LEGO® Still Life with Bricks: The Art of Everyday Play

Lydia Ortiz (Artist), Michelle Clair (Artist), and Patrick Rafanan (Photographer)

Capturing the boundless creativity of the LEGO® brand, this colorful book recreates objects and scenes from everyday life using LEGO bricks.



Transforming handfuls of bricks into minty toothpaste, eggs and bacon, lush houseplants, and more, LEGO Still Life reimagines the mundane and sparks playfulness in everyday life.



Featuring unique, clever, and captivating original art, these deceptively simple but meticulously executed images are full of surprise and delight—and remind us that the world around us is, too.



•    Recreates commonplace scenes from everyday life using LEGO® bricks

•    Creatively reimagines the everyday objects and scenes

•    Presented without text, these clever images speak for themselves, offering joy, surprise, and creativity on each spread



LEGO Still Life is the perfect gift for LEGO lovers and art lovers alike.



Watch LEGO bricks transform into everyday objects, turning the humdrum into a delightful surprise.



•    Great not only for LEGO fans who are feeling nostalgic, but for anyone who appreciates quirky art projects and creative spirit

•    This is a book that makes you look twice and enjoy the artful effort.

•    Perfect for fans of The Art of the Brick: A Life in LEGO by Nathan Sawaya, The Greatest Brick Builds: Amazing Creations in LEGO by Nathan Sawaya, and Beautiful LEGO by Mike Doyle

• ISBN13: 9781452179629
• Publish Date: 7 April 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Chronicle Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 144
• Language: English
• URL: https://abramsandchronicle.co.uk/book/9781452179629-lego-still-life-with-bricks-the-art-of-everyday-play/

Reviews

[Quirky Cat]

I received a copy of LEGO Still Life with Bricks in exchange for a fair and honest review.

What do you do when a box full of LEGOs shows up at your office door? You pull them out and start creating, of course! That is the premise behind LEGO Still Life with Bricks: The Art of Everyday Play, only to a whole new degree.

In this collection of photographs, Lydia Ortiz (with some help from Michelle Clair) takes LEGOs and begins to playfully work them into real-life situations. They're funny, they're cute, and they're certainly unique.

This isn't your typical LEGO creations. There are no LEGO masterpieces here. Instead, these pieces all merge with other objects, having the LEGOs stand in for the real world in truly clever, and sometimes hilarious, ways.

The collection is every bit as whimsical and fun as you might imagine. The photographs themselves are bold, simple, and surprisingly elegant. Between that and the colors of the backgrounds, the whimsy really does feel enhanced, almost like a story is being told throughout the pages.

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