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 […]
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Tags: art, function, home, lamp, LEGO, light, sculpture
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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 […]
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Tags: art, batman, contest, LEGO, phillybrickfest, sculpture
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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 […]
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Tags: Andy Warhol, art, brick, bridge, knit the bridge, LEGO, lug, pittsburgh, sculpture, steel city lug, yarn bomb
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Someone had found my previous version from a few years ago and asked if it was for sale. I tore it down shortly after it was built, but I said I could recreate it pretty easily. I fixed a lot of the problems the old one had, and ALMOST had its weight centered on that […]
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Tags: ARTIST, becauseitsthecup, brick, commission, go pens, hockey, LEGO, moc, nhl, penguins, pens, pgh, Pitt, pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Penguins, sculpture
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UPDATE: Read more about the LEGO Ideas project here – http://sixf00t4.com/2014/04/lego-ideas-project-cathedral-of-learning-and-stephen-foster-memorial/ Email me if you want the parts list, instructions, or to buy a kit from me! https://sixf00t4.com/contact-me/ Contact me if you would like to obtain the instructions for this build! Here’s a video of it being digitally blown up! Back when I did the […]
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Tags: 3d, architecture, art, brick, bricklink, cathedral of learning, contest, Deirdre, design, forbes avenue, Google, Kallie, LEGO, memorial, model, Pitt, pittsburgh, sculpture, sketchup, squirrel hill, stephen foster, sw randall, tower of knowledge, toy, university of pittsburgh, window
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http://blog.kidrobot.com/pencil-tip-micro-sculptures-by-dalton-ghetti/ This is nuts. This guy can carve the tips of pencils into just about anything. I can’t imagine how many times he’s had to start over after breaking off a tip.
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Tags: amazing, art, carving, dalton, dalton ghetti, geek, graphite, lead, pencil, school, sculpture, tip
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