Brick Art – cole blaq

Neue Workshops und neues Design / New workshops – new design

2020-08-292020-10-02 Cole

Trotz der pandemischen Umstände kann eine Reihe von Workshops, vor Ort und online, mit ambitionierten Projektpartnern angeboten werden.

Dazu ist die Übersichtsliste aktualisiert worden. Dort sind nun alle Workshops bis Ende 2020 aufgelistet. Zusätzlich ist die Liste mit einem neuen und vor allem übersichtlichen Design überarbeitet worden. Interesse?

>>> hier geht es zu der Übersicht und hier für Anfragen

— english version —

New workshops and projects – new appearance

Despite the pandemic issues, there are a some workshops ahead, including online seminars. The list has been updated and also the design of the overview has been revised and made more visually appealing.

>>> Click for an overview and requests

Dots Parts Fest

2020-08-142020-08-31 Cole

A few months ago, Elspeth from New Elementary asked me to play around with a few new Lego Sets from the dots series, namely the bracelets.

There are a bunch of results, which will be showcased time by time where this post will be constantly updated.

The Virus edition

>>> The post over at New Elementary

For starters there are the interwoving bracelets which give a nice irregular and organic base.

Some applications of this technique – the viruses are here!

Here are three connected bracelets forming an endless stream. This never went beyond WIP.

Where evolution took place

>>> The post over at New Elementar y

Three colourful fellas from the sea.

Some sketches.

And finally some sketches inspired by and with the (mostly printed) tiles from those sets.

El Groupo [the gathering]

2020-05-172020-08-31 Cole

Presenting a small series of spray can characters I built over the last few months.

They’re all in midi scale compared to the 1:1 Inside the Spraycan series. Further down you can find the single interpretations.

To celebrate the series and to share my art work as a hard copy I have released an edition of 20 of the Ethereal Being. Each piece comes with a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity. One piece will be available for 100€. Your support will help me and my family in this uncertain lockdown situation. All planned creative workshops have been cancelled.

If you are interested shoot me a mail.

There is also a chance to get a piece for free, check my instagram account for details.

Ethereal Being

Tales from the Crypt

Top Gear

Deity

Bugsy and Malone

2020-04-202020-08-31 Cole

They always appear as a team.

Welcome the newest members of the metallic family.

Peel Session

2020-02-072020-08-31 Cole

Ever tried to peel a brick to see what is inside or if it is eatable?

This is the result of my efforts ><

week #6

Peel Session

2020

7,4 x 10 x 7,7 cm

plastic bricks

Loco Motive

2020-01-052020-08-31 Cole

Riding the horse of steel and steam with a bucket full of creativity.

Highlighted at BrickNerd

Metallic McFly

2019-06-252020-08-31 Cole

The insects are buzzing heavy with the actual temperatures.

Built along the metallic line.

– Gallery –

Ethereal Being

2019-06-072020-08-31 Cole

To live your life

Ethereal Being, 2019

12.6 x 16.5 x 6.4 cm

Plastic bricks

Limited Edition of 20 pieces

Selfness

2019-06-012020-08-31 Cole

Experimenting with mosaics.

Not long ago I was in contact with Arthur Gugick (Flickr account), who I admire for his pioneer work in seeking different methods of creating mosaics with the bricks. He was a very friendly and helpful guy and I wished our conversation would have continued. Now I know what happened as recently I heard that he had passed away.

That made me very sad. Another mastermind with the bricks like the great nnenn gone far too early.

Rest in piece and my condolences for his beloved ones.His artwork will live on! This mosaic is dedicated to him as I had him and his studies in mind while creating it.

Usually I don’t manage to document any progress of my stuff, but with the new work space improving I managed to grab a few rough progress steps.

My intention was to create a mosaic which is more than just a mere conversion of a prior photo edited digitally with some kind of mosaic program. Although that tool was initially involved I tried to part the part midway and try to give it a more individual touch – with the risk of failing. The coloration happened later and was done manually without any digital pre-editing.