Artist Spotlight

Howdy Nation! In today’s post, we are going to be featuring our ‘Artist Spotlight’ of the week: Heather and Jeff Thompson. A husband & wife glassblowing team, these two have been creating sculptures together for over 20 years. That fact alone is jaw-dropping! Let’s take a look at how they create their handmade glass octopus…

Howdy Nation! In today’s post, we are going to be featuring our ‘Artist Spotlight’ of the week: Sujay Sanan. Inspired by his latest collection, Ultramarine, he will be showing us how he uses special drawing pencils to sketch a beautiful octopus while in metachrosis! Meet Sujay Sanan! Having grown up in the Himalayas and now…

Howdy Nation! In today’s post, we are going to be featuring our ‘Artist Spotlight’ of the week: Casey Parlette. A naturalist at heart, Casey credits his adventures and anthropological studies to inspire and influence his octopus art. He will be showing us how he made a large metal octopus as well as a wooden version!…

Howdy Nation! In today’s post, we are going to be featuring our ‘Artist Spotlight’ of the week: Anna Frenkel. Anna is a biological model maker and uses her crafts and resources to bring deep-sea creatures to life! She will be showing us 4 different examples of cephalopods she has created for habitat representation of a…

Howdy Nation! In today’s post, we are going to be featuring our ‘Artist Spotlight’ of the week: Josh Brooke Coté. Josh is an expert when it comes to wire sculptures- and this octopus piece really says it all. He is here to give us a closer look at how he created this octopus art sculpture…

Howdy Nation! In today’s post, we are going to be featuring our ‘Artist Spotlight’ of the week: Rafael Vallaperde. Rafael shows his love for octopuses by creating works of art using CGI programs! He is here today to walk us through his process and show us a few of his octopus-inspired images. Meet Rafael Vallaperde!…