Building Lifelike Sculptures with LEGO
Influences
A course by Samuel Hatmaker , LEGO Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“These are a few of the people and things that inspire me. I love to engage with the work of other artists, as well as nature and music. ”
In this video lesson Samuel Hatmaker addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Building Lifelike Sculptures with LEGO. Learn to bring your design ideas to life by creating unique and versatile sculptures from start to finish using LEGO.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Influences Now that you know a bit more about me, in this lesson, we'll talk about some of my influences. One of my favorite LEGO builders is Jake Sadovich. He's a talented and humble builder. He builds life-size models in a few pieces like this pacifier. It's using four pieces, but you know what it is. He also has a great way of using the same piece multiple times in many models. With this piece, he made a snail, and using the same pieces of the shell, he made an underwater creature. This is one of my favorite creations he has ever made. It's a pedal car that works. It's not strong enoug...”
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Course summary for: Building Lifelike Sculptures with LEGO
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Art Toys, Arts & Crafts
Samuel Hatmaker
A course by Samuel Hatmaker
Samuel Hatmaker is a toymaker from Michigan who spent two decades designing and developing children’s toys in New York City. As a lifelong LEGO fan, he rediscovered his childhood passion after a ten-year hiatus and started building LEGO sculptures with his technical knowledge of toy design. His model inspired by The Golden Girls went viral on social media, encouraging him to tackle more large-scale projects like his portrait series Chicks with Bricks, a collection of realistic LEGO mosaics depicting pop icons.
In 2020, Samuel appeared as a contestant on the first season of LEGO Masters, and his art has been displayed in galleries all over the world, including the Comic-Con Museum in San Diego and Art Basel in Miami. As a prolific toymaker, he has also created toys for renowned brands such as Marvel, DC, Hello Kitty, Nickelodeon, Disney, Crayola, Mattel, Hasbro, and more.
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