Squid

Giant Squid by Cassandra Nguyen

"Giant Squid", featuring the squid-themed work of New York artist Cassandra Nguyen, opens this Friday, December 7th at the McLeod Residence in Belltown, Seattle and runs through December 29th. The event features poetry, live drawing and Seattle's Cephalopod Appreciation Society.

Cassandra's squid are actually stuffed animals, created in a variety of fabrics including ultrasuede, velvet, brocade, felt and toile. The three at McLeod Residence will each be about 20 feet long, the size of an adolescent giant squid. Cassandra became interested in giant squid after seeing a documentary on the cephalopods. The idea of being the largest creature on earth and yet never seen fascinated her. When she couldn't find anyone selling a stuffed squid, she decided to make her own and eventually refined a pattern that includes a secret pocket. Eventually she plans to make one that is 60 feet long, the size of a full grown giant squid.

Cassandra runs the "Adopt a Squid" project that we blogged about in March. UPDATE: Andy Pixel has posted some preview photos of the show.

via ectoplasmosis

photo by Andy Pixel