The official illustration of a chwidencha from the 3rd Edition D&D Fiend Folio:
Aberrant Ceramics is the artwork of Aaron Nosheny, ceramicist 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’m just frantically birthing as many clay monstrosities out into the world as I can until I’m no longer able to do so.
This blog has served as a record of my ceramic output since 2006.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Chwidencha Sculpture
This is a sculpture of a Dungeons & Dragons monster called the chwidencha. It resembles a spider that is almost all legs. I gave it a head because my tiers of spider legs weren't dense enough to obscure the inside and it made more sense for it to have a head under there somewhere. This piece was practice for the Chwidencha Pot. I like how the glazes came out, but it lacks the angularity that would make it look like a real arthropod.
The official illustration of a chwidencha from the 3rd Edition D&D Fiend Folio:
The official illustration of a chwidencha from the 3rd Edition D&D Fiend Folio:
