Lego Artist Nathan Sawaya's story is familiar to Extreme Craft readers--he was a lawyer in Manhattan turned $12 an hour Lego model builder at Legoland in San Diego. He parlayed his Lego gig into a full-time career as a Lego artist. Now he makes a handsome living and has solo museum shows under his belt. What could the logical next step be? Try the 2008 Nieman Marcus Christmas gift catalog, the best place to conspicuously consume for the holidays. Hey! It worked for Andy Warhol! For a cool $60,000, Sawaya will create a life-sized replica of your beloved:
"Acclaimed artist Nathan Sawaya is obsessed with LEGO® bricks. Uh, trust
us, he is. He fills his New York studio with more than 1.5 million of
the interlocking toy building blocks, and he can sculpt anything out of
them — a full-size Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton or a 7-foot-long scale
replica of the Brooklyn Bridge, for example. Given the skill and depth
of his devotion to his art, it makes perfect sense to immortalize your
own magnificent self with our 2008 His & Hers gifts. Send in
detailed photos and measurements, then Nathan gets to snapping and
BOOM! One-of-a-kind, life-size sculptures of yourselves in LEGO bricks.
We priced our exclusive gift individually, so Nathan can "brickalize"
you and the S.O., the kids, Granny and/or anyone else you obsess about.
(Just make sure you have the rights to their likenesses; we're not here
to judge.)"
LINK via Neatorama
