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Recreating a Vermeer masterpiece in Lego

Cleveland math teacher Arthur Gugick recreated Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring in a mosaic comprised of pre-printed Lego tiles.

As far as I know I'm the only one currently producing these types of Lego mosaics. (My next one is Jimi Hendrix) There's been only one other person who's ever made this type of mosaic. He did a portrait of a girl in 2005/2006. He never attempted another such mosaic. I'd like to think that I came up with the idea independently (my first decorated tile mosaic was of Jerry Garcia and seen at BrickFest 2006).

See Guckick's Flickr page for more projects like this.

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Posted by: Simon on September 4, 2009 at 4:46 PM

Errr, maybe it's just me but if you hadn't said what it was I wouldn't have recognised it.

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Posted by: Eric Harshbarger on September 4, 2009 at 7:09 PM

My printed tile LEGO mosaic

I happen to be the 'other person' mentioned who created that type of LEGO mosaic. I actually create mine in November of 2003:

http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/girl.html

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Posted by: Anonymous on September 5, 2009 at 10:15 AM

lego portraits

There is an artist / sculptor who makes Lego portraits and sells them for over $10,000!

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