Created by Adam Wallacavage, this 16th century influenced and amazingly unique octopus chandeliers, were shown off at Shiny Monsters show at the Philadelphia Art Alliance last year. Some of his recent works in the show featuring toys and Hello Kitty iconography are inspired by pop culture and Wallacavage’s love of vintage Americana. [Cheers laughingsquid]
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The Vampire Squid is the Pussycat of the Ocean
With Halloween just around the corner, I was hoping this would be a story about a demon-like vampire that lived in the depths of the sea and killed and maimed innocent victims by the masses… but of course things aren’t always what they seem. According to most vampire legends, vampires live solely on blood…so with
Just a Baby Octopus Explosion
I’ll say it for you…”AWWWW, I want one” TIL: The Caribbean Octopus Vulgaris stops eating after it lays eggs and then sadly dies soon after they hatch, which kinda puts a damper on the whole ‘congratulations, it’s a boy’ cake. The biologist responsible for their care, Richard Ross, caught the hatching of the eggs from
Bringing the Ocean inside – Ink filled Venomous Octopus Chair
This thing would look awesome in my office, right under my octopus tentacle wall trophy. From the mind of Designer Maximo Riera, the Octopus Chair is the first piece of 15 different works soon to hit his Animal Chair collection which is going to include everything from reptiles to mammals and even a beetle. The
Project Squid Skin – Ocean inspired Camouflage for our Troops
What better way to come up with a new type of camouflage than by going to the pros….the underwater pros. Cephalopod skin, which is found in sea creatures like octopus, squid and cuttlefish, has some primitive optical abilities — their skin has the same light-sensing proteins found in eyes — that allow them to “see”
The Octopus tentacle wall trophy mount
Some trophy hunters have a caribou head and some wild game hunters have a lions head mounted on their wall, I prefer an octopus tentacle wall trophy mount. Animal lovers need not worry, because the wall tentacle is actually made from household materials, like used paper, sawdust, starch and glue. The whole thing was coated
