Blog

Lego Mosaics

Lego Mosaics

Since I started dabbling with Lego again a couple of years ago, I have been increasingly drawn to the art of the Lego mosaic. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a mosaic is ‘a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small pieces of stone, tile,...

Behind The Bricks – Ilse Vaesen

Behind The Bricks – Ilse Vaesen

Behind the Bricks  An occasional series of interviews with some of my favourite Lego builders. This time, the inspired and inspirational Ilse Vaesen (@royaumedesbriques / www.royaumedesbriques.fr /  www.sixbricks.fr) ​1. You’re a grown-up for goodness sake, what are...

Winnie-the-Pooh and The House At Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne (Brickanory)

Winnie-the-Pooh and The House At Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne (Brickanory)

Part One — In which Ned and Nell build the new(ish) Lego Ideas Winnie-the-Pooh tree house set (#21326)Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie, A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly. It’s very easy to take Winnie-the-Pooh for granted. One way or another, the ‘Bear of...

Behind The Bricks – Rémy Delapierre

Behind The Bricks – Rémy Delapierre

An occasional series of interviews with some of my favourite Lego builders. This time, the incredible Duplo artist Rémy Delapierre: You’re a grown-up for goodness sake, what are you still doing playing with Lego? Excellent question, because I am even worse than any...

The Daily Brick Limit Challenge

The Daily Brick Limit Challenge

We are currently getting ready to move house, which is proving to be every bit as stressful and exhausting as I feared  it would be. Worst of all, most of our Lego has been packed away and the time available for brick-building is even more limited than usual . . . ....

Behind The Bricks – Ned

Behind The Bricks – Ned

An occasional series of interviews with some of my favourite Lego builders. This week, my son Ned (AKA @a_lego_son): You’re a grown-up for goodness sake, what are you still doing playing with Lego? I’m not a grown-up! But whatever age I am, I’m sure I will always...

The Tiger Who Came To Tea (Brickanory BrickHeadz #1)

The Tiger Who Came To Tea (Brickanory BrickHeadz #1)

The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr has long been one of our favourite books – ever since Kitty was very small. So it seemed like the obvious place to start when I decided to build some children’s book based Brickheadz to go in Nell’s bedroom. My first attempt...

Introducing The Band

Introducing The Band

Hello there, I’m Mark - I like designing and building my own original creations out of LEGO.For the past year or so I have been posting pictures of  my builds on Instagram under the name @a_lego_dad. I am married to Catherine (who is most definitely not also known as...