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 since 2004, 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.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
December Gallery Sales
Today I was happy to see that two of my pieces had sold at the studio gallery.
Beholder 7, the finger puppet beholder
The Vicious Animal Mug
Beholder 7, the finger puppet beholder
The Vicious Animal Mug
Monday, August 20, 2012
$37 Sale
I sold $37 worth of clay objects at the studio gallery.
The four objects are: Space Coyote 1, the Charles Crumb Coyboy, Green Devil, and Chamsa 50.
The four objects are: Space Coyote 1, the Charles Crumb Coyboy, Green Devil, and Chamsa 50.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
More Information
Here's the same picture of my work at Straw House Gallery, altered to give more information than you want or need.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Straw House Gallery
I had six pieces for sale at Straw House Gallery in Amado, AZ. I attended the artists' reception. They had some wine and snacks, a fire, a poetry reading, and a prayer circle. I sold four of my pieces: Nectocaris, Pikaia, Anomalocaris, and Wiwaxia. They sold for $35 each, which comes to $98 after the gallery takes its 30%, which is the most I've ever made from selling sculpture.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Burgess Shale Fauna
I submitted six clay objects to a show called "No Deeper Blue" at the Straw House Gallery, somewhere south of Tucson. The text as I copied it reads: "An evening of artful prayer ... floor of the ancient ocean," with the ... standing in for where I can't read my own handwriting. The second phrase of that text definitely includes a lot of my work, particularly my Burgess Shale fauna period in 2004-2005.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Comedic Relief
My vehicle needed $1000 worth of clutch work. I'm in the process of switching to new electric and gas services. I'm attempting to decide exactly how and by whom I want to be fucked over for internet service. I'm dismantling the old nest. I'm almost all set to become one of the Tucson pod people. Therefore, for comedic relief, I offer this very small squid-shaped clay object that I apparently priced for another economic era.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Broken Giraluna & Missing Shroom
I went to the pottery studio on Sunday to pick up my work from the craft shows the two previous weekends. One piece, this giraluna that I've had for years, was broken.
Another piece, a recent mushroom, was missing. I resisted the atavistic urge to smash the broken giraluna in the street and write death threats against an imaginary shroom thief on the studio whiteboard and tried to look at it as a series of philosophical lessons. Stoneware sculpture feels permanent and has the potential to last for millenia, but in reality, especially for stoneware sculptures with a lot of tendrily protrusions, these objects are temporary structures which move in and out of my life like any other person, place or thing. As for the allegedly stolen shroom, ownership is temporary and sometimes these things tend to change hands without much warning; it could be viewed as a compliment that someone would like my little piece of anti-art enough to steal it. Less philosophically, I wondered if I could use the damage and theft to get a free month of studio membership and maybe some clay out of it.
Today I was pleased to learn that someone actually bought the missing shroom, which is a somewhat greater compliment than if it had been stolen. It sold for $15, which brings my grand total of sales for the two weekends to $33, of which I receive $23.10.
Another piece, a recent mushroom, was missing. I resisted the atavistic urge to smash the broken giraluna in the street and write death threats against an imaginary shroom thief on the studio whiteboard and tried to look at it as a series of philosophical lessons. Stoneware sculpture feels permanent and has the potential to last for millenia, but in reality, especially for stoneware sculptures with a lot of tendrily protrusions, these objects are temporary structures which move in and out of my life like any other person, place or thing. As for the allegedly stolen shroom, ownership is temporary and sometimes these things tend to change hands without much warning; it could be viewed as a compliment that someone would like my little piece of anti-art enough to steal it. Less philosophically, I wondered if I could use the damage and theft to get a free month of studio membership and maybe some clay out of it.
Today I was pleased to learn that someone actually bought the missing shroom, which is a somewhat greater compliment than if it had been stolen. It sold for $15, which brings my grand total of sales for the two weekends to $33, of which I receive $23.10.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Tucson Museum of Art Craft Fair
The Tucson Museum of Art's Craft Fair was this weekend and my studio had a booth.
Between the street fair last weekend and the TMA sale this weekend, I sold 4 pieces for a total of $18, of which I get $12.60. It's a new record.
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The sources for the molds; enquiring minds want to know.
Meerschaum pipe from Turkey
The small skulls come from this Dollar Store Halloween decoration.
The large skulls come from a Skull Night Light.
Bride of Frankenstein Halloween candle
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