Finished Giraffe-Tree-Hydra Sculpture
I sold my Trinary Devotion on Etsy last week. I went to the pottery studio tonight intending on making another one. I ended up with this thing instead. Like the Trinary Devotion, it has three heads. It's a tree with four tongue-like roots and three giraffe heads. A recent trip to the dollar store yielded some plastic toy animals (giraffe, gazelle, rhinoceros) and I used the giraffe as a model for these heads.
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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.