Jaison is the artist behind Pickled Aliens Pottery, a small-batch ceramics studio known for playful, character-driven work featuring “mongrels, monsters, creatures, and goobers.” His functional creature wares are inspired by sci-fi, folklore, mythology, and everything in between. Working with wheel-thrown and pinch-pot techniques, Jaison hand-sculpts each face and detail, making every piece a one-of-a-kind character.

Jaison also creates assemblage work that combines slip-cast elements with hand-sculpted forms, exploring balance, imagination, and layered storytelling in three dimensions. Based in Pittsburgh, Jaison holds a BFA in Ceramics from Slippery Rock University and has taught public school art for over 18 years. All Pickled Aliens Pottery pieces are fired to cone 5/6 in wood kilns and in his vintage D-118 Jen-Ken electric kiln (circa 1970), celebrating silliness, craftsmanship, and the joy of bringing clay to life.