Low Rise by Peter Root

Low Rise by Peter Root

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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.

Low Rise by Peter Root

November16th 2009

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49 Comments

  1. wow!

  2. I love this. I find myself making piles of staples also.

  3. You need more pics. Awesome piece.

  4. wow absolutley amazing great job

  5. Talk about Staples Center!

  6. That is just too awesome

  7. WORK AT STAPLES FOR ANY GIVEN AMOUNT OF TIME, AND YOU’LL NEVER LOOK AT THEM THE SAME. THE HORROR.

  8. I just did a drawing of the LA skyline with the San Gabriel Mountains Where the mountains were made of staplers, and the buildings were made of staples. It’s great to see it in sculpture form!

  9. respect!

  10. So beautiful. I would also have liked to have seen it as it was being demolished…

  11. its just some staples?

  12. This guy must not have a job. I USE staples on my job.

  13. pretty damn sweet! i’d cover it in glue and not let anyone near!!

  14. Nice very creative. Keep it up.

  15. 15.
    mereology
    Nov 24th, 2009

    i love this, i love art that looks at mundane items from a different perspective, well done great piece!

  16. He obviously doesn’t have cats ;0

  17. 17.
    chris Barrass
    Nov 24th, 2009

    it looks great but that thing isn’t secure REALLY??? if you knocked that table it would be all over?

  18. Wow, now that’s what I call procrastination ;)

  19. 19.
    Suspucious Duck
    Nov 25th, 2009

    Wow. O_O

  20. its too good… one of the best things I came across in the last few days… ULTIMATE

  21. This is good creative work..

  22. some negative jerk always has to leave a rude or stupid comment. WHYYYY???

  23. Reminds me of the menu-animation for Mirror’s Edge, well done!

  24. I have a natural aversion to Origami ,it just seems so useless! But this makes sense: I like it!

  25. he probably doesn’t have a girlfriend either.

  26. 26.
    faceplant
    Nov 26th, 2009

    somebody has too much time on their hands

  27. Wonderful!!!

  28. make sure to post the video when the “earthquake” occurs ;)

  29. 29.
    KL Bailey Art
    Nov 26th, 2009

    That is so cool!! Although I must say you’re very brave to not glue them down or something – I would probably knock one over right at the end and mess the whole thing up :P

  30. 30.
    Aidy Adnan
    Nov 26th, 2009

    That is totally awesome! but there’s no glue or nuttin? Incredible mate.

  31. i think that this is stupid and uncreative.
    you didnt put much time into this, nor did you put much craft.
    get over yourself and try thinking next time instead of just pulling rows of staples out and turning them on their side.

    correct me if im wrong, anyone, but there is NOTHING to this

  32. Güzel bir çal??ma.
    asoskay

  33. this is what creative minds do when they’re free.
    great one.

  34. 34.
    christina stubblefield
    Nov 27th, 2009

    omg thats sooooooooooo cool ttyl

  35. this is so sick. you amaze me. inspiration.

  36. Assemblage at it’s finest. I just did a research paper about the Assemblage movement and wish I’d have found this picture beforehand! Beautiful!

  37. really creative : )

  38. you can almost taste the cocaine residue on that table. if the ‘artist’ did that sober, one can only ask why

  39. 39.
    Brian Duey
    Nov 29th, 2009

    Wow, this is so cool. It’s interesting to me when people use non conventional materials to create art. Cool post :)

  40. 40.
    Ellie Jordan
    Nov 30th, 2009

    This is awesome!

  41. staples are stuck together when you take them out of the box(pretty well stuck together too) so the stacks might fall but its not like there will be millions of single staples everywhere if it gets bumped, i do like it though

  42. EPIC

  43. 43.
    gerald enriquez
    Dec 11th, 2009

    so fantastic…..

  44. ur realy bored!

  45. Wow so many haters! This was both a cool and simple idea, and you made it beautiful. Very neat!

  46. OMG, how cool!

  47. 47.
    Ivan Damiron
    Jan 4th, 2010

    I’ve allready done this in 2003 in my class of Design VI … :s
    Very Cool!

  48. Get a job

  49. 49.
    Peter Root-Wiley
    Mar 6th, 2010

    very cool man. my name it peter root-wiley by the way and i just stumbled upon this. nice!