When you can’t fall back to sleep, instead of counting sheep, might one imagine … an octopus? Perhaps this jetting, jolting, freely floating oceanic creature completely at peace in its fathoms below might soothe the mind?

Nix the sheep. Let Otto be your guy. Set your sleepy sights on him. This new fine art mosaic from New Ravenna is comprised of thousands of pieces of glass hand nipped and arranged into octopus form.

Known for their remarkable intelligence, the octopus is considered a guardian in the waters of the deep, protecting sailors and helping them find safe passage through perilous waters.

Marcie McComb led the team of five master mosaicists to create Otto. His brilliant hues—red, blues, pinks, and even accents of 24k gold—are nestled among tumbled navy matte glass resembling the briny depths of his watery world. The suckers on his eight arms call to mind Kandinsky’s Color Study: Squares with Concentric Circles (1913).

New Ravenna even used copper glass from Italy in this one, a conscious choice as it is “a nod to octopuses’ blue-colored blood derived from copper.”

Otto measures in at 182 square feet. His tentacles fall from the wall onto the floor.

Designer Jacquelyn Bizzotto says the inspiration of Otto’s color palette stems from the emotional and symbolic meanings associated with different colors. “Orange evokes warmth and vibrancy,” she says, “while blue suggests calmness and mystery.”

New Ravenna mosaics are available in showrooms throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Each one can be customized in color, size, and design. Appropriate for indoors or out.

Include Otto wherever the nautical or wide open sea is celebrated.

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