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.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Fifteen-Eyed Pot
This pot was originally meant to be part of the Aberrant Meercat Pot. I meant for it to start out wide at the base, then get smaller, and then widen again, but it didn't look like the pot would support the weight of the sculpted head on top of it. I added a thick strip of clay to the narrow part, but I decided to make another pot with straight walls to use with the meercat sculpture. This is the reject. I covered it with a pattern of eyes and spent four hours glazing it. I like how it came out, but it's still a reject.
