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Aberrant Ceramics is the artwork of Aaron Nosheny,
ceramic artist and potter in Tucson, Arizona.
I work in the medium of stoneware clay and make hand-built pottery, sculpture, hamsas, ornaments, masks, and a variety of other forms.
Self-taught artist on the autism spectrum. I like monsters, insects, weird animals, body horror, horror comedy, Halloween decorations, fast food mascots, kitsch – and all of these creep into my work, but there’s really no overarching theme. I feel like I'm frantically birthing as many clay monstrosities out into the world as I can.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Dragonfish
Monsters such as the dragonfish are under-represented in the current edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Fish which lie camouflaged under sediment in shallow water with poisonous spines are scary, but not a way that makes in-game combat feel like it could take place in a thrilling fantasy movie.
I wish I had made the eyes black.
The dragonfish in its natural habitat: the apartment pool.
Here I am role playing a careless Tiefling psion who wades in a shallow stream in a rare arboreal oasis in Athas.
Never, ever do this: