky by Orville Peck plays*
Southern corner of Minnesota.
Southern corner of Minnesota.
Mood.
Looks like we had our first hard frost this morning. It was a good season! I wish there were more tomatoes though.
Looks like we had our first hard frost this morning. It was a good season! I wish there were more tomatoes though.
October 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Mood.
Looks like we had our first hard frost this morning. It was a good season! I wish there were more tomatoes though.
Looks like we had our first hard frost this morning. It was a good season! I wish there were more tomatoes though.
Heh heh heh...
A new kiln showed up in my garage today. 😎
A new kiln showed up in my garage today. 😎
October 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Heh heh heh...
A new kiln showed up in my garage today. 😎
A new kiln showed up in my garage today. 😎
*My Girls by Animal Collective plays*
Today's fit check.
Today's fit check.
October 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
*My Girls by Animal Collective plays*
Today's fit check.
Today's fit check.
Reposted by Laurence of a Labia
> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
*Gotta Get Up by Harry Nilsson plays*
October 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
*Gotta Get Up by Harry Nilsson plays*
I've been doing drawings from screenshots of the genocide in Palestine off and on for the past two years. Here's this week's sketch.
October 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I've been doing drawings from screenshots of the genocide in Palestine off and on for the past two years. Here's this week's sketch.
Reposted by Laurence of a Labia
Inforum: Data centers are sprouting across North Dakota. How many are there & where will the next ones be planted?
archive.is/9rBFT
Such a shallow piece, typical Inforum reporting. Where is the energy & water coming from that they utilize? Consequences?
Fuck AI.
*screaming into the void continues*
archive.is/9rBFT
Such a shallow piece, typical Inforum reporting. Where is the energy & water coming from that they utilize? Consequences?
Fuck AI.
*screaming into the void continues*
archive.is
October 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Inforum: Data centers are sprouting across North Dakota. How many are there & where will the next ones be planted?
archive.is/9rBFT
Such a shallow piece, typical Inforum reporting. Where is the energy & water coming from that they utilize? Consequences?
Fuck AI.
*screaming into the void continues*
archive.is/9rBFT
Such a shallow piece, typical Inforum reporting. Where is the energy & water coming from that they utilize? Consequences?
Fuck AI.
*screaming into the void continues*
Reposted by Laurence of a Labia
U.S. Border Patrol agents tried and failed to detain a man in downtown Chicago (via Christopher Sweat)
September 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
U.S. Border Patrol agents tried and failed to detain a man in downtown Chicago (via Christopher Sweat)
Not sure if anyone will be interested in reading this drivel but I need to take up more space on the Internet.
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open.substack.com/pub/laurence...
Dear Substack,
Here I go again.
open.substack.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Not sure if anyone will be interested in reading this drivel but I need to take up more space on the Internet.
open.substack.com/pub/laurence...
open.substack.com/pub/laurence...
My cobalt cake stand was accepted into this show at the Belger in Kansas City, and they used it in their promo image! 🤩😱
If you're in the area please visit in October and send me photos.
belgerarts.org/put-a-lid-on...
If you're in the area please visit in October and send me photos.
belgerarts.org/put-a-lid-on...
September 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
My cobalt cake stand was accepted into this show at the Belger in Kansas City, and they used it in their promo image! 🤩😱
If you're in the area please visit in October and send me photos.
belgerarts.org/put-a-lid-on...
If you're in the area please visit in October and send me photos.
belgerarts.org/put-a-lid-on...
Workbench scenes. I don't really know what the point of this is yet. In a pretty messed up rollercoaster headspace. I've got a length of maybe six feet that I hope to fit into my next Raku firing. Attaching chains to pots isn't the most original but it does seem like a direction this could go. #clay
September 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Workbench scenes. I don't really know what the point of this is yet. In a pretty messed up rollercoaster headspace. I've got a length of maybe six feet that I hope to fit into my next Raku firing. Attaching chains to pots isn't the most original but it does seem like a direction this could go. #clay
Made five pints of salsa verde today. The tomatillos came in like crazy this year! I even gave some away. The squirrels took plenty as well. Made a couple pints of pickled carrots from my tiny carrots too.
Okra has also done really well this summer. We seasoned this bowl full and roasted them.
Okra has also done really well this summer. We seasoned this bowl full and roasted them.
September 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Made five pints of salsa verde today. The tomatillos came in like crazy this year! I even gave some away. The squirrels took plenty as well. Made a couple pints of pickled carrots from my tiny carrots too.
Okra has also done really well this summer. We seasoned this bowl full and roasted them.
Okra has also done really well this summer. We seasoned this bowl full and roasted them.
I had the opportunity last week to attend a MdW gathering at Itasca State Park, MN. We stayed at the college research station & were able to canoe & bike. There were workshops & beautiful hikes. Woodland Pottery from the White Earth Reservation did a wood-firing with their naturally harvested clay.
September 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I had the opportunity last week to attend a MdW gathering at Itasca State Park, MN. We stayed at the college research station & were able to canoe & bike. There were workshops & beautiful hikes. Woodland Pottery from the White Earth Reservation did a wood-firing with their naturally harvested clay.