George the Giant Octopus

 If looking at this picture makes you scream

AAAAAAAAARRRGH 

THERE ARE GIANT INTESTINAL WORMS ON YOUR CRAFT TABLE

Then you should get your eyes tested, for they are, of course - 

AAAAAAAARRRGH! LOOK OUT, THERE'S A GIANT DECAPITATED OCTOPUS HEAD IN THE NEXT PICTURE!!! RUN!!!

 *exasperated sigh* 

Look, it's not a decapitated giant octopus head, OK, it's just a giant octopus head that is not attached to its legs. And the first picture is not of giant intestinal worms, they are giant octopus legs. The cluey, less terrified among you can probably therefore work out what I was TRYING to say, before I was so rudely interrupted, is that I'm making a GIANT OCTOPUS. YES. At the moment, it's clearly a work in progress. But when he's finished, he'll sit in Purple Peanuts Japanese Cafe, or possibly dangle menacingly from the ceiling. (Yes, in this picture, you can see some of my other critters hanging out there, including Takoyaki the mighty Octopus who's in the front window. Nice shot, Broadsheet!)

 George the giant octopus is a collaborative work - I've been getting lots of help from these guys, who

AAAAAAARGH! THERE'S A ZOMBIE HAMSTER IN THAT PHOTO!

 

I give up.

Takoyaki takes over

Takoyaki the Mighty Octopus has been installed at Purple Peanuts Japanese Cafe!

As you can see, he's sitting astride the front window's signage with

one tentacle hanging onto a light fitting.

He RULES that window with his tentacles of dooooom!

Legging it to Purple Peanuts

RAH!!!

I AM TAKOYAKI THE MIGHTY OCTOPUS!

BEHOLD MY MULTI-COLOURED TENTACLES OF DOOOOOM!

Um, yes. What he said.

This guy was commissioned by Peter at Purple Peanuts Japanese Cafe (620 Collins Street, Melbourne, just near Spencer Street. I recommend the vegie curry... and the handrolls...and the onigiri...the noodles are also good...basically you can't go wrong, as proven by the long queue that forms out the door at lunch time. Om nom nom delicious. The food, not the queue!)

Peter bought a few critters from me last year to display in his cafe, but recently asked me for "something bigger and not so cute" and this is what I came up with. Takoyaki's legs have pipecleaners in them so they're poseable, and I reckon his fangs put him easily into the "not so cute" category. I'll post another pic of him in the cafe once he's been installed. Oh, and if you were wondering - Takoyaki is Japanese for 'octopus balls'!