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Staples City

Jul 26th, 2009 by pfi

When an accountant (or in this case, an artist) has too much free time (typically during training) and copious amounts of office supplies, this can happen:

Artist Peter Root has created a detailed cityscape over a mirror using staples.

high-rise-2006-detail

high-rise-2006

From his own words,

Low-Rise is a precarious assemblage of thousands of free-standing stacks of staples densely tessellated to create a city-like mosaic. Like a city, the staples are subject to the elements, on a micro scale. The slightest breath or vibration and the domino effect kicks in.

(Via Gizmodo)

Tags: Peter Root, Staples City

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