{"id":4895,"date":"2013-06-19T14:49:10","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T14:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/blog\/?p=4895"},"modified":"2024-03-04T03:58:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T08:58:07","slug":"artist-turns-lego-bricks-into-giant-works-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2013\/06\/artist-turns-lego-bricks-into-giant-works-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Turns Lego Bricks Into Giant Works of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am so insanely jealous of Nathan Sawaya. \u00a0When I was young, I had an entire room dedicated to Lego (Yeah, it was pretty sweet). But, Nathan puts any child&#8217;s Lego collection to shame with these unbelievable works of art made entirely of Lego bricks. You can check them out at the Discovery Times Square Museum&#8217;s exhibit, &#8220;Art of the Brick,&#8221; which opened this past Friday and will be on display through January 5, 2014. I know what I&#8217;m doing this weekend!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Nathan and his brick art here: <a href=\"http:\/\/brickartist.com\/\">brickartist.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff4b33; line-height: 24px;\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/video\/artist-turns-lego-bricks-giant-works-art-19397017\">Artist Turns Lego Bricks Into Giant Works of Art<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am so insanely jealous of Nathan Sawaya. \u00a0When I was young, I had an entire room dedicated to Lego (Yeah, it was pretty sweet). 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