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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.



Monday, May 25, 2015

Painted Marijuana Leaves

These are ceramic marijuana leaves with acrylic paints.








Sunday, May 24, 2015

Glazed Marijuana Leaves

These are ceramic marijuana leaves with combinations of glazes.








Thursday, May 14, 2015

Cat People Pot WIP

Finished Cat People Pot

This is a tall lidded slab pot decorated with three solemn cat people.


Eye Scraps

Leftovers and byproducts of various eye projects:






Friday, May 8, 2015

Cat People WIPs

I made some cat people (and one Cthulhu) in the same style as the American Gothic farmer.  Hopefully I'll be incorporating one of them into a mug or pot soon.


Thursday, May 7, 2015

American Gothic Cup WIP

Finished American Gothic Cup

This is my interpretation of the grim farmer from Grant Wood's American Gothic painting.




Wednesday, May 6, 2015

The Other Vagina Bowl




















American Gothic Farmer Cup Practice WIP

I want to make a mug with an interpretation of the severe-looking farmer from Grant Wood's painting American Gothic and these are my practice objects for the image on the cup.  I like how the larger images look, but they don't give the farmer enough forehead.


This is the image I want to use for the cup:


American Gothic by Grant Wood.  Note the prodigious forehead on the man.


Sunday, May 3, 2015

Crying Eye Pot WIP

Finished Weeping Eye Pot

This is a tall (9 inch) slab pot with a progression of crying eyes.  I think I'm done with the crying eye pattern.


Saturday, May 2, 2015

More Tears WIP

Finished Eye Cup #49

This is Eye Cup #49, another eye cup with tears.  I'm not feeling especially sad, but I like how these are coming out.  I have at least one more planned.


Thursday, April 30, 2015

Eye Cups With Tears WIP

I'm finally finished glazing and back to making new things.  Eye Cup #47 came out slightly irregular, but it's hard to tell unless viewed from above.


Finished Eye Cup #48

Eye Cup #48 has the same design but it's slightly closer to being circular.


Friday, April 24, 2015

Chamsa Pot

This is a slab pot intended to hold small chamsas at craft fairs.


















The chamsa pot filled with chamsas:


Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Eye Cup #45 With Three Large Eyes

This is the last of this batch of mugs.  It's divided into three sections of plum/deep red, pussywillow/indigo, and emerald green glazes and the irises of the eyes have the same three glazes.




Thursday, April 9, 2015

Phallic Monster #6

This is a primitive sculpture of a creature with a penis for its head and tail.  The Etruscan bronze sculpture it's modeled after also has an erection where you would expect to find one, but this one is in a crouching position and I couldn't fit it in.  The top comes off to reveal a secret compartment.




Eye Cup #46 With 30 Small Eyes

This is a slab mug with 30 small eyes embedded in the surface.  They're the same small eyes I use to make the small chamsas.




Friday, April 3, 2015

Eye Cup #44 With Ten Eyes

This is a copy of Eye Cup #36.  It has three sections of overlapping glazes and ten eyes in the same three colors (purple, emerald green, and plum/deep red).  Maybe it will sell and that's obviously all that matters.