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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.



Sunday, January 22, 2017

Demodex Crucifixion

 I made a sculpture of an eyelash mite a few years ago and it sold!  Here's another one in a fun situation that everyone can enjoy.


Demodex folliculorum is the eyelash mite, a tiny arachnid that lives, eats, and mates in hair follicles in your face.  Demodex mites are very common in humans.  You probably have them in your face right now.  They usually live out their lives without causing health problems for their hosts, but in some cases can cause skin infections.  The only way to cure a demodex infestation is to crucify a few individual mites and hope the others flee in fear.


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