Blog of Josh Hall

I was inspired to recreate the Pittsburgh Penguins logo in LEGO bricks on Sunday.     It took about 2.5 hours from start to finish.  I started off with just making the yellow triangle in the back to figure out what scale I would be able to achieve with the pieces I have.  I knew I wanted to make it a [...]

Do you want to go to the Carnegie Museum of Art or Carnegie Museum of Natural History?  Want 2 free tickets from me?  If so, read further. Here’s how we’ll play this.  Tell me the activity you are most excited to do this year in or around Pittsburgh this year and why.  If you post [...]

One of my favorite things in industrial and functional art is efficient use of space.  People design their furniture and living spaces to make life work well in small places.  This ins’t your feng shui movement/placement, this is getting the best use out of space.  I’ve seen hgtv shows where couples fit everything they own, [...]

This is another one of those ideas that came to me in a dream.  There was a popular guy that ran this coffee shop hang out place, and I went to him all excited about an idea to help his business.  He had all this wall space that he liked to hang paintings and photos from [...]

Updates have been few and far between around here!  I can’t remember the last time I did a personal update, but i don’t think it’s been this year!  I was trying to make an update at least once a month before.  Let me see what I can recap for you… The wedding plans go well.  [...]

"To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow."  - Kurt Vonnegut in "A Man Without A Country"