It’s been far too long since the Department of Teeny-weeny Wonders last checked in on the exquisite creations by illustrator and self-taught embroiderer Chloe Giordano (previously featured here). Who can resist such beautifully hand-stitched animals that are also the size of a thimble?
Artist Raymond Cicin collected discarded ballpoint pens and spent more than a year creating this enormous and highly-detailed octopus drawing.
The octopus in question, an octopus vulgaris (common octopus), was inspired by an octopus lithograph from Ernst Von Haeckel (the yellow picture), a german biologist who died in 1919.
This drawing isn’t the only one – he has created other amazing artwork as well using nothing but these commonplace, lowly pens. It just goes to show that it’s often the artist, not the tool!
Fun fact, she was supposed to be WEARING that flannel shirt that’s two sizes too big for her, but I couldn’t get it to look right so I just tied it around her waist again. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
