Lori Dorn
Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.
Artist Places Herself Into Surreal Photographic Scenes
Ellen Sheidlin, a photographer and artist in Saint Petersburg, Russia, who puts herself into the middle of wonderfully surreal scenes that she creates from her…
Stop Motion Animated Barbie Dolls Recreate Iconic Scenes From Film, Television and Music Videos
While stuck at home, artist and animator Warren Wright created an incredible stop-motion animated series of vintage Barbie Dolls recreating iconic scenes from films, television,…
Gorgeous Hoop Embroidered Landscape Scenes
Artist Sew Beautifulx creates absolutely gorgeous, colorful hoop embroidered landscape scenes look as beautiful as the real thing. The artist depicts beautiful sunsets, flowing waterfalls,…
Filmmaker Ponders Aloud What Kind of Film He Should Make in a Philosophically Meta Animated Short Film
Brazilian filmmaker Chico Jofilsan of 2 Many Hands created the beautifully illustrated animated short film “In My Particular Case”. The film features filmmaker who ponders…
Car Restorer Creates an Adult-Sized Street-Legal Hot Rod Version of a Children’s Little Tikes Cozy Coupe
Paul Redshaw, an engineer, and car restorer, created an adult-sized, street-legal hot rod version of a classic children’s Little Tikes Cozy Coupe. Redshaw stated that…
A Helpful Tabby Cat Leaps Up To Retrieve a Package Coming Through the Front Door Mail Slot
A very bouncy tabby cat named Linnet very helpfully leaped up to the front door mail slot to retrieve the package that was coming through.…
Trombonist Plays a Cover of ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ on a Garden Watering Can While Dressed Like a Bee
Martyn Stroud performed a cover of "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov by blowing into a garden watering can.
Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky Swims Across Pool Without Spilling the Chocolate Milk on Her Head
As part of the “Got Milk” TikTok Challenge, Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky of USA Swimming swam across a competition-size pool with a delicious glass…
A Magnificent Crocheted Burger With All the Fixings
Yarn shop Olives and Bananas in Thunder Bay, Ontario, who previously created tiny carrots made from needle felted wool hanging from hoop embroidered greens, stuck…
An Inventive Automated Synthesizer That Plucks a Metal Ruler to Generate Variations of Sound
Transdisciplinary artist Dmitry Morozov has created RBS-20(cm), an inventive Arduino powered synthesizer that plucks a metal ruler to generate pitch variations of sound. These variations…