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California Breedin (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Forget about giving your kid a doctor’s kit, a fireman’s hat or other inspirational career toy. Just let them play with their legos. Why? ‘Cos if they get good, it could pay off big time. We're talking six figure big. Nathan Sawaya, a 35 year old man from New York, makes over six figures from his lego art. He wasn’t always a Lego sculpture, in fact he had a pretty highfalutin career as a successful...
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Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
It’s no secret that LEGO was a big inspiration for the founding of Bug Labs. And this link to artist Nathan Sawaya’s portfolio of sculpture just helps to reaffirm that feeling. Why is it that LEGO has inspired so many people to do such amazing, creative things? Why is it that of all the toys [...]
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lalate news (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
VIDEO! Below is a video of Nathan Sawaya and The Art of the Brick. Nathan Sawaya’s LEGO artwork exhibition “The Art of the Brick” is now at the American Swedish Museum in South Philadelphia. You have to see it! Art of the Brick is the only LEGO exhibition in the U.S. that treats the building [...]
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haha.nu (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Eric Smith is celebrating after spending the last six months completing the world’s biggest jigsaw. The 73-year-old used 24,000-pieces to complete the huge 12ft by six puzzle, which now stands proudly in his garage. Click to read more @ Daily Mail. Patience comparable to Nathan Sawaya , Michael Arndt, Bryan Berg and Alexandr Pashkevich. @ haha.nu.
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Inventor Spot (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Brick Artist Nathan Sawaya creates amazing sculptures out of LEGO bricks. Technorati Tags: Art and Design Entertainment Fun Funny Miscellaneous Weird or Wacky Array
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CNN (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Who said LEGO is just child's play? Nathan Sawaya has made a whole career out of building LEGO sculptures, and he's now done commissions for some big names. It's a living built brick by brick.
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CNN (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Who said LEGO is just child's play? Nathan Sawaya has made a whole career out of building LEGO sculptures, and he's now done commissions for some big names. It's a living built brick by brick.
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HotelChatter - (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Donald Trump is building a hotel and residences for filthy rich people in Dubai and to announce the occasion of this luxury destination, Trump had famed Lego artist Nathan Sawaya build a 10-foot version of the hotel for a press conference today in Columbus Circle. Curbed was on the scene and took a plethora of Lego-porn shots for all of us to enjoy. The Trump International Hotel & Tower Dubai will...
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lancerlord (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Stunning Lego Art LEGO bricks can be assembled and connected in many different ways. Therefore, it is not surprising that some people create original designs from regular LEGO bricks. Today, we feature three amazing LEGO artists: Sean Kenney, Nathan Sawaya and Eric Harshbarger. Enjoy.
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CRAFT Magazine (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
PT @ MAKE points us to Nathan Sawaya's sculpture called " Heartfelt ." Nathan writes: I created an anatomically correct human heart for the Rady Children's Hospital of San Diego. A piece like this is a great tool to help doctors talk to young patients about their own hearts. Hopefully kids will relate to a heart built from a medium that they are familar with. It took me nearly 100 hours to create...
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idealawg (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
Nathan Sawaya went from working 80 hours a week as a lawyer to working more hours as The Brick Artist. He says: Like so many small businesses, what started out as a hobby became more and more of a full time job. When I got so many hits on my...
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The PopCrunch Show (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
Forget diamonds and emeralds and rubies, Pete Wentz is giving his pregnant new wife the gift of Lego. The odd emo-rocker had Ashlee Simpson-Wentz a giant bee made out of Lego to celebrate their wedding two weeks ago. Artist Nathan Sawaya was commissioned to create the statue comprised of 18,000 Lego bricks.
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Hollywood Rag (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
This is Pete Wentz's unusual wedding present for his bride Ashlee Simpson - a giant Lego bumblebee. Pete commissioned artist Nathan Sawaya to make the "Lego Bee" which measures 26ins by 47ins by 36ins and is made from about 18,000 standard Lego bricks. New York based Nathan said: "I was commissioned to create a bee. Why a bee? Because it is romantic of course. "In Hindu myth, Kama, the god of love,...
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the blog quebecois (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
LEGO artist Nathan Sawaya is at it again: Nathan built this anatomically correct heart for the Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego. He says, “A piece like this is a great tool to help doctors talk to young patients about...
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Just Jared (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Pete Wentz has hired artist Nathan Sawaya to create a giant bumblebee for his new wife, Ashlee Simpson. The “Lego Bee” measures 26″ x 47″ x 36″ and is made from about 18,000 standard Lego bricks. Here’s what Sawaya had to say about this pet project from Pete: “I was commissioned to create a [...]
