Blog of Josh Hall

I just finished watching Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond.  I think a lot of people won’t care to watch it.  I thought it was wonderful.  I just started the 4th sentence of this review beginning with “I”, and I think that’s fitting in the context of this movie. What is an artist?  Someone who […]

Necessity breeds creativity.  That is what happened here.  When we moved into this house, the lamppost never worked.  I couldn’t figure it out.  I also had a dislike for the original lamppost that was there since it didn’t have a switch to turn it on or off and it didn’t have an outlet at its […]

For the 75th anniversary of Batman, LEGO announced a contest at the major conventions for the best batman build.  There wasn’t much in the way of official rules and regulations or criteria on how people would be judged, but I knew I wanted to take a shot.  The announcement came a few weeks before I […]

During the month of August, the Knit the Bridge project yarn bombed the Andy Warhol bridge in Pittsburgh.  I was in love with the project for many reasons.  First, I love the yarn bombing phenom.  My other favorite pittsburgh yarn bomb is the Mr. Roger’s cardigan.  Second, I loved the scale and ambition.  This was […]

The same person that wanted the Pittsburgh Penguins logo asked if I had anything for the pirates or the steelers. I mentioned the pirates mosaic and the steelers helmet in lego, but he wanted it in less than a week, and I wouldn’t be able to recreate either in that time. We settled for a […]

Crazy.  These are just wood shavings beautifully arranged.   These have to take so much vision and time to produce. http://www.designswan.com/archives/incredible-wooden-chip-artwork-by-sergey-bobkov.html