Description

Zeta Leporis
Bearthquake (Olga Shashkina) – Australia
Medium: Mixed media (textile, wood wool, glass eye, lace and found materials). Constructed using traditional jointing techniques, allowing the head and limbs to be gently repositioned.
Art Size: Approximate 18 cm (7 in) high standing; 14 cm (5.5 in) high seated.
Presented with a simple round wooden stand, 10 cm (4 in) in diameter.

His earthly name is Phineas. In another corner of the universe, he is known as Zeta Leporis, a small starchild and star traveller from the ζ Leporis system. Lepus, the Latin name of the constellation, simply means “hare.”

He has travelled farther than memory can reach. His glass eye still holds the soft glow of home, a distant star encircled by luminous dust born from the collisions of countless asteroids.