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A princely mosaic
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Mon, 24 May 2004 20:00:49 GMT
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A LEGO mosaic commemorating the wedding of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and
Miss Mary Elizabeth Donaldson of Australia recently was constructed by the
Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area LEGO Users Group (WAMALUG).
Work on the mosaic began after a LEGO Company representative contacted WAMALUG
to see if the group would be interested in building something for display at the
Danish Embassy in Washington, D.C., and agreed to donate the material necessary
to complete the project.
The mosaic is made up of nine 48x48-stud gray baseplates and 20,736 1x1 plates
in five colors: black, white, and three shades of gray. Each one of the mosaic
panels took between 3 and 4 hours to complete for a cumulative assembly time of
about 30 hours. All 20,736 individual plates were placed with the word LEGO in
the same orientation.
WAMALUG members who built the mosaic are Abe Friedman, Marian Hardy, Craig
Hicks, Christina Hitchcock, Margaret Keys, and Rich Schamus.
Using software he designed, Steven Barile worked with Christina to convert an
official photo of the Prince and Miss Donaldson into instructions to build the
mosaic. WAMALUG would like to thank the LEGO Company for this opportunity and
for providing the 20,745 elements necessary for the mosaic’s construction.
Pictures of the mosaic and the build team are on the Web at
http://www.wamalug.org/event_20040514.html
The next WAMALUG meeting will be held from 12 noon until 6 p.m. Saturday, June
13 in Arlington, Virginia. For more information, send e-mail to
info@wamalug.org
Craig Hicks,
WAMALUG public relations coordinator
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| Please note -- the next WAMALUG meeting will be held from 12 noon until 6 p.m. SUNDAY, June 13 in Arlington, Virginia. We hope to have many new people joining us at this meeting. For more information, send e-mail to info@wamalug.org Craig Hicks, (...) (21 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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