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 7, 2014
Cockroach Cup 1
In 2001 I bought a ceramic mug with a lump on the bottom painted to look like a cockroach so that when you finish your coffee and get to the bottom you either think, "Fuck, there's a cockroach in my cup." or "That cockroach-on-the-bottom idea is clever, but the cockroach isn't very realistic." I fall into the latter camp so this is my interpretation. The cockroach is a mold of a plastic cockroach from a post-Halloween vermin sampler.
