Beautiful LEGO

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Iain Heath

“Fried Chicken!” 2011

I’ve enjoyed noodling with LEGO bricks since I

was a kid. But it was only when I introduced LEGO

to my own children that I realized the e xtent to

which “mini-figs” diminish the creative building

experience.

As a response to this, I started creating “brick

built” characters. And in doing so, I discovered

it was also a great way to generate public inter-

est in the LEGO fan movement. People seem to

really get a kick out of seeing their most beloved

(or reviled) characters from fact and fiction re-

created as LEGO models!

Over the years that “mission” has evolved into

an obsession with sculpting the most lifelike,

organic, and accurate models possible. The sub-

jects I choose are characters that either per-

sonally inspire me or are just very popular at

that moment. Getting a big public response to

one of my models is certainly rewarding, but it’s

the crea tive process itself—figuring out how to

create something from nothing—that I find most

satisfying.

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(opposite top) Tastes Like Zebra 2010

(opposite bottom) Stephen Hawking 2007

(above) Arietty the Borrower 2012

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