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Hummingbird Flipbook Machine

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$1200 $2400 In stock

Category: Luxury Gifts

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.

Customer Reviews (4.5 / 5 · 2 reviews)

Scarlett R. ★★★★★

I set it on my desk and caught myself just watching the pages flip for a solid ten minutes. The handmade paper sculptures actually flicker like they're moving, which I didn't expect from something motor-driven. Bought it as a gift but I'm keeping this one.

Violet ★★★★☆

The motor is quieter than I expected, and watching the pages flicker into motion is oddly calming on my desk. Took a day to figure out the timing so the animation loops smoothly, but once it's set it just runs.

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