| March 26, 2005 |
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Nathan Sawaya: The Art of the Brick
Playing  with toys for a living sounds pretty good to us, but artist Nathan Sawaya takes it to a whole new level. Having abandoned a lucrative law career for a hard-won stint as Lego master builder at Legoland California, this inventive sculptor now runs his own company and hones his unusual skills on such pieces as a 10-foot-long Chris-Craft Speedster, mosaic portraits of Alfred Hitchcock and Lindsay Lohan, a seven-foot replica of the Brooklyn Bridge, and an incredible rendition of Han Solo frozen in carbonite -- which took nearly three months and 10,000 gray Lego bricks to build. And as if his job weren't cool enough, Sawaya has started sculpting in candy, too. Explore this entertaining and elegantly designed site to see the Lego virtuoso at work, and don't forget to look below the images for his cheeky commentary. (in Toys) |
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