Artist Uses 200,000 LEGO Bricks for Masterpiece

Annie Colbert2013-04-06 02:51:41 UTC

Did you know that constructing massive LEGO projects can celebrate "spirituality, peaceful ET contact and fantastical worlds?" Now you do.

Artist and master LEGO craftsman Mike Doyle spent 600 hours and used more than 200,000 plastic bricks to create Contact 1, the first in a series of mega LEGO builds. In a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the project, Doyle explains that the series "was designed to promote the beauty of all intelligent life forms as extensions of our family."

Even if the words explaining the project confuse you, appreciating the massive scale and workmanship should be easy. The impressive work rises nearly five feet high and measures six feet wide.

The campaign has already raised $5,869 from 57 backers, exceeding its initial $1,000 goal with 46 days still left to raise more money.

Image courtesy of Flickr, Walter Benson

Topics: art, BC Video Lead, kickstarter, Lego, Videos, Watercooler if(window.pageChanged) window.omni({"channel":"watercooler","content_type":"article","top_channel":"watercooler","content_source_type":"Internal","content_source_name":"Internal","author_name":"Annie Colbert","age":"0","pub_day":6,"pub_month":4,"pub_year":2013,"pub_date":"04/06/2013","isPostView":true,"post_lead_type":"BC Video Lead"}); metaData = {"link":[["canonical","http://mashable.com/2013/04/05/lego-masterpiece/"],["image_src","http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDEzLzA0LzA2LzRjL0xlZ29NYW4uOTFlYWEuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJNzIweDcyMCMKZQlqcGc/81495d99/6a1/Lego-Man.jpg"]],"meta_property":[["og:url","http://mashable.com/2013/04/05/lego-masterpiece/"],["og:title","Artist Uses 200,000 LEGO Bricks for Masterpiece"],["og:type","article"],["og:site_name","Mashable"],["og:image","http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDEzLzA0LzA2LzRjL0xlZ29NYW4uOTFlYWEuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJNzIweDcyMCMKZQlqcGc/81495d99/6a1/Lego-Man.jpg"],["og:article:published_time","2013-04-06T02:51:41Z"],["og:article:modified_time","2013-04-06T02:51:50Z"]],"meta_name":[["description","Artist and master LEGO craftsman Mike Doyle spent 600 hours and used more than 200,000 bricks to create Contact 1, first in a series of mega LEGO builds."],["keywords",["art","lego","kickstarter","uncategorized","watercooler","videos","bc-video-lead"]],["twitter:title","Artist Uses 200,000 LEGO Bricks for Masterpiece"],["twitter:description","Did you know that constructing massive LEGO projects can celebrate \"spirituality, peaceful ET contact and fantastical worlds?\" Now you do. Artist and master LEGO craftsman Mike Doyle spent 600 hours a..."],["twitter:image","http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDEzLzA0LzA2LzRjL0xlZ29NYW4uOTFlYWEuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJNTYweDc1MAplCWpwZw/8006183c/6a1/Lego-Man.jpg"],["twitter:site","@mashable"],["twitter:url","http://mashable.com/2013/04/05/lego-masterpiece/"],["twitter:creator","@mashable"],["twitter:card","photo"],["twitter:image:width","560"],["twitter:image:height","750"]],"short_url":[["short_url","http://on.mash.to/17hLKGB"]]};

View the original article here