Han Solo, frozen in LEGO
"You're made of LEGO." / "I know."
This made us laugh: it's a (more-or-less) full-size replica of Han Solo frozen in carbonite -- made of LEGO.
We wandered into the Kidspace section of MASS MoCA this weekend, and after gawking at the mammoth skeleton, our eye immediately was drawn to LEGO Han. Both pieces are part of the new "Curiosity" exhibit there.
LEGO Carbonite Han is the creation of Nathan Sawaya -- he's a professional LEGO artist whose work has been exhibited all over the country. His pieces range from re-creations -- like Han -- to works that are more philosophical (a man ripping open his own chest, LEGO bricks spilling out). As Sawaya told Stephen Colbert a few years back, he was working as a lawyer before becoming a full-time LEGO artist.
The Han piece is made of about 10,000 bricks. Larger photos are post jump.
Earlier on AOA:
+ LEGOmania at the Albany Institute
+ Trinity Church, reconstructed
Photos are above in large-format -- scroll all the way up.
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:#dorkedoutfabulousness/daytrip for the win.
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