My meercat source page:
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 14, 2013
The Meercat Project, Part 2: Bust of Meercat
A few nights ago I made a coil/slab pot that was intended to be part of a vessel with a sculpture of a meercat's head on top. I managed to sculpt a meercat that I'm happy with, but the pot started to collapse when I put the sculpture on top. It may need to dry more or it may be the wrong shape. I tried to give it some contour by having it grow narrower from the base and then wider again, but this may cause the pot to be too structurally weak to hold the weight of a sculpted meercat. I attempted to remedy the problem by adding another strip of clay to the weak, concave part near the base, but I'm not sure if it's going to work. I may need to forget the pot and just make a bust of meercat.
My meercat source page:
My meercat source page:
