Ooops! Yesterday came and went so fast that I didn't get my post up. So here's the scoop. Starting tomorrow yep tomorrow I will (hopefully) be posting for at least 26 days. It is time for the April Blogging Challenge. My theme this year is "The ABC's of Crafting" I will be exploring the history behind a specific craft each day. There will be no posting on Sundays except for tomorrow. Some letters will not have a post due to the letter ex: X. So swing by each day and see what is going on in the world of crafts. ************************************** Mr. Ken and I would like to wish all of you a blessed Easter! ~Keep on Dreaming~
I am back with part 2 of our adventure. We start with an artist studio completely out of bricks!
A life size pencil.
"Fun" spelled out in bricks.
This sculpture was amazing! The blue lighting set if off so well that you really thought someone was actually swimming!
Mr. Ken met a new friend. Ha !
Roar!!! A life size dinosaur...oh my!
We had lots of fun.
A popular sculpture with kids. His guts are falling out!
A miniature of the whole exhibit.
Hello!
This is my favorite sculpture because it is a replica of the fountain outside of Union Station where this exhibit was. Plus it was actually working!
It was a two thumbs up vote from Mr. Ken. We had such a fun time, it exceeded everything I thought the exhibit would be and since he knew nothing about what we were seeing, Mr. Ken thought it was fantastic! If you ever have a chance to see Mr. Sawaya's work go see it! You will truly be amazed. Hope you enjoyed these two posts. ~~Tomorrow I will pop back in for a post on what is coming to Dreaming in April, stop backby to see what I will be posting about for ALL of April. ~Keep on Dreaming~
Hello! Today, I am going to share with you an adventure Mr. Ken and I went on about month ago. Wow, time flies. Anyway I took him down to our Union Station to an exhibit called " The Art of the Brick."
This was an exhibit by acclaimed artist Nathan Sawaya. Mr. Sawaya is based in New York and creates his sculptures with a particular toy. His art focuses on large scale sculptures using LEGO bricks. He is the first artist to bring the bricks to the art world.
Sawaya grew up playing with the same toys we did plus the LEGOS in Oregon. He moved to New York to attend college at NYU and become a lawyer. The legal world was a tough one and the evenings he used the LEGOS as a relaxation tool.
He realized that he would rather create that fight more legal battles so he left his law career behind and made a move toward creating LEGO art. Now he is an author, speaker and one of the most popular artists of all time and he does this with LEGOS! Below you will see many of Sawaya's sculptures. some have a description and some don't. I was so enthralled while going through this exhibit that I had to remind myself to take pictures, :) And yes, each sculpture is glued together. Whew!
One brick at a time.
This one was on a canvas. Sorry for the smushed pics, Blogger is being naughty!
A beautiful illuminated sculpture.
It's reflection on the floor.
These sculptures were life size!
This one was hanging from the ceiling!
I am not any kind of artist where the bricks are concerned but I think if I were to focus really hard I might be able to make this one.
Well, this ends Part 1, on Wednesday I will share Part 2. What did you think. Unbelievable huh?? ~Keep on Dreaming~
