Aberrant Ceramics is the artwork of Aaron Nosheny, potter and ceramic artist based in Tucson, Arizona. Self-taught and neurodivergent, he has worked in stoneware clay since 2004. He makes non-traditional forms 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.
Showing posts with label cthulhu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cthulhu. Show all posts
Monday, January 8, 2018
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Monday, November 6, 2017
R'lyeh Pot
Based on a collage image which was based on a dream about seeing Elvis performing Beatles songs live, Octopus's Garden in this case. R'lyeh, where the hip young people are free to just be themselves.
Monday, October 9, 2017
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Octohalos/Can-tahs
These were inspired by the cursed magic items in Stephen King's novel Desperation. They were intended for the Strength Tarot card, but I'm probably not going to use them.
Monday, April 24, 2017
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Elder Sign Stamps
August Derleth's version of the Elder Sign from the Lovecraft stories. Lovecraft's version was a simpler, plant-inspired design.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Wall Cthulhoids With Various Glazes
This is what survived of the set of Wall Cthulhoids using various glazes. Several of them broke in the kiln.
Jade Green Wall Cthulhoids
A few years ago, I made a series of Cthulhoid Wall Hangings traced from symmetrical paper cut outs. I sold out of them (all four of them). I had kept the paper cut outs, so I made two more sets of them, a few in jade green like the originals and a few with different glazes.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Cthulhu Figures from 2006
I posted tiny images of these figures in this blog post from 2006. The photography is crappy and I seem to have had a very different sense of humor than I do now. This is an update with better images and no visible body parts.
Friday, October 2, 2015
Jenkin
I've been carrying around a squeaking toy rat in my backpack for a few years and I finally found a use for it: as a model for this piece. I was thinking of naming it after Brown Jenkin, the rat familiar with human features from H.P. Lovecraft's story "Dreams in the Witch House." I ended up glazing it with a glaze called "Pussywillow," which comes out grayish when applied lightly, so he's just Jenkin rather than Brown Jenkin.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Flat Cthulhu Figure
Along with the American Gothic farmer faces and the cat people, I made a flat Cthulhu figure.
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Wall Cthulhoids
This is a set of four flat Cthulhu objects and one squid object to be hung on the wall. The Cthulhoids were made by cutting out symmetrical Cthulhu paper dolls and tracing them on clay.
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