The original mugs:
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.
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.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Impish Santa Mugs
Someone left two tiny impish Santa Claus mugs at the pottery studio. These are my interpretations of them. This is somewhat outside my usual content domain, but I like how they came out. I resisted the urge to glaze the faces with transparent glaze. I think the slightly burnt look of twice-fired clay does a better approximation of (pale) skin.
The original mugs:
The original mugs:
