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shawn time 14.04.08..10.08.05
shawn's gone crazy
ok.
so...
i was struck by inspiration.
with inspiration?
by inspiration?
well, whichever it was...it got me.
its a bit silly if you ask me, and i really have tried to get it out of my head, but it won't go away. a week now it has been in my head. so, i figure i should give it a go.
most of you know that i work part time at an art school. i am around artists all the time. i have friends that are artists. i do NOT consider myself one. however, for the past couple of weeks, ideas have been coming to me. artistic ideas. or at least i think they are artistic. maybe they are, maybe they aren't. i dunno.
so...there is one idea that came to me that i would like to pursue immediately.
ready? am i stalling enough? i am a bit embarrassed to even mention it...
i want to create a LEGO sculpture.
yep. LEGO
specifically, i want to re-create the art school building in which i teach. not only do i want to create it, but i plan on documenting the process (photos and video) and presenting this at school the week after Thanksgiving during a special week called "Fall Focus". Fall Focus is a week were faculty, students, staff, and community members take a week off of regularly scheduled classes to discuss their work and other interesting and relevant topics that are happening in the artist community.
I would like to have planned, created, built and documented a re-creation of the school in LEGO blocks to present that week.
I have already taken some preliminary photos of the school, as well as done some web research on LEGO sculptures and LEGO art. Did you know that there is a ridiculously large LEGO sub-culture that exists?? It is huge. Plus LEGOLAND.
There is a LEGO store in the mall near me, and I have visited and started asking questions...and have even begun purchasing some LEGOs to start the process. I have begun looking through BrickLink, (a huge online worldwide clearinghouse for all things LEGO) in order to find specialty pieces that i will need. I even called my mom to see if they still had my childhood lego sets sitting in the attic somewhere.
So, i have the vision, i have the timeline (Thanksgiving), but what i do not have are all of the thousands of LEGO bricks that i will need for this project. In the past week, i have bought close to 1500 bricks. That is not even close to the amount of bricks i will need to accomplish this feat. I have not been able to take close measurement of the school yet, but I think i will need at least 10x that amount. At least. Maybe more.
So, this is where y'all come in.
I am asking for your donations to help this piece of artwork come to be a reality.
Donation possibility #1:
Give me your LEGOS. Find that old box of LEGOS that you don't use anymore and give them to shawn.
Donation possibilty #2:
When you go to garage sales, and you see a pile of LEGOS, buy them and give them to me.
Donation possibility #3:
Go to the LEGO store at washington square and buy me a gift card for $xxx.xx
(this should be above and beyond your regular gift giving to shawn)
Donation possibility #4:
Give me your money. Seriously. Some of you may want to actually just contribute to this project finacially. If you want to send a check, leave a comment and i will get in touch with you and give you my address. Also, I have enabled a PAYPAL account for you to deposit money for this purpose. Any money you deposit will be used for the purchase of LEGOs, or for the acquisition of materials needed to complete this project. Click the PAYPAL button below, or the one that is in the right column.
(Paying through PAYPAL will charge me a fee of 2.9% of your contribution)
Donation possibility #5:
Tell all your friends to check out my blog and contribute to the project.
LEGOs are expensive, so anything will help. $1, $2, $10, $20. Don't drink one of your mochas today, and give me that $3.50.
I can give no receipts, nor can you write this off. It is a free gift to shawn and his LEGO endeavours, as crazy as they are.
What i can give you is my committment to do all that i can to make this project become a reality. And, I will also create an email list that will update you all on the progress and the needs of the project. Heck, I may even be able to include in the project itself a donors list to hang on the wall of the LEGO building. Or maybe anyone that contributes will get their name on a brick that i will include in the building. (I just thought of these ideas. no promises on how, but i will figure out a way to thank you all).
Help this dream become reality.
I loved creating with LEGOs when I was growing up.
Help me continue to live the LEGO dream.
I will post pictures soon of the actual school building as well as the progress of the LEGO re-creation.
Comments
sheena wrote this at 16.01.25..10.08.05
awesome, shawn! if i hadn't spent all my $$ on going to europe i'd contribute, but i'll keep my eyeballs peeled for legos wherever i go. rock on, legoman!
traci wrote this at 20.21.37..10.09.05
lego's on sale at Toys R Us:
19.99 for 1000 with extra bonus of 500
fyi
Laura Mortenson wrote this at 00.53.01..10.10.05
Go for it Lego maniac! I can't wait to see more of your creations. I mean you impressed me with the tree and the baby-man. You have a talent for it. I'd like to also remind anyone reading that Shawn's birthday is November 14th, so maybe you'd like to get him some LEGOS for his 31st birthday!
shawn wrote this at 00.56.53..10.10.05
um...let me remind everyone....
these LEGO gifts should be above and beyond your regular gift giving to Shawn.
thank you.
goodnight.
sather wrote this at 10.21.02..10.10.05
not sure if it would be of any help to you. but http://www.ldraw.org/ is freaking cool!
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a student wrote this at 22.43.51..10.12.05
OMG...
I just found out that I'm older than my math prof...
How funny. :)
sheena wrote this at 17.36.40..10.14.05
shawn's older than me.
Patrick wrote this at 23.54.57..10.18.05
hahahahaha, flippin awesome
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