Technique and medium: Stoneware and porcelain.

Can you tell us about this exhibition?
This exhibition is about the important issues in life, issues people ignore every day. It is about how we decide what is important in life, how feel when we are passionate, how we approach death. There will be about 70 stoneware hearts, a dozen “Turn On” bums and 45 porcelain skulls in the show. The butterflies, 5,000 of them hanging from the ceiling, symbolize the beauty and the glory that link all our emotions and all of our lives.

Why did you choose to work with ceramics?
Ceramics are very physical. You create an object that, though delicate, will last longer than you or me–it contrasts with the fleeting nature of the emotions the pieces express. Ceramics are also very technical–not every artist can choose ceramics. I have a degree in Ceramic Arts and you need years of practice to make the best use of it; the textures, the forms and the colors that I can achieve are unique. Ceramics mix science and magic, the science of heat and minerals, the magic of mixing glazes. It is constantly exciting.

Your last exhibition Turn Me On also featured a series of buttocks, is that your personal favorite subject to portray?
Live, Love & Let Die is a continuation from my last two shows; Exploring Love (2009) and Turn Me On (2010). The point is not the object, it is the emotion. The bum is the part of the body that you feel easy teasing people about. There’s a fine line between sexiness and vulgarity. In my last show, I wanted to turn people on sexily without being rude or vulgar. You can touch your friend’s bum without getting a slap back. You can look at someone’s bum and say nice bum or sexy bum without feeling rude, but if you stare at her breasts and say nice boobs… Imagine what you will get.

Keeping up with Nino Sarabutra at Live, Love & Let Die exhibition