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	A LEGO Artist

rko2007

6-1-2007 12:47 PM

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An article about a LEGO artist

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f672e0ec-e824-4470-b3ad-59e03392767c/685FD9B4-0723-4052-B22B-DDC0DB294971/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/05/31/lego.artist/index.html" href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/05/31/lego.artist/index.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cnn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/05/31/lego.artist/index.html"><H1>  Man builds a living out of LEGO</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/05/31/lego.artist/index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cnn.com/img/EDBDDB2E-C488-4737-BEAF-40D4046C7ECE" alt="Sawaya" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/05/31/lego.artist/index.html"><P>Nathan Sawaya left a career as a lawyer to become a LEGO artist.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/05/31/lego.artist/index.html"><DIV id="cnnSCHighlightsBox"><H4><SPAN>Story Highlights</SPAN></H4>• Nathan Sawaya is a LEGO artist<BR /> • Exhibit of Sawaya's work at U.S. museums<BR /> • Among works: functioning air conditioner </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/05/31/lego.artist/index.html"><P>Here in Sawaya's Manhattan studio, the 33-year-old artist snaps bricks together to create sculptures, big and small. His medium may be a beloved kid's toy, but some of his signature pieces are incredibly grown-up. (<A href="javascript:CNN_openPopup('/interactive/entertainment/0705/gallery.lego.art/frameset.exclude.html','770x571','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=770,height=571');">Gallery: A sampling of Sawaya's LEGO art</A>)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/05/31/lego.artist/index.html"><P>Now people can get an even closer look. Sawaya's national touring exhibit, "The Art of the Brick," is making the rounds. The collection was viewed by tens of thousands at the Lancaster Museum of Art in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Its next stop is the Discovery Center Museum in Rockford, Illinois, on June 15; it will stay there until September 3. (<A href="javascript:cnnVideo('play','/video/showbiz/2007/05/30/cook.lego.art.cnn.cnn','2009/05/29');">Watch Sawaya hit the bricks</A> <A href="javascript:cnnVideo('play','/video/showbiz/2007/05/30/cook.lego.art.cnn.cnn','2009/05/29');"><IMG width="19" vspace="1" hspace="0" height="12" border="0" class="cnnVideoIcon" alt="Video" src="http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/1.5/main/icon_video.gif" /></A>)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/05/31/lego.artist/index.html"><P>In fact, everything in the room is made of LEGO; a cash register, a monkey, a bowl of fruit, a vase of flowers.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/685FD9B4-0723-4052-B22B-DDC0DB294971/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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