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In the delectable premiere episode of the new First We Feast (previously) Japanese cuisine series Gochi Gang, host Reina Scully explored the incredible array of delicious street food available at Japan Village inside of Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Scully was joined by Mike Chen of Strictly Dumpling and Sakura Yagi of T.I.C. Restaurant...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Exploring the Incredible Array of Delicious Street Food at Industry City’s Japan Village in Sunset Park, Brooklyn first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A wonderfully buoyant golden retriever named Leny (With one N) who lives in Spokane, Washington, gleefully sends his entire body down hills whenever he has the chance. While in motion, Leny seems roll himself over so he’s upside down. This way he’s getting in a good back scratch as he’s making his way to the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Gleeful Dog Repeatedly Slides Down Hills Upside Down first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the 2019 version of their wonderfully creative annual holiday adverts for British department store John Lewis, a little girl named Ava and her excitable pet dragon Edgar eagerly attempt to celebrate the holiday season in their small English town. Unfortunately, winter activities such as snowman building and ice skating, do not lend themselves kindly...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Excitable Fire-Breathing Dragon Tries Take Part in Winter Activities in the 2019 John Lewis Christmas Ad first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The iconic Star Wars droid R2-D2 has been made into a number of household (and architectural) items such as a German Observatory, a coffee press, a teapot, a desk lamp, beer steins and even a desktop vacuum cleaner, so it’s perfectly natural to see the beloved droid making popcorn with an adorable Star Wars R2-D2...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorable Star Wars R2-D2 Popcorn Popper first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In January 2019, the legendary Pete Townshend of The Who began recording a vlog in order keep everyone in the loop about what’s happening with the band, what’s being recorded and where it’s being recorded. In one such entry, a surprisingly gregarious Townshend offered a personal tour of Grand Cru Studios, a fantastic recording studio...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Legendary Pete Townshend of The Who Gives a Tour of ‘Grand Cru’, His Recording Studio on a Barge first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an unusual interview episode of Glove and Boots (previously), a very elegantly dressed Fafa the Groundhog visited with a somewhat indignant Ewok who stated that he and his kind are being shunned by Hollywood because there haven’t been any parts for them since Return of the Jedi in 1983. The Ewok explained, through a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Fafa the Groundhog of ‘Glove and Boots’ Interviews an Ewok Who Feels He’s Being Shunned by Hollywood first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A little boy named Jules toddled himself out the back door, across the patio and onto the grass just to give his beloved black dog Luna a great big hug. Luna welcomed the hug and even turned back for some more of Jules’ hugging. Once Jules was done, he headed back inside, hoping that Luna...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Little Boy Adorably Toddles Outside Just to Give His Beloved Black Dog a Great Big Hug first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Brent Walter, a self-described “maker and builder of a variety of things”, has created a really clever “Volkspod” minibikes that are built out of fenders from vintage Volkswagen Beetles. Walter came up with this idea in March 2019 while working his home workshop in Huntington, Indiana. The project appears have been borne out a complete...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Minibikes Built Out of Welded Fenders From Vintage Volkswagen Beetles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Award-winning engineering oceanographer Derya Akkaynak has created an amazing algorithm that removes the typical blue-green visual distortion from photos that were taken underwater. The algorithm, called Sea-Thru, helps photographers easily reconstruct the actual colors of the underwater object by correcting the color distortion pixel by pixel, making it look like the photo was taken on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Oceanographer’s Amazing Algorithm That Removes Blue-Green Visual Distortion From Underwater Photos first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an eye-opening video essay, video producer Ju Shardlow of Insider takes a look at the history of specialized prosthetic contact lenses that change eye color, shape and size for films and television. Sharlow also paid a visit to optometrist Sinead Sweeney to learn how these incredibly transformative, hand-painted lenses are made and even had...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Prosthetic Contact Lenses That Change Eye Color, Shape and Size Are Made For Film and Television first appeared on Laughing Squid.

As part of their ongoing series of visualizations, PhD student and self-described data geek Data Is Beautiful has created an animated timeline of the most popular genres of music from 1910 through 2019. In the early 1900s, opera was the most popular music category. A little more than a century later, Hip Hop/Rap dominated the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Timeline of the Most Popular Music Genres (1910-2019) first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Axe Heaven creates highly detailed, 10″ replicas of famous guitars played by some of the most iconic musicians in the world. Each officially licensed mini-guitar comes with a replica stand and replica case. While not playable, the look of each distinctive guitar evokes the memory of once hearing its inspiration being played. Among this collection...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Highly Detailed Miniature Replicas of Famous Guitars first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Online novelty pencil store Pop Colors has created a set of non-toxic, colored pencils that come in shades with names that are cleverly crafted with a distinctive Star Wars theme. The shades include such names as Darth Shader, Chewbacco, Return of The Redi, Bluke Skywalker Maroonium Falcon, Princess Leialac, R-2 Deep Blue, C-3Pgold, Obi-Sun Kenobi,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Colored Pencils With Clever Star Wars Themed Shades first appeared on Laughing Squid.

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? @kusabanaasobi ????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/JYpnb0jF8Y — ?????? (@shashin_kikaku) June 26, 2019 Japanese nature artist kusabanaasobi, which means “plant play” in Japanese, creates origami birds and other adorable creatures out of leaves, grass, flowers, acorns and peanuts. She also provides helpful tutorials showing how she folds the leaves in order to get such remarkable results. The artist...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Japanese Artist Creates Adorable Origami Creatures Out of Leaves, Flowers, Grass, Acorns and Peanuts first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an amusing advertisement for Indian payments platform Airpay by Timur Abdulov and Irina Skaletskaya, a group of fierce extra-terrestrials attack a city after hearing a heated speech decrying aliens by a certain politician and kill every human on sight. Despite this extreme violence on the streets and the dire warnings of his friend, a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Angry Aliens Invade a City That Only Takes Cash first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1973, artist Salvador Dalí was approached by Eon Productions film producer Albert R. Broccoli to create a deck of Tarot cards for the James Bond film Live and Let Die. The legendary artist set about doing the work, using himself and his beloved wife Gala as models. Unfortunately a significant financial issue arose making...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Salvador Dalí’s Surreal Tarot Cards From the 1970s and 1980s Are Being Re-Released As a Complete Deck first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Italian street artist Pier Paolo Spinazzi, aka CIBO, fights fascism with cans of spray paint, transforming hateful graffiti into enticing images of food. CIBO (a word that means “food” in Italian) founded this mission in 2008 and has been going non-stop ever since. CIBO’s strong beliefs, positive attitude, and immense talent allows him to fight...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Turns Hateful Graffiti Into Enticing Food Drawings first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The very creative people at Dorothy have released the “Children’s Book Map”, a very colorful print that celebrates the magic of children’s literature. This 50cm x70cm (19.6″x 27.5″) poster incorporates such iconic titles as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, “Harry Potter”, “Fantastic Mr Fox”, “If I Ran the Circus”, “The Lion the Witch and the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Colorfully Illustrated Map That Celebrates the Magic of Children’s Books With 50 Classic Titles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A beloved pet raccoon named Tito went toy shopping at the pet store with his dedicated human Mitchell. The pair also took their cat Felix along for the trip because Tito wanted to share in the experience. The gregarious raccoon also made a number of friends while perusing the aisles for something fun to bring...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Rescued Raccoon Goes Toy Shopping at a Pet Store first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Biomedical scientist and microscopy enthusiast My Microscopic World created a really beautiful explanatory video that reveals the surprising beauty of various forms of tiny life as shown under a microscope that has been adapted with polarized life. These micro forms of life include insect larvae, isopods and crustaceans. A few weeks ago, I modified my...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Surprising Beauty of Microscopic Insects, Isopods and Crustaceans Illuminated With Polarized Light first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A touching Renault ad tells the story of a beautiful, burgeoning relationship that begins when a British girl goes off to France as an exchange student. She stays with a family who has a girl her own age and the two become the best of friends with the help of the family Renault. When the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Love Story Between Two Women Taking Place Over 30 Years Told in Touching Ad for the New Renault CLIO first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Arnold, the very intelligent octopus at Octolab who previously cleared obstacles from his favorite barrel and squeezed through increasing smaller slots in a transparent wall, found himself having to perform both tasks in the same challenge thanks to a viewer’s request. Please place a transparent plastic divider with a smaller square-shaped lower opening to the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Determined Octopus Removes Obstacles From Divider Opening to Squeeze Through to His Beloved Barrel first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Saturday Morning Rewind put together a wonderful compilation of interviews, cartoons and video clips that pays beautiful tribute the immense vocal talent of the late, greatly missed Robin Williams (previously), who tragically passed away in 2014. Come along as we celebrate Robin Williams, one of the greatest actors of our time. Related Laughing Squid PostsRobin...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderful Compilation Showcasing the Immense Vocal Talent of the Late, Greatly Missed Robin Williams first appeared on Laughing Squid.

La Machine, the incredible machine art group based in Nantes, France, who previously built a giant kinetic Minotaur named “Le Gardien du Temple” (The Guardian of the Temple) and the enormous mechanical spider named “La Princesse”, have created “Le Dragon de Calais”. This gorgeous mechanical fire-breathing dragon, which requires 17 people to operate, was paraded...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Giant Fire-Breathing Mechanical Dragon Operated by 17 People Parades Through the Streets of Calais first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Data Is Beautiful (previously), a first year PhD student and self-described data geek who enjoys making visualizations as a hobby, created a fascinating animated timeline video that shows the best-selling music artists from the first quarter of 1969 through the third quarter of 2019. The data for this timeline was compiled through a number of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Fascinating Animated Timeline of the Best Selling Music Artists From 1969 Through 2019 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele of the comedy team of Key and Peele quite masterfully parody the 1995 neo-noir film The Usual Suspects with a sketch that goes right to the heart of the film. Key plays a detective and Peele (channeling a very early Kevin Spacey) plays an alarmingly calm suspect in an investigation....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Suspect Creates Story From Detective’s Bulletin Board in a Key and Peele Parody of ‘The Usual Suspects’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During the final round of Jeopardy during the “2019 Tournament of Champions”, longtime host Alex Trebek posed the question “In the title of a groundbreaking 1890 expose of poverty in New York City slums, these 3 words follow ‘How the'”. The three contestants took their time in posing their responses. When time was up, Trebek...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Surprised Jeopardy Host Alex Trebek Has an Emotional Response to Contestant’s ‘We Love You, Alex!’ Answer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Kitty Rose Morgan creates really exceptional paper sculptures, particularly of dogs and cats. Morgan isn’t only limited to domestic animals, as she also makes sculptures of wild birds, tigers and even an upside-down elephant. Morgan stated that its precisely the limitations of this particular medium is what makes Morgan’s sculptures so meaningful to her....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Paper Animal Sculptures by Kitty Rose Morgan first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Luca Stricagnoli, who performs gorgeous acoustic versions of popular songs gave a stunning performance covering the Coolio song “Gangsta’s Paradise”. Using a specialized muting capo, Stricagnoli brilliantly captured each element of the song by tamping harmonics from the upper frets of his guitar, strumming from the lower frets and using a tiny microphone attached...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Stunning Acoustic Cover of Coolio’s ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ on a Creatively Capo’d Guitar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a rather amusing classic 2010 sketch from Saturday Night Live, a loving father (Fred Armisen) asks his daughter at her wedding if she’d mind if he and his former bandmates (Bill Hader, Ashton Kutcher, and Dave Grohl) played one of their songs together for one last time. The blushing bride agreed. What she didn’t...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Father Reunites With His Punk Rock Band to Play “Fistfight in the Parking Lot” at His Daughter’s Wedding first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In advance of The Who’s upcoming album All This Music Must Fade, legendary musicians Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, along with their label, have released incredible, high quality remastered footage of a private show that took place on the B-Stage at Shepperton Studios in May 1978. During the performances, Daltrey tossed his microphone, Moon was...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Remastered Footage of The Who Performing ‘Baba O’Riley’ and ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ in May 1978 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Chef Frank Proto, the Director of Culinary Operations at the Institute of Culinary Education demonstrated for Epicurious how to best peel, cut, slice and sometimes smash a variety of fruits like a professional. Proto sliced up such common fruits as apples, oranges, plums, melons and grapefruits along with more exotic varieties such as gooseberry, dragonfruit,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Slice a Wide Variety of Fruits Like a Professional first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In February 2019, researchers at MIT announced that they had developed a smaller, lighter and more agile version of their Cheetah quadrupedal robot that could do backflips. Just seven months later, the researchers took nine of these incredible creations out onto the lawn of Killian Court to test them out. While the robots were always...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Nine Mini Cheetah Robots ‘Playing’ Like Little Children first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In preparation for Halloween, a teacher at Studio 1.6, a visual arts school in Alameda, California very cleverly crafted an adorable bat with unfolding wings. The bat was made with very simple yet strategically arranged supplies. Sneak peak of Halloween project that I prepared for our young students. Paper bat, drawn and cut, white pencil,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorable Paper Bat With Unfolding Wings first appeared on Laughing Squid.

NYC Parks has put together a really wonderful online map of all public trees planted in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island, in order to encourage its citizens to become stewards of the urban green spaces within New York City. The New York City Street Tree Map is the world’s most accurate and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Interactive Map That Shows All the Public Trees in Each Neighborhood of New York City’s Five Boroughs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While touring the Kunming area of southwestern China, a tourist captured fascinatingly eerie footage of a creepy carp with an extremely human-like face approaching the shore of the lake where it was swimming. The oddly anthropomorphically visaged fish nibbled a bit along the edge and the drifted away. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Elfoid, A Creepy...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Creepy Fish With an Oddly Human-Like Face first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A two year old named Everlee and her dedicated dog Dude carried on several rather loud, but adorable conversations that appeared to be in a language all their own. The little girl was diagnosed with a form of epilepsy that causes speech delays, but Dude, who has been with the family since Everlee was born,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Little Girl and Her Beloved Dog Have Loud Conversations in a Language of Their Very Own first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2012, we wrote about the highly realistic Marshall Mini-Fridge that featured real amps and knobs found on their signature amplifiers and musical equipment. In 2019, they introduced two new versions of this badass beer fridge. The first is the 2019 Black Edition 3.2 Marshall Medium Capacity Bar Fridge, which is 3.2 cubic feet for...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Badass Updated Marshall Stack Mini-Fridges for 2019 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A pranking human quite humorously encircled an adorable bunny named Pipkin with a ring of carrots in order to wake him up. Pipkin, who was sleeping very soundly on the floor at first had no idea, but once he got a whiff of the yummy treat awaiting him, Pipkin woke from his extremely deep slumber...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Encircles His Deeply Sleeping Rabbit With Lots of Yummy Carrots in a Creative Effort to Wake Him Up first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mashup maker KamTacos took the very light and bouncy major key of the iconic John Denver song “(Take Me Home) Country Roads” and replaced it with a minor key. This half-step scale adjustment had a truly profound effect upon the song, making it mournful, anguished and even a bit discordant. Here’s the original happy version...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Mournful, Anguished Sound of the Iconic John Denver Song ‘Country Roads’ Remixed in a Minor Key first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While traversing frigid waters, the passengers and crew of a South African Gemini ship were surprised to find a friendly Beluga whale swimming up to their craft. The whale seemed very eager to play, so several of the rugby fans onboard took turns tossing a 2019 Rugby World Cup ball into the ocean. The boisterous...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Friendly Beluga Whale Plays Fetch With Crew of a South African Ship Using a 2019 Rugby World Cup Ball first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2017, street artists Blesea and Baby.K transformed an abandoned blockhouse fort on a beach in Réveille, France into the distinctive dragon Shenron from Dragon Ball. This antlered dragon, which was finished on Christmas Day, is able to make wishes come true. “Sacred Dragon, grant my wish” of Blesea and Baby.K realized in December 2017...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Artists Transform Shoreline Fort Into Shenron Dragon first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video essayist Thomas Flight takes a look at the sublime writing style of Vince Gilligan, particularly the methodical manner in which he develops the characters of in Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and El Camino, defines them through the problems they face and how they implement solutions to move forward. Flight notes that these solutions...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Methodical Way Vince Gilligan Develops His Characters by Showing How They Solve Problems first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating three-part video essay series, Earth Titan of Titan Top List looked at the origins of certain fruits and vegetables. Counting down from ten, the host noted in great detail how different in looks, taste, and texture the wild originals were from the modern versions we eat today. Have you ever wondered what...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Domestication Changed the Look, Texture, and Taste of Some Wild Fruits and Vegetables first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Rogan Brown crafts delicate laser cut paper sculptures that look like living organisms such as coral and bacteria. This effect is by design as Brown seeks to explore the beauty of scientific discovery and present it in such a way as to make it far more attractive and far less off-putting than the real...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Delicate Laser Cut Paper Sculptures That Look Like Living Organisms first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The very talented folks at OMY Design have created a wonderful line of giant, illustrated city (and country) maps that are made to be colored in – either as a fun group project for a big group of or a nice, quiet quest for a creative family. The company encourages people to color both inside...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Giant Illustrated City Maps Made For Coloring Both Inside and Outside the Lines With Family and Friends first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating episode of the PBS Digital Studios series Eons, host Blake de Pastino explains how modern cats originated from two very different ancient feline source populations that were thousands of years apart from one another. The more commonly known source population came from Egypt, where cats were worshipped as gods. Yet an ancient...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Separate Ancient Feline Source Populations at Different Times Led to Modern Cat Domestication first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist and photographer John Poppleton creates absolutely gorgeous glowing UV paintings that he draws on the bodies of female models and photographs under blacklight conditions. The beautiful shape of a woman’s body lends itself to the ethereal landscape of the art. The idea for his process just came to him one day after many years...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Gorgeous Blacklight Scenes Painted on Naked Bodies first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1993, the late, great Kurt Cobain and the members of Nirvana came to New York City for their momentous MTV Unplugged performance. In honor of the 25th anniversary of the show in 2018, the band put out previously unreleased rehearsal videos from that historic show. These videos are also be included on their anniversary...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Amazing Classic Footage of Nirvana Rehearsing and Performing at Their MTV Unplugged Show in 1993 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a truly powerful and rather timely sculpture series by Bruno Catalano (Previously) entitled “Les Voyageurs” (“Travelers”), ragged, fractured travelers make their way across different parts of Venice to present themselves at the pleasure of others. They appear alive, but broken in so many places that the human eye can only imagine what they were...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Ragged, Fractured Travelers Make Their Way Across Venice in Powerful Sculpture Series by Bruno Catalano first appeared on Laughing Squid.