Finished Doglion sculpture
The slab roller is used to roll clay out into flattened slabs and our slab roller is not currently functioning. Almost everything that I make requires slabs. I've become dependent on The Machines. Fortunately, I had a few projects planned that didn't require slabs of clay. One of them is an aberrant interpretation of this strange object I bought in a dollar store in Dunellen, NJ in the late nineties. It's clearly a mammal of some kind and it has a friendly, dog-like expression, but it has no ears and it appears to have a mane of dreadlocks. Is it a dog? Is it a lion?
With the source object:
The doglion object from New Jersey:
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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.