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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 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)
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
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
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
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 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
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...