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Mortimer the Giant Squidby ~skei

Artisan Crafts / Dolls, Plushies & Custom Toys / Plushies

Meet Mortimer - my silkscreening final project. He's roughly... (upon just now measuring) 13+ feet tall from the top of the head to the end of his tentacles (yes, he has eight, plus the two extra squiddy ones).

The project was supposed to be large-scale, and I decided to create this based on a print that I made in Japan (but never posted, whoops). He's much larger than intended, hahahaha...but I've been wanting to do something like this for a while.

He's made of hand-dyed velour (the blue, the burgundy of the beak was purchased as-is), hand-dyed and dye-printed sateen (underside of tentacles), and a little fleece on the beak. The eyes are hand-made out of sculpey, which is on a bolt and attached in a fashion similar to regular doll eyes. His tentacle pattern is printed using dye-printing screenprinting techniques.

Find out more about the submarine and little fisherman in these detail shots:
[link] - Fisherman
[link] - Sub Details I
[link] - Sub Details II
[link] - Mort's face

The point of this piece is to be really adorable, mostly. The squid is supposed to be cute and playful, but in reality, it's a really scary experience for the people in the submarine!

He was a real challenge to make, as I've never worked with something this size (AND NEVER WILL AGAIN, my god). I wish his legs were showed off more, he seems a little cramped, but otherwise he would've been hard to fit into the picture. xD Mort here took about 3 boxes of 10-lb polyfill to fully stuff. I had to wrestle him a lot to get things attached - especially the legs. He was a very physical project, and I almost couldn't get him out the door to go to my crit!

My favorite parts are the doll eyes that I custom-made, and I thought the beak was really successful. Plus, 13-FOOT SQUID WHAT.

Overall I'm pleased, but I never want to do this again.

But anyway, this is part of the reason I haven't been around a lot, lately! Too busy falling asleep on squid sofas, you see.
_{Actually, he's very comfy to lay on. Mmmm velour.}

Thanks to ~bluucircles for letting him stay at her apartment/helping me with pictures/helping me keep my sanity during this project.

Uhhhhm, I think I spent 3-4 weeks on this final project. I don't entirely remember!

_{I'm sure I left something out, as it's so early. Hmmm.}

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~tatianaloveart Aug 28, 2012

amazing toy

~mizugaa Dec 11, 2011

I loved it! What do you study, may I ask you? :3

*Ghost-Apple Jun 24, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Dawwww, he is so adorable! Kudos on all of your hard work. Right now I'm in the process of making the biggest plush I've made to date who is also a squid, but much smaller than your guy! x

~SophieValentine Sep 1, 2009

Wow. How bizarre. Here I am, looking for references pictures for a squid...so I can make one...a big one...for a screen-printing project...lol.

Apparently, I'm not the only one who thinks making a giant squid is a cool idea. ^__^

Your's is very cute, I love the "sucker" pattern, and the submarine is just priceless.

~crazysteve2000 Apr 4, 2009

if that was for sale, i'd have it already.

~skei Jun 21, 2009

Haha, thank you! He would be so hard to ship. I'd need a U-Haul!!

~crazysteve2000 Jun 22, 2009

are you kidding me!, a commercial jet luggage room XD

~BakaMichi Mar 22, 2009 General Artist

That is positively amazing!

It must've taken forever to make something on such a huge scale.

I'd love to make something this big

And using sculpty clay to make your own custom eyes is pure genius~!

~skei Mar 23, 2009

Thank you!

It did take a really long time. x_x

I think it's a good experience to make something really large, but man, I never want to do it again! And I wish now that I had used model magic for the eyes - it's a lot lighter and sands beautifully.

~BakaMichi Mar 23, 2009 General Artist

I think it would be a good experience too

I think I should do something of a bigger scale too, if only I wasn't so busy

I always think of the best ideas when I don't have the time to do it

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