Aberrant Ceramics is the artwork of Aaron Nosheny, potter and ceramic artist based in Tucson, Arizona. Self-taught and neurodivergent, he has worked in the medium of stoneware clay for 21 years, developing a practice rooted in literal construction and obsessive repetition. He makes non-traditional ceramics in a medium built on tradition, exploring the overlap between wonder and revulsion. Subject matter includes sympathetic monsters, insects, opossums, fast food mascots, and Halloween kitsch.
I am in love with my medium. I love the process of frantically birthing clay monstrosities, subjecting them to an epic trial by fire, and sending them out into the world.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Carrion Vine Seed Pods
In tonight's episode of Encounters, the party is asked to act as bodyguards for a skilled and useful but easily distracted and very vulnerable elf wizard. As the elf searches for herbal medicines, she is attacked by the bloodthirsty seed pods of a carrion vine. I imagine them as watermelon-colored chain chomps.
