Andy Brayman is the founder of Kansas City-based ceramics studio The Matter Factory. His studio has produced both fine art pieces and commercial work through an endeavor known as “Easy Ceramic Details.” Recently, he has been employing the use of a “tornado machine” that pulverizes brick and cinder block fragments in a simple centrifuge using only spinning air in a metal cone. Brayman received his BFA from University of Kansas and his MFA from Alfred University.