On March 5th 2005 I did my first ever birthday party. While I didn’t have the name Brickworkshop, or the website, I had built dozens of collaborative public displays and viewers often asked about bringing the magic of those displays home. March 5th marked my first solo venture into professional work with my bricks. Did I take any pictures? no! But it was a city theme party (other themes came later) and this picture from the same era has a similar look.
And 20 year later, my red brick apartment building is still the tallest building in my traveling LEGO town, based on the height restrictions of plastic totes. 🙂
Take a break from your bricks and go play outside!
For content related to my Archery Games/Battles, take a detour away from the LEGO content. Until I decide to create a dedicated website for my archery games, the content is here. Sorry for the break in LEGO related content… 😉
A short stop-motion PSA regarding the upcoming referendum in BC.
I brainstormed this idea with my friend Dayla and she liked it. We worked on the 2009 campaign together and this felt like a great way to do something different, and hopefully meaningful. She took the lead as director while I pulled out bins of pieces and started building sets.
Election BC has an excellent, in-depth and non-partisan explanation of both questions in this referendum and the potential new systems. See my long rant in favour for more detailed thoughts. Or check out this Fact Check Site.
I had fun with the folks at Dear City Council this week. They asked for help creating LEGO versions of some candidates in this upcoming municipal election. I supplied the pieces and a little expertise, and they had fun creating politicians.
The build got some media attention and hopefully inspired some new voters, both young and old.