Artist Spotlight

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!…

Howdy Nation! In today’s post, we will be featuring our ‘Artist Spotlight’ of the week: Hayley Egan. Hayley is here to talk to us and share her process for creating some beautiful octopus sculptures and jewelry, specifically her 1930’s inspired chandelier! Meet Hayley Egan! I’m really pumped to introduce you all to today’s artist- Hayley Egan!…

Howdy Nation! In today’s post, we are going to be featuring our ‘Artist Spotlight’ of the week: Stephanie Hongo, also known as Sugarfox. Stephanie is best known for building animals using recycled plastic and various other discarded items or junk. In this interview, we will be learning all about Stephanie’s process of creating a ‘trash’ octopus…