Cat and Mouse, Cat and Bird Bookshelf Illusion
This is just a pleasing art illusion. What the artist has done is taken blocks of plastic or foam and cut out the shapes of cats looking at birds. Then, what is cut out is placed on top of the blocks.
And then, to make the art functional, he sells it as bookshelves. Wouldn’t this be a cool bookshelf in an elementary school, or a little art deco for your hip apartment?
Now, the artist could have made a bit more of an optical illusion out of this by filling the gaps between the cats with another shape. If you look at the two cats facing each other, it almost looks like a bat. The artist could have slightly modified the design so that it really did look like a bat or a bird, thus showing that the elusive bird always gets away.
And it’s not only bookshelves, there are some chairs too. Very fun. Perfect for a kids room!
May 28th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
That’s pretty sweet! I think my wife, who is a teacher would really like something like that in her classroom….. man, look at the bird in the lower right, it’s all stretched out!!