{"id":2884,"date":"2010-11-08T07:13:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T12:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=2884"},"modified":"2015-12-27T13:14:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T18:14:57","slug":"the-stapling-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2010\/11\/the-stapling-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stapling Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never seen such a thing as a mural made of everyday objects such as staples but somehow Baptiste Debombourg was able to achieve this incredible mural of Icarus Falling solely with staples.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2885\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2885\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Bad Banana Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/badbanana.typepad.com\/weblog\/2010\/06\/staple-murals.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2885 \" title=\"Staple Mural on Bad-banana-blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bad-banana-blog.jpg\" alt=\"Staple Mural on Bad-banana-blog, as seen on Art is Everyhwere\" width=\"450\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bad-banana-blog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bad-banana-blog-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Staple Mural via Bad Banana blog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2887\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Lost at E Minor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lostateminor.com\/2010\/02\/20\/baptiste-debombourg\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2887\" title=\"1 Baptiste-Debombourg_from lost at e minor\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/1Baptiste-Debombourg_casartblog.jpg\" alt=\"1 Baptiste-Debombourg_from lost at e minor, seen on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/1Baptiste-Debombourg_casartblog.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/1Baptiste-Debombourg_casartblog-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baptiste Debombourg Staple Mural from lost at e minor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2888\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Lost at E Minor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lostateminor.com\/2010\/02\/20\/baptiste-debombourg\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2888\" title=\"Baptiste-Debombourg2-300x200 via lost at e minor\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Baptiste-Debombourg2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Baptiste-Debombourg2-300x200 via lost at e minor, on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baptiste Debombourg Staple Mural close-up via lost at e minor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the <a title=\"Baptiste Debombourg website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baptistedebombourg.com\/news\" target=\"_blank\">artist&#8217;s website<\/a> for more information and views of his contemporary work.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m trying to envision the creative process he used to achieve the human figure (maybe a paper layout that could be removed once stapled or a projection, which would be easier) and the shadowing (staples closer together create a more dense impression). 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