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Art, culture, gadgets, gallery, ceramic, raku ray guns, ray guns

Raku Ray Guns (Sorry, They're Just Ceramic)

Maybe by next year we'll be telling you about real ray pistols, but for now you'll have to settle for these charming Raku Ray Gun sculptures. Each is completely one-of-a-kind, constructed on a pottery wheel and fired using the low-fire "raku" method. The sculpture is then placed on a 12" by 9" moon crater plaque for proper wall mounting, the perfect replacement for that singing bass you've been meaning to take down (because we all know it was never meant to be ironic). The Raku Ray Guns run $275 a pop.

[Muddy Mountain Pottery via BoingBoing]

12:40 PM on Tue May 13 2008
By Mark Wilson
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Rabid Penguin at 12:47 PM on 05/13/08
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eww... I think I threw up a little in my mouth...
Whisssper at 12:57 PM on 05/13/08
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"sorry, they´re just ceramic"

...???...all the good rayguns are
icegnome at 01:05 PM on 05/13/08
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Hmm... I wonder if they can recreate the Commander Keen ray gun... cuz... I mean... its the best one....
GeekyNerdGuy at 01:21 PM on 05/13/08
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It looks like you could smoke out of them ...
ANoel at 02:05 PM on 05/13/08
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My partner Al is a ceramic artist.
She would be all over these post-modernist icons like a wet T, or me (preferrably).
ChromiumSwitch at 02:22 PM on 05/13/08
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I respect the craftsmanship, but... Hippiemodo!!!
tamoko at 02:35 PM on 05/13/08
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At least they're not "steampunk", perhaps just "bong smokepunk" instead.
ANoel at 02:45 PM on 05/13/08
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@tamoko:
I think they're 'spozed to be ironic in their use of lo-tech materials to semblance laughable, imaginary hi-tech creations... of the sort found in Ed Wood's Mastertrash film "Plan Nine from Outer Space"
Skitchin at 04:51 PM on 05/13/08
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@GeekyNerdGuy:

Damn! Beat me to it! Where do I put my uh, flavored tobacco?
NAlia at 09:37 PM on 05/13/08
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no sorries...
there is no such thing as " j u s t ceramic"
Kendra at 06:27 AM on 05/14/08
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... Cool.

But... they're horribly kluged candle holders, telephone insulators, and various bits of machinery from the dump.

... Weta had some rayguns on display at Armageddon. Deliciousness.

This? Meh. Looks like my grandmother's trunk exploded.