At the center of my heart is a minifig
Okay, not really (my wife would kill me if that were true), but Casper‘s brother created this stunning bronze sculpture to celebrate the minifig’s 30th birthday.
Casper described the process in a comment on MOCpages:
The technique is that you start out with styrofoam and dig a hole with a very hot thingy. Then you place a Minifig in the midle and place the whole thing in castig and make a molding form(?). Then you burn this in a very hot oven as to make everything plastic and organic to burn away. Then you pour bronze into the mold and wupti – this is what you get.
Contrary to some of the horrified responses, I think this is a beautiful piece of LEGO-inspired art.
October 16th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
I agree, that really is gorgeous on both technical and sentimental points.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Wow! That is very cool!
October 17th, 2008 at 7:55 am
hahahahahaha! Crazy funny. I love the way he describes making it: “wupti” FTW! There’s so much humour to be found in this post (if you’re looking for it). Hilarious.
… and creepy.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Sometimes there has to be a few sacrifices for art. ;)
November 14th, 2008 at 2:09 am
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