Rabbits in space...but maybe other animals could be integrated in some way?.....perhaps a bomb suit for a small paris hilton dog would compliment the other bomb suit figures ?...or add too much humour?...hmm...uncertain...anyway..almost finished sculpting...a piece like this needs to dry..then fired to about 700C, then sanded to get the right finish and refired to 1200C...so still a ways to go...but like the result so far.

My daughter, 4 yrs old, declared...I do not like any of these sculptures...she was at my studio...so decided to do something about it...caving to popular demand.... she has been nagging me about an astronaut rabbit since I did the muslims in space series....so here goes...proving to be quite the challenge....a four year olds challenge... ;:-)

ceramicsnow.org/
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http://www.ceramicsnow.org/post/19204728701/andrew-barton-final-frontier-soda-gallery-istanbul
Featuring a short article from the Soda exhibit in Istanbul

Ceramic art makes me cringe...often...it feels so domesticated....but that has partly changed the past few years. Ceramics are being used masterly by many talented artists to express their personal artistic visions.
Just from my little corner of the world, Norway, a new generation is emerging: Artists like Nils Martin, Øyvind Suul, Cecilie Lind, Mona Næss, and Ingrid Askeland (to name just a few) are really giving credit to Ceramic Art....or actually...giving credit to Fine Art, is a more correct statement.

And now to sculpt the bones for the "New Beginnings" piece...stay tuned...here the mother and bat/human fetus in clay seen drying on foam

Working on a bat fetus for upcoming piece..