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Butterfly Flipbook Machine

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$693.5 $950 In stock

Category: Art & Crafting Tools

This hand-powered 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.

Paper Kite Butterfly. Released in 2021 by J. C. Fontanive. Hand-Crank. Open Edition.

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Butterfly 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 (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Eli ★★★★★

I've been drawing little flip animations for years and this crank handle makes them actually perform instead of just sitting in a sketchbook. The whole thing is hand-powered, no batteries, so you feel every frame flick past. My nephew won't put it down.

Natalie ★★★★★

Watching my daughter's face when she turned the crank and her drawn bird actually started flapping was worth every penny. The paper mechanisms are sturdy enough that she's flipped it dozens of times without tearing anything.

Richard ★★★★★

The hand crank is what sold me — no batteries, no cords, you just turn it and the pages actually flicker to life. I've been making little bird animations for weeks and watching them move in real space never gets old.