30+ Days of Lego – Page 2

October 1, 2023October 1, 2023

October Fun-A-Day

Today is the first day of our third time participating in Delaware Fun-A-Day.

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We’re bulding Lego scultpures and leaning into a One Piece theme.

I warmed up with a set I bought myself to kick off the month. This otter habitat got its hooks in me when I saw the new otter figures. It was a perfect build to get me going as One Piece is full of islands and ships and aquatic creatures.

My younger son has read over 100 volumes of the One Piece manga. We recently watched the Netflix live action version and I was taken with some of the designs. I started picking Isaac’s mind about the many islands, ships, fortresses, and creatures that exist in tis fictional world. He was more than happy to find innumerable references from the anime and manga. He’s going to be my guide as I try to cobble together our version of the One Piece universe.

It’s nearing midnight now and my first island is coming along slowly. It is a large mushroom of rock in an unflinching sea.

I’m publishing now to get the post done for today. I will share the finished island tomorrow.

September 22, 2023

Delaware Fun-A-Day Prep

I haven’t been taking time to play with Lego and it shows.

For the month of October, I’ll be working with my sons and other homeschoolers to build 31 distinct sculptures.

This will be our third time participating in Delaware Fun-A-Day and I’m excited to see what we come up with.

August 13, 2022

31 Days of Lego: 2022 Wrap Up

As we packed up our display for the 2022 Delaware Fun-A-Day show, I realized I hadn’t recorded and posted all of the builds.

These three were built by friends and family and helped our project stand out among more traditional media.

August 11, 2022

31 Days of Lego: Complete!

We’re all packed and ready for the big show.

I’m anxious about how to display all the builds, but excited to set it up and help with other presentations.

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

31 Days of Lego: Stephano, Trinculo, and Caliban

In this scene from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Stephano, Trinculo, and Caliban sneak towards a murderous plot. The first two drunken fools are distracted by a clotheline of fancy articles while Caliban loses his patience and rages against them.

We recently saw Delaware Shakespeare‘s production of The Tempest and I was inspired to recreate this scene.

August 7, 2022

31 Days of Lego: Little House

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

31 Days of Lego: Sea Turtle

Tom Alphin‘s The Lego Architect deserves most of the credit for this build. I started with his design for a neoclassical dome and thought I would modify it into a turtle shell.

As I pieced it together, I fell in love with the textures and shape. I was also pleased with how I could play with colors to create more visual depth.

I’m hoping to take what I learned from Alphin to work on my own dome design.

Although conceived as a land turtle, when I found these “flippers,” I couldn’t resist.

A salmon and orange underbelly finishes it off and brings in the brightness I initially planned to highlight the shell.

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022

31 Days of Lego: Abstract City

More play. I was inspired by my son’s monster movie scene to create a microscale city. While experimenting with different ways to create streets, buildings, and a coherent layout, I got caught up in the fun of the colors and simplicity of the shapes.

I was vaguely guided by Harry Bertoia’s sonambients, a couple of which we’ve witnessed at trips to Kentuck Knob. I feel the panoply of colors could easily translate into a cacophanous beauty, given a dose of magic.

July 28, 2022

31 Days of Lego: Diamond Spire

Creating a pleasing diamond shape was harder than I expected, but it was a lot of fun to use so many translucent elements.

Working the old rocket pieces in gives it some UFO vibes. I’ve been thinking more retro lately and trying to expose more studs. When I was a young builder, we didn’t have many smooth tiles and I especially like the round openings of the 1×1 columns around the base.