Large Cicada Sculpture #18 with Round Eye and Skulls

7/3/26

5/9/26 

Large Cicada Sculpture with Round Eye and Skulls. Number 18 in my 2026 series of cicada sculptures. Large round eye from my collection of custom eye press molds. This one is from 2011.

This one also has a pattern of engraved sigils, including some molded skull faces. The skulls are from a Halloween decoration. It was a resin figure of a witch holding a small skull in front of her. I was hoping for something more similar to Mr. Skullhead from Animaniacs.

Large Cicada # 17 with Sculpted Eye and 8 Pointed Star

Large Cicada Wall Sculpture

Number 17 in this series of cicada sculptures. This one has a central eye in the thorax surrounded by an 8-pointed star and other carved sigilry including a flame shape.

5/19/26

5/9/26

Greenflax the Tardigrade

Panphylaxie the Tardigrade

3/9/26

2/20/26

1/1/26

Tardigrade #43, Panphylaxie

Bat Things of 2025

A variety of bat-shaped ceramic art objects: some sculptural wall hangings and some pendants/incense holders. Inspired by non-anotomically-correct, wisp-like bat shapes on Halloween decorations. Reach out if you would like to own any of them.

1/16/26

1/13/26

1/2/26

12/27/25

12/14/25

3/10/25

2/26/25

 

2/9/25

Babadook Objects

Babadook Wall Masks. This is part of an exploartion of silent horror movie imagery. Even though The Babadook is from 2014, the design is heavily influenced by Lon Chaney in London After Midnight. The movie is terminally spooky but not scary. The pop-up book in the film is terrifying. It's about a single mother of a special needs child who accidentally invites an evil spirit into their house by means of a cursed pop-up book.

9/30/25

9/20/25

 

9/5/25

Bunny Harvestman Wall Sculpture

The Bunny Harvestman, Metagryne bicolumnata, is an arachnid native to Ecuador whose body resembles a rabbit's head. The animal's actual head is the small circle above its mandibles. Harvestmen, also known as daddy longlegs, are not spiders but a separate group of arachnids. 

This is a high-relief sculptural interpretation of the Bunny Harvestman.
It's currently available in my Etsy shop:
https://aberrantceramics.etsy.com/listing/4486121218/handmade-ceramic-bunny-harvestman-wall

The sculpture captures the distinctive rabbit-ear protuberances and false eyespots of this Amazonian arachnid. The relief is hand-sculpted in speckled buff stoneware clay, with a high-gloss glaze on the specimen to contrast against the lightly glazed white background of the circular base. The deep amber and obsidian tones of the glaze highlight the segmented leg structure and ocular details.

The reverse side features an integrated ceramic hanging flange, allowing the piece to mount flush against the wall for a clean, museum-style presentation.

Dimensions: Approximately 7 in. diameter.
Weighs about 19 oz.

8/10/25

7/23/25

 

7/6/25

Crimson Ghost Masks

Crimson Ghost Wall Masks

The Crimson Ghost is a 1946 movie serial about a supervillain in a creepty skull mask without any superpowers who tries to steal military-grade experimental technology for criminal purposes. The technology includes drugs that bend one's mind to his evil will and a collar that allows him to stay in communication and will explode if anyone tries to take it off, killing the wearer.

This was part of my exploration of silent horror imagery. The Crimson Ghost was well into the talkie era and it's also not horror, but the mask has a silent horror feel to it. In the late 70s, it was adopted as a mascot by that horror punk band from New Jersey. It has since become a major cultural symbol of spookiness and rebellion.

I have a large mask and a small mask. They're available as a set in my Etsy.

https://aberrantceramics.etsy.com/listing/4496522436/handmade-crimson-ghost-ceramic-mask-set

7/8/25

9/20/24

9/7/24

8/22/24

 8/16/24

I accept that a perfect copy of the illustration/movie stills is not only not within my skillset, but also not desirable. The original is a distorted skull shape. The slightly uncomfortable distortion is why it worked so well for a super-villain's public face and for the mascot of a horror-themed punk band. I'm distorting it further and now I'm claiming it for my own.

Skull Chair / Ceramic Bone Throne Sculpture

Ceramic skull chair sculpture (“Bone Throne”) by Aberrant Ceramics.

Available for purchase in my Etsy.

This ceramic skull chair sculpture is a handmade “bone throne” that reimagines the human cranium as macabre furniture.

Highly detailed yet eerie and primitive, it features reaching skeletal hands as armrests and a ribbed lower jaw that forms a hollowed-out seat.

The Origin Story

This design is a modern ceramic evolution of a piece of my own history. It is based on a large plywood skull my father created for our family’s basement haunted house in 1984. I've included an image of the original in the photos. The tradition was to invite the whole neighborhood to tour our haunted basement. This piece is also inspired by vintage Halloween decorations. I loved the distorted, non-anatomically correct skull imagery in these decorations and that pleasing distortion is also reflected in this piece.

The forehead and temples are covered in intricate, hand-carved scrolled patterns that bridge the gap between biology and architecture. Glazed with stark but glossy black and white glazes.

While a standalone art piece, it serves as a perfect "Bone Throne" for small figures, dolls, or as the centerpiece of a curated cabinet of curiosities. 

Dimensions & Specs

Size: Approx. 2.5 x 2.5 in. base | 7.5 in. height.

Weight: 26 oz 

11/20/23

10/29/23

10/15/23

10/13/23

My family's Halloween decorations circa 1984-1985. I love non-anatomically-correct skull illustrations on Halloween decorations.

 

10/12/23

Mission Statement

By sending my Skull Chair to its forever home, I want to send out encouragement to the spooky peoples of the world. I want to encourage the weird kids to create. I want to encourage the building of DIY family haunted houses. I want to break the stronghold of mass produced T*mu/W*lmart/Ama*on "art" and to encourage the creation of handmade art. I want to encourage the expanded and enlightened use of the ceramic medium to produce a variety of forms unhindered by tradition. I want to bring spooky joy to people's living spaces. I want to bring the unique DIY spirit of the Nosheny basement haunted house to everyone who needs it.