View the finished Bust of Ogrémoch here.
The large, hollow slab sculpture of Ogremoch, the Prince of Evil Earth Elementals, did not survive completely intact. It was doing fine until I started to trim off some of the excess clay around the arms. They were apparently load-bearing slabs because it started to collapse. I removed the bottom section so now I have a bust of Ogremoch. I left a door in the back of the head to place a small candle and I'm hoping to use it as a jack-o-lantern this Halloween. I'm also hoping to try again with a full figure of Ogremoch after the yearly pilgrimage to the homeland.
Bust of Ogremoch with the discarded lower section to the right:
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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.