LEGO: The Art of the Brick
Nathan Sawaya is a New York-based artist; but while some artists use paint and others use bronze, Sawaya chooses to build his Awe-inspiring art out of toy building blocks ... LEGO® to be precise! And he gave up his career as a Lawyer to do this ...........................................................................
Sawaya came to fame in 2004, when he won a nationwide search for a professional LEGO® Master Model Builder. He explains that he is able to see the world in little squares and that is how he is able to create recognisable faces from blocks.
His New York studio is home to more than 1.5 million coloured bricks which he meticulously crafts into beautiful and 'playful' works. He is taking LEGO® to a place that it's never been before ... The Fine Arts.
There are no Limits to his work: Dinosaurs, People, Flowers, Paintings and Musical Instruments are to name but a few things he has created. I find Nathan Sawaya truly phenomenal as he has taken a commercial product and created Artworks worthy of Museums ... Just take a look below:
Breaking Dawn Cover made by Nathan Sawaya from LEGO
An Eternally Beautiful Bouquet ... No water Required
Sawaya's take of Van Gogh's Starry Night
A life size figure typically takes 2-3 weeks and anything from 15'000-25'000 bricks
Side View (top) and Front View (bottom)
If you are Q-rious to find out more about Nathan Sawaya, click here
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Comment by ALTESSA ALTAMURA on February 3, 2012 at 10:37
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Nathan's lego art is unbelievable, thought these pictures I took were fun to add to your blog which I came across at La Rinascente.
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Comment by Marina Brokorenko on February 3, 2012 at 10:51
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Thanks so much for sharing the pictures Altessa :) Really Awesome! Makes me want to take out all my LEGO and start building! :)
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Comment by Shaamila Cassim on February 3, 2012 at 11:49
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@ Marina, Me too! Gona hang out with my nieces this weekend and take over their toy boxes! :D
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Comment by Danielle on February 3, 2012 at 16:21
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Holey...uhm...crabby patties. Phenomenal. I love lego, but this is something else
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