Aberrant Ceramics is the artwork of Aaron Nosheny, ceramicist 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’m just frantically birthing as many clay monstrosities out into the world as I can until I’m no longer able to do so.
This blog has served as a record of my ceramic output since 2006.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Alien Mold Offering
This is a small clay object made using a mold of a plastic alien figure given to me by a student. Here it is seen floating in a cup of imaginary coffee in a public art installation along the Rillito Riverbed Trail in Tucson. The installation also includes two lounge chairs made of slabs of granite. Someone had scratched "Give Peace a Chance" and the name of John Lennon into one of them with a nail. The alien mold offering is at least an easily removable bit of public defacement. On the back of the object, the words "You are being watched RIGHT NOW" are written in black marker.
