Category: Lego

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.

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.

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.

By Her Hand Tattoos made a guest appearance in our project with a floral mandala that pushes the limits of what shapes are possible with Lego.

We’re on a monster movie kick and I find my younger son’s battle between giant, legged shark and croc creatures more engaging than Godzilla and King Kong’s latest bout.

I went a little more wild and fun with this spinning top.

Larger and less ornate than Mega Magic Turt, this companion piece makes me wonder how many variations of these creatures could exist.

One of our most frequent Lego club attendees loves to create sprawling indoor and outdoor environments. She graciously accepted the physical boundaries of our Delaware Fun-A-Day project and built this adoption agency full of animals waiting for a home.