Ceramic ray guns

Muddy Mountain Pottery's Raku Ray Guns are made from ceramic, and named for golden age science fiction authors and personalities ("Tiptree Trilobite," "D.E.L. Ray," "Gerns-Backfire"). Beautiful and contradictory, made from heavy ceramic instead of futuristic materials. Link (via Neatorama)

[#1 posted by Art , May 13, 2008 5:39 AM]

Nicely rendered. Beautiful glazes and colors. Great job.

(kind of reminds me of the ancient steampunk found here:http://americanfederationofficticiousarch.blogspot.com/

[#2 posted by primalchaos , May 13, 2008 6:34 AM]

The organic rough feel of the ceramic reminds me of the Red Lectroid technology from Buckaroo Banzai.

[#3 posted by Moon , May 13, 2008 6:54 AM]

STEAMPUNK!

[#4 posted by LogrusZed , May 13, 2008 8:08 AM]

So this is designed to defeat airport security in order to allow terrorists from the planet Mongo to hijack planes?

[#5 posted by License Farm , May 13, 2008 9:01 AM]

I'm reminded of the gun constructed of the bones of the "special" in David Cronenberg's eXistenZ. There's also something Burroughsian about some of them in their organics. I don't know if the artist was going for something vaguely unsettling, but I hope he wouldn't take it as a negative.

[#6 posted by echolocate chocolate , May 13, 2008 10:32 AM]

Hmm.... Claypunk? Kilnpunk?

[#7 posted by buddy66 , May 13, 2008 12:33 PM]

Looks like the ray gun from the early Buck Rogers comic strip. Wasn't that the first ray gun in pop culture? I remember the painted tin models. Some of them even threw sparks.

[#8 posted by magoon , May 14, 2008 12:22 PM]

Cory, thanks for the post! Also, I'm glad to know the Rotwang Retrovivifier will be going to a good home. Happy vivifying!

[#9 posted by looli , May 14, 2008 8:53 PM]

Reminds me of Jeff Burnette's glass work, which I've loved since forever.

http://www.joeblowglassworks.com/12.html