Little Coloured Bricks

A celebrated master builder, Sean Kenney used to have a desk job much like every regular guy. His love for the plastic bricks however showed a different career path. Getting paid to make lego sculptures may be the dream of every Lego enthusiasts but it is hard to make Lego art. It takes time, effort, patience and of course, lots of Lego bricks to be able to succeed in such an endeavor.

In his website seankenney.com, Sean says that “Creating art with LEGO bricks is a lot more fund than sitting at the office!” After 10 years of working on a serious job, the Lego master builder started doing what he has always loved to do.

Sean started building at a very early age (age 4) and is now known as one of the best Lego builders around the world. His first creation that got the interest of the media is his 50, 000 Lego piece model of Greenwich Village. The creation is complete with pedestrians, taxis and bagel carts along the road making the Lego artwork as interesting as the real Greenwich Village.

In one of his interviews Sean said, “People build models based on what fascinates them. A kid will watch “The Matrix” and then pull out the LEGO pieces to build a hovercraft; I’ll walk along 7th Avenue in Manhattan and go model a cool high-rise. In fact, I was in Madrid a few weeks ago having lunch in a beautiful Spanish plaza, and out of nowhere I got an urge to build the entire plaza! I spent about 20 minutes photographing every building, tree, you name it. The local Spaniards were looking at me like I was crazy—”Some American took a picture of my garbage can!”

When asked if he has plans to recreate the whole of New York City with the coloured bricks, he said ” Well, the city acts more like an inspiration than as a template. My model of Greenwich Village isn’t a literal reproduction of any particular street corner, or of actual buildings. I just wanted to capture the feel of the neighborhood. But there are some parts of town that I would like to create literal reproductions of at some point. Times Square comes to mind—complete with some little LCD televisions! I also thought it would be fun to research a random street corner and build it from the exact same angle in different time periods, say, in 1930, 1970 and today. You could watch it transform from paddy wagons to Vespas to SUVs as the buildings adapt (or crumble) over time. Mulberry Street seemed like a fun place to try out something like that.”

For more information, you can go to Sean Kenney’s website at seankenney.com.

References:

www.seankenney.com and the Associated Press