At first I ask, Why? But quickly that changed to Why not? This is so cool! The Lego creations in Lego Still Life with Bricks: The Art of Everyday Play are not what you typically expect from Lego. Designer/illustrators Lydia Ortiz and Michelle Clair took buckets of Lego bricks, combined them with everyday objects, and created some pretty intriguing images.
As you would expect from the title, the selections are still life per the classic art tradition. Per Wikipedia, "depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, etc.)" Examples of many of those are included in Still Life with Bricks. Obviously, since these are kids building toys we are talking about, there is a tongue-in-cheek element.
I love the colorful, creative designs, especially the ones that show a sequence, like popping a balloon. I especially like the series that depicts striking a match, lighting candles, then snuffing the candles and the smoke wafting away. So cool and creative!
Some of the images use just a handful of bricks.
Other, hundreds. Thousands?
The effect reminds me of a movie where the live action shots morph into animation.
These images, photographed by Patrick Rafanan are fun to look at, and it's fun to imagine what you might do if you had thousands of Lego bricks laying around!
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