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Puppet Designer Seeks to Breathe New Life Into the Endangered Craft of Marionette Making
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (164+ words) Laughing Squid Award-winning puppet designer Oliver Hymans, Associate Director of the Little Angel Theatre in London, spoke about bringing life to inanimate objects while seeking to breathe new life into the endangered craft of marionette making. Oliver is trained in…...
How Iconic Blackwing Pencils Are Made
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (123+ words) Laughing Squid Blackwing showcased the meticulous craftsmanship behind their iconic hexagonal pencils, beginning with the precise blending of graphite and clay in Kofu, Japan, where the graphite is extruded, fired at high heat, and treated with wax. The graphite is…...
A Vividly Patterned Digital Camouflage Shirt Designed to Confuse AI Detection Systems
1+ week, 4+ day ago (161+ words) Laughing Squid Digital artist Simon Weckert created vividly patterned shirts designed to confuse AI person-detection systems and make wearers harder for them to recognize. Weckert calls this illusory style Digital Camouflage because it disrupts algorithms with an “adversarial pattern” they…...
Athletes Use Classical Sculpture Replicas as Gym Weights In an Art Project About the Value of Beauty
2+ week, 6+ day ago (138+ words) Laughing Squid Lithuanian artist Augustas Serapinas explores the enduring value placed on physical beauty through his long-running Physical Culture project, which uses sculptural replicas as functional gym weights. The Western ideal of beauty — athletic, harmonious, and balanced — can be traced…...