Unfortunately I didn't document the process of the failed Darth Vader pot, but this what I made tonight after I destroyed it. One of my Halloween Devotion statues from 2011 sold on Etsy so I thought I would make another one.
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.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The Darth Vader Pot That Wasn't
I bought this strange object at a thrift store last year. It looks like a Mr. Potato Head or anthropomorphized M&M version of Darth Vader, with all the facial features missing, but with a nicely formed helmet. I attempted a Darth Vader pot a few years ago and it didn't survive. I managed to make a small flowerpot with simplified helmet and features, but it wasn't what I wanted. This time, I tried to use the helmet from this thing as a mold. It didn't work and I ended up destroying the whole pot. It was about half a bag (ten dollars worth) of clay and about three days' work, but the disappointing part is finding something that I can't make out of clay. Why should Darth Vader's helmet be so difficult?
Unfortunately I didn't document the process of the failed Darth Vader pot, but this what I made tonight after I destroyed it. One of my Halloween Devotion statues from 2011 sold on Etsy so I thought I would make another one.
Unfortunately I didn't document the process of the failed Darth Vader pot, but this what I made tonight after I destroyed it. One of my Halloween Devotion statues from 2011 sold on Etsy so I thought I would make another one.
