These are clay pieces for the Game of Life Tarot deck. The figures are my interpretations of the magician from the Rider Waite Tarot deck.
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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.
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Fetus - Amoeba WIP
Tonight I'm starting a Tarot deck, based upon Timothy Leary's design from The Game of Life. I'm planning on constructing the elements for each card out of clay, taking photos, and manipulating the photos to create the card. This is for the first card, number zero, The Fool.
Monday, July 11, 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, July 5, 2016
Monday, July 4, 2016
Embryo Cup With Embryo on the Inside
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Cannabis Leaf Video
Monday, June 27, 2016
Lepelara terrestris
This is a sculpture of Lepelara terrestris, one of the spectral plant species from Parallel Botany, Leo Leonni's psychedelic imaginary botany textbook. I made it in 2004 or 2005. Parallel Botany was one of my earliest source books.
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Hallucigenia With Dog Head WIP
This is a sculpture of the fossil organism known as hallucigenia with the head of a dog. It's to replace the broken sculpture that I threw out this morning.
Hallucigenia With Dog Head
This is an old sculpture that was damaged at a craft fair. I like how dog heads look on hallucigenia bodies.
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Wizard of Oz Project
These are flat clay figures of the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz, based on illustrations from the novels. It's a gift for my nephews.
Thursday, June 9, 2016
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