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.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Alien Mold Offering
This is a small clay object made using a mold of a plastic alien figure given to me by a student. Here it is seen floating in a cup of imaginary coffee in a public art installation along the Rillito Riverbed Trail in Tucson. The installation also includes two lounge chairs made of slabs of granite. Someone had scratched "Give Peace a Chance" and the name of John Lennon into one of them with a nail. The alien mold offering is at least an easily removable bit of public defacement. On the back of the object, the words "You are being watched RIGHT NOW" are written in black marker.
