Brick by Brick - Nice!

On route to a meeting with our new sports apparel client last week i decided to take a look through the on board magazine and came across an article about a forthcoming Manchester exhibition involving an amazing artist who's main medium is Lego.

A man who quit his job as corporate lawyer to produce artwork with Lego has become a success, with some of his pieces valued at over £10,000. Nathan Sawaya, 35, has spent the last 10 years creating his Lego art which includes stunning life-size sculptures, models and 'flat' portraits.His works have been shown in a number of prestigious galleries and can use up to 150,000 tiny bricks in each one - he recently toured an exhibition 'The Art of the Brick' around the world.

Nathan says he has over 1.5 million spare Lego bricks in his New York studio and he spends around ten hours each day building with the toy.You can bet that after hearing how much the Lego are can be worth, parents around the world will suddenly have more interest in what their children are doing next time they get the Lego out.

See his amazing works at the Brick Artist site.