This is an interpretation of Ogrémoch, the Prince of Evil Earth Creatures from the AD&D Fiend Folio, one of my favorite sources for ideas. The Fiend Folio is a compilation of monster submissions to a British gaming magazine White Dwarf, credited to Lewis Pulcifer.
It originally had a lower body, but it collapsed.
I have always had an interest/obsession with diacritical marks. This is the first time I've admitted that publicly. I'm intrigued by the acute accent on the e in Ogrémach. Is it like an umlaut in the name of a heavy metal band (e.g. Deathtöngue) intended to create an aura of badassery? I think it's more likely a reminder to pronounce the e and not to treat it as a silent letter as in the word ogre.
There is an opening on the back so that a (very small) candle could be placed inside. I'm intending to use it as a jack-o-lantern at Halloween.
The door to the opening looks like a nipple, doesn't it?
Ogrémoch as illustrated in the Fiend Folio:
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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.