BGuthrie Photos: MD -- Takoma Park -- Public Art: Oct O'Clock (by Stacy Cantrell)

MD -- Takoma Park -- Public Art: Oct O'Clock (by Stacy Cantrell):

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1. TAKOCT_190421_01.JPG: Giant Octopus Attacks Downtown Clock Tower! Published on: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Uncategorized Takoma Park is more than 100 miles away from the Atlantic Ocean, but a 17-foot-long octopus somehow found its way here and wrapped its giant tentacles around the downtown clock tower. In a public art project commissioned by the City of Takoma Park, fiber artist Stacy Cantrell crocheted the huge octopus in the City's colors of orange, yellow, green, and blue. With help from her husband and a friend, she installed the creature recently on the clock tower in Ward Sinclair Plaza at the intersection of Laurel Avenue and Carroll Avenue. Then she watched the smiles and dropped jaws from surprised people walking by. "I've always been in love with the ocean and sea creatures," Cantrell says. "I also like crocheting things that are the exact opposite of what people would expect. People are used to seeing a crocheted afghan lying on their couch but not a humongous yarn octopus eating a clock tower." The installation titled Oct O'Clock will be on view for several months before the colorful cephalopod is donated to a local school or children's organization. Cantrell used more than 120 pounds of yarn to create the deep-sea beast with some intricate details, including 360 crocheted suckers on its tentacles. The octopus is stuffed with more than 100 pounds of recycled plastic, including bags, water bottles, etc. The above was from https://takomaparkmd.gov/uncategorized/giant-octopus-attacks-downtown-clock-tower/
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