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"I'm a doctor Jim, not a Bricklayer" :-) (...) (19 years ago, 17-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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About a year ago I built a spider ((URL)). He seemed a bit lonely, so I build him a playmate. (2 URLs) I'm not sure how well the relationship is working out. The spider seems a bit agressive.... (URL) -Duane (19 years ago, 12-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !
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Some photos of Nathan Sawaya's recent sculpture: (2 URLs) All photos can be found (URL) here>. (19 years ago, 3-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) Michael: If this were a LEGO fan-related event, what you've suggested would be fine... but in this case I don't think it would be a good idea. The models are part of a tour called "Meet the Gorton's Fisherman", which is not LEGO-centric. (...) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) PennLUG members will be in the Harrisburg/york/lancaster areas and I know of several who are looking forward to seeing them (myself included) and will snap a few pics. Question-- Would it be bad form to see about setting up a table in the (...) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) Hello Sean, I'll be able to get to the Lancaster County (PA) markets on March 12 and/or 18. I'll get a few shots for ya! Patrick (19 years ago, 18-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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Great work Sean, I don't know how many know this but the "Glouchester Fisherman" (Pernounced "Gloster" of A Perfect Storm fame) is the origional inspiration for Gorton's Fisherman. Gorton's is based in Glouchester Massachusetts. Make one in Sand (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) Wow! I bet you never thought you'd see a relative of yours rendered in LEGO. :) That's a pretty weird coincidence. (...) It was usually very strange to have these guys all over the place, staring blankly off into space. (Or staring at you!) (...) (19 years ago, 16-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Spencer! Yes, the angle did make it a bit more challenging... I'm not happy with how some parts came out (his extended arm is a little stiff looking) but overall I think everything mostly works. There's almost nothing symmetrical in (...) (19 years ago, 16-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) Holy cow Brendan, that's amazing. That's one factoid that never appeared in the About the Author page in the Brick Testament books! To Sean: These are great models. I suspect these were tougher to build than they might look due to the angle (...) (19 years ago, 16-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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Wow, Sean, great job on sculptures! I have to say I feel a special connection to this project because my great uncle was the Gorton's Fisherman. In fact, my grandfather's brother, (URL) Addison Powell>, may be the face that many of you remember as (...) (19 years ago, 15-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) message truncated (...) Sean, What a coincidence that TexLUG's Spring 2006 meet will be on the same weekend as one of the San Antonio showings! One of the viewing locations is less than 6 miles from the convention center where our event is (...) (19 years ago, 15-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) i live about 30mins from the first chicago location which is really close to the lego store. i'll head up there and take a couple pics for you on the 25th. it will give me a chance to check out the store while i'm up there anyway. well done (...) (19 years ago, 15-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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Hi, everybody! For the past 3 months, I've been working with folks from (URL) Seafood> on a sculpture of the Gortons' Fisherman (as seen in (URL) logo>.) Alone, he's not such a big model -- but I was asked to build EIGHT of them! (3 URLs) See photos (...) (19 years ago, 15-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.nc.cha, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant, FTX) !!
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(...) This is a great sculpture, a very nice follow up to the piece you brought to brickfest. Is this the final form, or a proof of concept for yet another piece? I'm curious about the yellow- how did you decide on that? I can visualize several of (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) I look at this work and see a great creation built with my favorite bricks and I appreciate the effort it took to build. I also look at this and see a work of art produced in a favorite medium that I can identify with and appreciate. Any way (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) At the recent BrickFest, there was a discussion of a few artsy-fartsy types at Rocklands over a good bit of good beer about "Art and LEGO" and whether it existed -or whether it was just translation of existing work into a new medium. You are (...) (19 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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This is really nice. (...) (19 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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Today is a good day. Thank you for sharing your amazing work. e (19 years ago, 3-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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It was time to build something from a (URL) Poser> figure. In the past I had done the plans first, then ordered the pieces, then built. This time I decided to try to build using only the pieces that I already owned. This meant doing a complete sort (...) (19 years ago, 3-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !!
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