This is my second Opabinia. It's 11 inches long. I made it some time between 2004 and 2006.
This is my first Opabinia. It was one of my earliest clay pieces. The snout broke off and I glued it back on.
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.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Return to Opabinia Island
I already did an Opabinia post in 2010, but it came up in a Deviantart conversation and I took some better pictures. Opabinia is a bizarre fossil invertebrate with five eyes from the Burgess Shale.
This is my second Opabinia. It's 11 inches long. I made it some time between 2004 and 2006.
This is my first Opabinia. It was one of my earliest clay pieces. The snout broke off and I glued it back on.
This is my second Opabinia. It's 11 inches long. I made it some time between 2004 and 2006.
This is my first Opabinia. It was one of my earliest clay pieces. The snout broke off and I glued it back on.
