The Art of the Brick: A Life in LEGO

by Nathan Sawaya

Overview

Nathan Sawaya is renowned for his incredible, sometimes surreal, sculptures and portraits—all made from LEGO bricks.

The Art of the Brick is a stunning, full-color showcase of the work that has made Sawaya the world’s most famous LEGO artist. Featuring hundreds of photos of his impressive art and behind-the-scenes details about how these creations came to be, The Art of the Brick is an inside look at how Sawaya transformed a toy into an art form.

Follow one man’s unique obsession and see the amazing places it has taken him.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781593275884
Publisher:	No Starch Press
Publication date:	10/14/2014
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	8.31(w) x 10.31(h) x 0.82(d)
Age Range:	10 Years

About the Author

Nathan Sawaya is the artist who first brought LEGO into the art world. He has more than 4 million tiny colored bricks in his New York and Los Angeles studios.

Editorial Reviews

"Nathan Sawaya shows what happens when you take kid stuff outside the toy box."
—Reader's Digest

"If you are an art lover and enjoy a good autobiography, The Art of the Brick is a wonderful book for you."
—San Francisco Book Review

"Every piece of art comes with a story."
—Brick Fan

"So this is what inspires someone to build a life-size LEGO T-Rex"
—Gizmodo

"Beautiful, inside and out. Honest, like only art can be."
—Ninja Brick 

"I love that in throughout this book there's wonderful pictures, but also dimensions and the exact amount of bricks for each work . . . incredible stuff."
—Luke Bugg, The Geek of Steel

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