Dream Bricks

Nathan Sawaya is a man with a dream, a child at heart and an artist who builds. With LEGO. A former lawyer based in Manhattan, Sawaya is the creative mind behind the exhibition "The Art Of The Brick", the world's One of the 13 certified LEGO master builder, his exhibition showcases 3D models of landmarks, life-size figures, animals, sculptures and everyday objects built entirely out of standard LEGO bricks. After winning a national contest in 2004, he went on to become a LEGO artist working on commissioned pieces and holding exhibitions all around the world; with the current touring exhibition at Federation Square, Melbourne

Entrance to The Art Of The Brick

A giant LEGO mosaic of Flinders Street Railway Station

Describing his artistic philosophy

The artist and master builder, Nathan Sawaya

N. Sawaya - A model of T-Rex

N. Sawaya - "Blue" from the human seris

N. Sawaya - A model of Queen Victoria Market

N. Sawaya - A model of The Herald Sun Building

N. Sawaya - A landscape of St Kilda Boulevard

N. Sawaya - "Yellow" from the human series

N. Sawaya - "Hands" from the human series

N. Sawaya - Colourful skeletal heads

N. Sawaya - "The Swimmer"

N. Sawaya - Mosaic portrait of someone

N. Sawaya - "Raindrops"

N. Sawaya - Untitled work

N. Sawaya - Mosaic portrait of Daniel Grollo

 Images taken at The Art of The Brick in Melbourne on 7 August 2011