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Hummingbird Flipbook Machine

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$1440 $2400 In stock

Category: Collectibles

This motor-driven Flipbook Machine brings images to life through paper and mechanics. Flipping pages make these handmade sculptures live in real sound and space. Creatures flit and flicker by to awaken the poetry of movement and inspire through nature and invention.

Created by kinetic artist J. C. Fontanive in 2004 and handmade in his NYC studio. Each machine is hand-crafted from Stainless Steel and inlayed with individual archival inkjet prints on acid-free paper.

Black-Throated Mango. Released in 2021 by J. C. Fontanive with original artwork by Sheila Fontanive. Motor-Driven. Limited Edition of 75.

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Hummingbird Flipbook Machine

Designer

J. C. Fontanive

Brand

Flipbook Machine

Material

Metal and Electronics

Size

5.5 x 4.25 inches

Origin

New York

Customer Reviews (4.6 / 5 · 5 reviews)

James V. ★★★★★

The little motor is whisper-quiet, so the only thing you really hear is the paper flipping. My hummingbird sculpture actually flickers like it's hovering in midair.

Penelope Y. ★★★★★

I've had it running on my desk for a week and the flipbook pages still catch me off guard when the little hummingbird flickers past in the light. The handmade paper sculptures feel surprisingly sturdy for how delicate they look mid-flip. Watching the mechanism turn still images into motion is oddly

Daniel Z. ★★★★★

The motor is quiet enough that I forget it's running until a bird flickers past in the corner of my eye. My niece sat and watched the pages flip for ten straight minutes, which never happens. It's a strange, lovely little thing to own.