Robert Chaplin

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Robert Chaplin
Born(1968-01-17)January 17, 1968
Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
EducationFine Art at the University of Victoria
Known forartist, publisher

Robert Chaplin RCA (born January 17, 1968) is a Canadian artist and publisher, currently based in Vancouver. His practice includes carving gem stones, making sculptures, drawing and painting pictures, writing stories, and publishing books. He holds the Guinness World Record for publishing the world's smallest book. [1] [2]

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Career

Born in Smithers, British Columbia, Chaplin studied Fine Art at the University of Victoria, and was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2004. [3]

His obsidian carving representing the North Wind was awarded third place in the Objects of Art category of the 2002 AGTA Cutting Edge Awards. [4]

In 2010 his book Brussels Sprouts & Unicorns was awarded first place in the Alcuin Society Awards for "excellence in book design in Canada". [5] [6] In 2006 his book Ten Counting Cat was awarded second place in the Alcuin Awards. [7] Teeny Ted from Turnip Town (2007), created in association with nanoscientists at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, and written by Malcolm Chaplin, is the world's smallest book, [8] at 69 x 97 micrometres square. [9] [10] Chaplin's other books include Alien Alphabet (1994), The Matchbook-a fireside fable, [11] Ten Counting Cat, [11] The Elephant Book, [12] Delicious Chicken Soup, [13] and Brussels Sprouts & Unicorns. [6]

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  6. 1 2 "Vancouver Sun - Vancouver artist acknowledged for creating the world's smallest book". www.vancouversun.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
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  8. ↑ "Huffington Post - World's Smallest Book: Robert Chaplin's Teeny Ted From Turnip Town". Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "SCWIST member Karen Kavanagh co-publishes world's tiniest book". Archived from the original on 10 February 2012.
  10. ↑ "SFU News Online - World's tiniest book - May 3, 2007". www.sfu.ca.
  11. 1 2 "Tri City News - A GOOD READ: These books, flicks, mags aren't bestsellers but they're good". Archived from the original on 28 August 2009.
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  13. ↑ Tay, Rebecca (31 December 2008). "The Read: Delicious Chicken Soup" – via The Globe and Mail.


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