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{{short description|Canadian artist and publisher (born 1968)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{about||the British lawyer, businessman and politician|Sir Robert Chaplin, 1st Baronet}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1968|01|17}}
| birth_place = [[Smithers, British Columbia]], Canada
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| education = Fine Art at the [[University of Victoria]]
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'''Robert Chaplin''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|RCA|size=100%}} (born January 17, 1968) is a [[Canadians|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-1000/smallest-reproduction-of-a-printed-book/|title=Smallest reproduction of a printed book|publisher=|access-date=2012-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328040525/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-1000/smallest-reproduction-of-a-printed-book/|archive-date=2013-03-28|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfu.ca/university-communications/media-releases/2012/teeny-book-gets-guinness-recognition.html|title=SFU Public Affairs and Media Relations - Nano lab produces world’s smallest book - April 11, 2007|website=www.sfu.ca}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp|title=Royal Canadian Academy of Arts - Members|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526215339/http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp|archivedate=2011-05-26}}</ref>

His obsidian carving representing the North Wind was awarded third place in the Objects of Art category of the 2002 AGTA Cutting Edge Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agta.org/awards/2002-winners.html|title=2002 AGTA Spectrum Awards Winners|website=www.agta.org|access-date=2008-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205134104/http://www.agta.org/awards/2002-winners.html|archive-date=2008-02-05|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2010 his book ''Brussels Sprouts & Unicorns'' was awarded first place in the [[Alcuin Society]] Awards for "excellence in book design in Canada".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.alcuinsociety.com/2010_03_01_archive.html|title=Alcuin Society Blog: March 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204165001/http://blog.alcuinsociety.com/2010_03_01_archive.html|archivedate=2013-12-04|website=www.blog.alcuinsociety.com|access-date=2010-06-20}}</ref><ref name="vancouversun" >{{cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/Vancouver+artist+acknowledged+creating+world+smallest+book/7298979/story.html|title=Vancouver Sun - Vancouver artist acknowledged for creating the world’s smallest book|website=www.vancouversun.com|access-date=2019-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424083628/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/vancouver+artist+acknowledged+creating+world+smallest+book/7298979/story.html|archive-date=2019-04-24|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2006 his book ''Ten Counting Cat'' was awarded second place in the Alcuin Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alcuinsociety.com/awards/2005/children.html|title=The Alcuin Society - 24th Annual Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209050933/http://www.alcuinsociety.com/awards/2005/children.html|archivedate=2012-02-09}}</ref> ''[[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,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/worlds-smallest-book-chaplin_n_1917878.html| title=Huffington Post - World’s Smallest Book: Robert Chaplin’s Teeny Ted From Turnip Town| access-date=2019-11-24| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701074744/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/worlds-smallest-book-chaplin_n_1917878.html| archive-date=2017-07-01| url-status=live}}</ref> at 69 x 97 micrometres square.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scwist.ca/index.php/main/entry/scwist-member-karen-kavanagh-co-publishes-worlds-tiniest-book/|title=SCWIST member Karen Kavanagh co-publishes world’s tiniest book|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210195707/http://www.scwist.ca/index.php/main/entry/scwist-member-karen-kavanagh-co-publishes-worlds-tiniest-book/|archivedate=2012-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfu.ca/archive-sfunews/Stories/sfunews05030722.shtml|title=SFU News Online - World's tiniest book - May 3, 2007|website=www.sfu.ca}}</ref> Chaplin's other books include ''Alien Alphabet'' (1994), ''The Matchbook-a fireside fable'',<ref name="tricity">{{cite web|url=http://www.bclocalnews.com/tri_city_maple_ridge/tricitynews/lifestyles/54615272.html|title=Tri City News - A GOOD READ: These books, flicks, mags aren't bestsellers but they're good
|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828113947/https://www.bclocalnews.com/tri_city_maple_ridge/tricitynews/lifestyles/54615272.html|archivedate=2009-08-28}}</ref> '' Ten Counting Cat'',<ref name="tricity"/> ''The Elephant Book'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/721409234/the-worlds-smallest-book-a-large-print-edition|title=Kickstarter - The World's smallest book - a large print edition|access-date=2019-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424083713/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/721409234/the-worlds-smallest-book-a-large-print-edition|archive-date=2019-04-24|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Delicious Chicken Soup'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-read-delicious-chicken-soup/article20391346/|title=The Read: Delicious Chicken Soup|first=Rebecca|last=Tay|date=2008-12-31|publisher=|via=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> and ''Brussels Sprouts & Unicorns''.<ref name="vancouversun" />

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.robertchaplin.ca Robert Chaplin's blog, with artwork and photos]
* {{Kickstarter|721409234/the-worlds-smallest-book-a-large-print-edition|The World's Smallest Book - a large print edition}}
* [http://www.cbc.ca/radioshows/AS_IT_HAPPENS/20070412.shtml "As it Happens" CBC Radio interview]
* [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-read-delicious-chicken-soup/article20391346/ ''Globe & Mail'']
* [http://www.bclocalnews.com/tri_city_maple_ridge/tricitynews/lifestyles/54615272.html Tri-City News]
* [https://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/north-by-northwest/segment/10951907 "North by Northwest" CBC Radio Interview ]
* [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/worlds-smallest-book-chaplin_n_1917878.html Huffington Post]
* [https://bigthink.com/book-think/the-genius-of-teeny-ted-a-brief-review-of-the-worlds-smallest-book Teeny Ted from Turnip Town review]

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[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Artists from British Columbia]]
[[Category:Canadian sculptors]]
[[Category:Canadian male sculptors]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts]]
[[Category:People from Smithers, British Columbia]]
[[Category:University of Victoria alumni]]

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