hey players, lots of people have asked me about the giant squid stuffed animal that is hanging up at HBML. they ask if i made it (i did), they ask how did i learn how to do it (by doing) and they ask how much it is. well, it’s not for sale. BUT NOW, and for a very limited time, we are offering, as a money maker for the shop (which is always is straights of varying direness but never non-dire), raffle tickets that you might win the squid in a raffle. the internet buy-in is $5 (for 6 tickets) or $10 (for 14). the squid being raffled is not the same one as the one hanging up, but it is its identical brother– one of three that i made for the “cephalopod dominance” installation i did at the dirt palace a few years ago. the squid is approximately 16 feet from tip to tip, with a mantle of approximately 6 feet and tentacles that extend another 8. it is anatomically correct- there are 10 tentacles, 2 of which are significantly longer than the others. there is also a nozzle. in order that it be easily stuffed and unstuffed, i did not make a hard beak for it- there is instead an opening at the mouth (at the center of the legs) which you can stitch up after stuffing. there are more pictures of the squid on the HBMLpage.

this is your only chance to maybe get one of these super rare sculptures, unless of course you steal the one i gave to the dirt palace or manage to shoplift the one at the store (which would be a herculean effort with a mercurial assist). you don’t need to be at the drawing to win the squid, and you don’t even have to come pick it up- we’ll ship it to you (unstuffed). again, there’s no guarantee you’ll win, but it’s like they say– there’s a dream, and if you don’t have a dream you’ll never have a dream come true.

in addition to being this potentially awesome thing for you, this squid raffle is a great way to support the shoppe, which is getting weirder and weirder but certainly not without help. to buy tickets online see relevant entry on the newly relaunched (and sstill being design-tweaked) HBML fresh garbage blog. ZAPP!