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Figurative Sculpture Made With Legos- Indoors and On the Street

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These are real legos. Nathan Sawaya works with the popular toy to create large-scale figurative sculpture. Legos’ shatter-prone tendencies and the plastic material involved lend a fractured, modern quality to these. The cold geometry involved in each sculpture sets up a nice opportunity for reflection, and Sawaya’s emotional posing of the figures spurs even further questioning.

But the sculptures  work just as well when taken at face value: legos were, and are a lot of fun to play with.

Lately, Sawaya’s been placing 15-inch “Hugmen” in various public spaces (see above), adding a little love to the daily grind. Click past the jump for more lego sculpture.

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Thomas Poulsom’s Birds Made of Legos

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Thomas Poulsom of Bristol, UK has a really nice flickr account full of creative creations using legos. The legos almost lend a really cool, pixelated quality to the 3-dimensional, playful works. Probably the best of the bunch are his series of birds. He’s done birds native to Britain and a tropical bird series as well. I think the reason why these come off so well is how life-like they are. Definitely not you average plastic bird. (via)

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Adult Fans Of LEGO, A Blocumentary

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LEGO’s are one of the few childhood toys that don’t lose their appeal as you grow up. AFOL documents a group of adult Lego Fanatics. These are not just your runofthemill toy collectors. They spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on LEGOS, create new ways to use LEGOS, become LCP’s (LEGO Certified Professionals). and even have their own conventions. Watch them hunt down parts, build impressive structures, and reconnect with their youth all at once. Watch the full half hour documentary after the jump.

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B/D Best of 2010: X-Rated Legos

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This is definitely not for the kids! These creations have a level of realism that almost replicate department store mannequins. At the same time the blocky-pixelation effect of lego pieces adds to the whole X-rated theme.

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X-Rated Legos

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This is definitely not for the kids! These creations have a level of realism that almost replicate department store mannequins. At the same time the blocky-pixelation effect of lego pieces adds to the whole X-rated theme.

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