Artworks with LEGO by the self-described "brick artist" Nathan Sawaya

Self-described "brick artist" Nathan Sawaya is known for his incredible art pieces constructed with LEGO. Sawaya was a New York City lawyer until 2004, when he made the courageous decision to make art his profession, even while saddled with $100,000 in debt from student loans. Now that his intricate pieces have garnered attention from clients worldwide, including Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, Sawaya spends six figures on LEGO pieces annually. Some of his large-scale works — such as a six-foot-tall Han Solo frozen in carbonite  and a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton twenty feet in length — require as many as 80,000 LEGO pieces. text via:Neatorama

Artworks with LEGO_by Nathan Sawaya

Artworks with LEGO_''Hawk'' by Nathan Sawaya_

Artworks with LEGO / Mr Bones  by Nathan Sawaya

''I was honored to be one of the artists selected to provide their own take on Mr. Bones for a recent Kiehl’s charity event.The event raised thousands of dollars for my charity of choice: the Thea Foundation. For my version, I wanted Mr. Bones to be building a skin of bricks around his bare bones. I figured he needed “skin” to put all his new Kiehl’s products on.'' Here is a rough video of the building attempt:

Bones Timelapse

 Sawaya’s ability to transform this common toy into something meaningful, his devotion to spatial perfection and the way he conceptualizes action, enables him to elevate what almost every child has played with into the status of fine art.
“These works are very personal to me, since they reflect my growth as an artist as I strove to discover my creative identity,” said Sawaya. source:http://brickartist.com/