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Well BrickFest 2005 was the best yet and I finally finished unpacking all my
equipment. Thanks to all that stopped by and bought engraved bricks or just
stopped by to say hello. On my return, I found I had about a dozen engraved
BrickFest minifigs left (white torso, red fill), a half dozen engraved minifigs
(red torso, white fill), and about a dozen 2x8 5 high BrickFest 2005 plaques
(white brick, red fill).
The minifig torso idea went over especially well and I did quite a few with
names and sayings on them. I can also now do small logos on torsos. They,
however, need to be simple. Detail is not what is achievable with decals or
printed labels, but they do have a very nice graphic appeal and are as permanent
as the plastic itself.
The idea of engraving over multiple bricks also gives a completely different
look (and feel) than a sticker.
If anyone interested, email me.
Lots of good things happened at BF for me this year. Although I sold very few of
my modified bricks (wood veneered), I did sell some and one young guy got the
very first set ever sold. Kjeld autographed my portrait of him done with my new
“WoodStitches”(R) which are essentially LEGO bricks that have been veneered with
real hardwood veneer, cut precisely, sanded, and then finished with
polyurethane. To see a picture of the mosaic, goto
http://www.brickengraver.com/
I understand that this is not traditional LEGO, but one can use the LEGO system
to create very beautiful craft items. For example, I quickly reproduced various
ornamental stitching designs from all over the world in a variety of woods using
these WoodStitches(R). I should have some pics of these on my website soon just
as examples of what can be achieved. And as I told Mr. Kristiansen, the
originator of LEGO, his great grandfather, began as a wooden toy maker--I’m just
going back to roots a bit. Anything that can be cross-stitched or woven, can be
translated into wood with absolutely no wood working skills. Not especially
cheap, however. The mosaic contained approximately 3000 individual 1x1 bricks
and about 35 woods. I see perhaps a pretty good market for these for such things
as drink coasters, trivetts, even coffee table or game table designs. Ornamental
“tiles” for decoration, borders for chair rails, etc. etc. etc. Glue is not
necessary so when get tired of one design, just create another. Photomosaics
done with this technique should really last almost forever.
The idea of creating signature bricks actually caught on with a couple of
customers--scan your signature in high resolution and I can engrave it on a
brick for signing your mosaic, sculpture, or MOC. If you have a nice signature,
they will look great on a LEGO brick. Numbered signature bricks might just be a
way of insuring that a model is an original and not a copy--the designer could
include in his MOC a numbered engraved signature brick. Someone would have to go
to a lot of trouble to copy that.
Anyway, thanks to all who stopped by and thanks to Christian, Larry, Steve, et
al for the best BF I have been to.
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