About this item
LEGO® artist and designer Ekow Nimako shows that this iconic toy has an unexpected and innovative use: recreating beasts found in nature in stunning detail. LEGO® bricks have fueled the imaginations of aspiring designers and builders for generations. Now its time for something complete new from Beasts from Bricks, recreating some of the worlds rarest and most beautiful animals! This guide book presents illustrated, step-by-step instructions for building 15 animals from around the world: Africa, Europe, Asia, the Arctic, Oceania, Central/South America, the Caribbean, and North America. Not only does each project show you how to build your favorite animals in awesome detail, but each set of instructions also includes entertaining and educational information about the animals characteristics and habitat. For example, did you know that the name "rhinoceros" actually means "nose horn"? You will also get a bonus gallery of the author, Nimakos, most complex, largest scale animal designs. Will you be able to recreate them someday? Theres only one way to find out!
About the Author
Ekow Nimako was born in Montreal and studied Fine Arts at York University. He began using Lego in his professional practice in 2014 and has since cultivated a unique approach to sculpting the iconic material. In 2015 he explored the theme of animal extinction with his monumental sculpture, Silent Knight, commissioned by the City of Toronto for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. The seven-and-a-half foot sculpture paid homage to one of Ontario's most extirpated bird species, the barn owl, and further elevated Ekow's ability to animate the inanimate. 2016's Grey Matters, commissioned by the Baycrest Foundation for the citywide fundraising campaign The Brain Project, featured a monochromatic, larger-than-life human brain as a public statement on brain functionality and health. Ekow's most expansive body of work Building Black explores blackidentity and the relationship between morality and mythology through a surrealist lens. Beasts from Bricks is his first instructional book featuring his artwork; Ekow lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
