Shake-A-Shelf Press & Media Information
Shake-A-Shelf at a glance
Shake-A-Shelf is the original handmade shakable miniature bookshelf series created in 2022 by Massachusetts artist Scott Calzolaio, who works under the artist name Scott Caz. The work helped spark the wider online phenomenon of interactive “anxiety bookshelves” and shakable miniature libraries.
Short description
Shake-A-Shelf combines miniature book art with an openable shadow-box display. The tiny books remain loose, allowing the piece to be shaken, rearranged, organized, or displayed in whatever state its owner prefers.
Key facts
- Creator and maker: Scott Calzolaio
- Artist name: Scott Caz
- Based in: Massachusetts, USA
- Original release: December 2022
- Format: handmade interactive miniature bookshelf and shadow-box book art
- Miniature books: individually folded by hand from paper with a foam core
- Shelving: basswood
- Current display frames: radiata-pine shadow boxes made for Shake-A-Shelf
- Identification: current handcrafted shelf models are signed and numbered
Current models
- The Original Shake-A-Shelf: 10.5 × 8.5 × 3 inches; roughly 200 miniature books.
- The Nook: 8.5 × 4 × 3 inches; roughly 75 miniature books.
- The Short Stack: 5 × 4 × 3 inches; roughly 35 miniature books.
Terminology
Online audiences may describe this general type of object as an anxiety bookshelf, shakable bookshelf, fidget bookshelf, miniature bookshelf, or miniature library. Shake-A-Shelf is the original named handmade series created by Scott Calzolaio under the artist name Scott Caz.
Suggested attribution
For editorial use: “Shake-A-Shelf is a handmade interactive miniature bookshelf series created by Massachusetts artist Scott Calzolaio, working under the artist name Scott Caz.”
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