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Big Hard Studs: Pissing People Off: My Online Rant on LEGO and Art
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008. Pissing People Off: My Online Rant on LEGO and Art. Well, as anyone who is reading is aware, Alice and I are still playing catch-up on this blog, trying to get all of our old stuff covered. Nevertheless, something quite cool occurred today, so I thought I would post about it. As I have mentioned in earlier posts, I have given three talks on LEGO as art, and also written a draft of an article, currently under review at Brickjournal. The editorial is located here. After suffering...
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Big Hard Studs: August 2008
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008. Pissing People Off: My Online Rant on LEGO and Art. Well, as anyone who is reading is aware, Alice and I are still playing catch-up on this blog, trying to get all of our old stuff covered. Nevertheless, something quite cool occurred today, so I thought I would post about it. As I have mentioned in earlier posts, I have given three talks on LEGO as art, and also written a draft of an article, currently under review at Brickjournal. The editorial is located here. Here is a close...
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Big Hard Studs: July 2008
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Monday, July 14, 2008. The next big project I embarked on was another mosaic - this time as a wedding present for my in-laws (Alice's other sister, Sarah, and her new hubby Philip). Technique-wise there is nothing innovative here - it's the basic 1x1 stud brick per pixel construction. Here is a photo of the happy couple with me in front of the mosaic (that's me in the middle, in the oh-so-cool Star Wars tie):. Here is the couple, recreating the pose in the mosaic:. I think I captured them pretty well.
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Big Hard Studs: Aayla Secura
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Monday, August 4, 2008. The other notable creation that traveled to DC with us for Brickfest. 2006 was Aayla Secura. As mentioned in an earlier post, this was the mosaic I created using my 'pointillist' style - basically, increasing the resolution dramatically by making each pixel consist of the side of a 1 x 1 technic brick with a 1 x 1 round plate (in a different color) attached. This is definitely still my favorite creation of all time. Without further ado, here she is:. 160; . After suffering throu...
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Big Hard Studs: The Authentic Cafe Corner
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Thursday, September 25, 2008. The Authentic Cafe Corner. The next creation we want to spotlight is one that we built together: What we call the 'Authentic Cafe Corner'. The first version, which won Best Town Layout at Northwest Brickcon. 2007 in Seattle Washington, consisted of building facades on two sides of the street, with a mosiac in the background depicting the famous Jet D'Eau spraying up out of Lac Leman. In our second version, which was nominated for best building at Brickworld. After suffering ...
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Big Hard Studs: Homba 7033: Immensely Swooshable!
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Thursday, September 25, 2008. Homba 7033: Immensely Swooshable! I will give an imaginary prize to the first person who correctly identifies the source of the name 'Homba' in the comments. Anyway, the Homba 7033 has retractable landing gear, hatches that open to expose engine components, and a cockpit that slides open. Here is a shot of the front of the ship, showing off all of the chrome cannons (six large on top, plus four smaller underneath) as well as the missile bay holding two large missiles.
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Big Hard Studs: Brickfest 2006
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Saturday, August 2, 2008. Our next big LEGO event was Brickfest. 2006, which was held in the Sheraton Premier conference hotel in Tyson's Corner, Virginia (a suburb of Washington D.C.). I gave my second talk on "Lego as Art" at this event (the first one was at Brickfest. 2005, which I forgot to mention in earlier posts), concentrating on what sorts of characteristics make a LEGO creation an artwork. In addition, I was asked by the organizer, Joe Meno (who is also publisher of Brickjournal Magazine. After...
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Big Hard Studs: September 2008
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Thursday, September 25, 2008. The Authentic Cafe Corner. The next creation we want to spotlight is one that we built together: What we call the 'Authentic Cafe Corner'. The first version, which won Best Town Layout at Northwest Brickcon. 2007 in Seattle Washington, consisted of building facades on two sides of the street, with a mosiac in the background depicting the famous Jet D'Eau spraying up out of Lac Leman. In our second version, which was nominated for best building at Brickworld. Oh, one other co...
