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.
I’m a self-taught autistic artist working in my medium for over twenty years. I like monsters, insects, weird animals, body horror, folk horror, horror comedy, horror in general, Halloween decorations, fast food mascots, kitsch – all of these creep into my work, but there’s really no overarching theme.
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.
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Warthog Pot Top and Bottom
This five-piece Aberrant Warthog Pot is my penultimate piece from 2012. The top and bottom made it into the glaze kiln, but the three middle pieces are still waiting in line. I love the way the sculpted warthog itself came out. I like how the white glaze shows through the darker red-brown glaze. I like how life-like (if unwarthoglike) the eyes came out. The coil pot that makes up the base, however, looks extremely primitive and the other pieces are not much better.
