Meanwhile, if you’re looking for a more compact salute to The Great Wave off Kanagawa, there’s a new one from Coca-Cola Japan. ▼ The Lego Wave had to be separated into four sections for transportation.įollowing its stay in Boston, Mitsui’s creation will also be making a stop at the Seattle Art Museum from October 19 to January 21 of 2024, so that West Coast fans of Japanese art and/or Danish building blocks can check it out.
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From March 26 to July 23, it’ll be part of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston’s Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence exhibit, which will feature over 100 pieces of art created by Hokusai himself plus works from “his teachers, students, rivals, and admirers,” with Mitsui clearly a member of that last group.
However, later this month Mitsui’s Wave will, fittingly, cross the ocean. That means it’s too massive for Mitsui to just casually display on his living room table, to say nothing of the need to share this wonder with the rest of the world, so most of the time, the Lego Wave is on display at the Hankyu Brick Museum in Osaka. The Lego Wave is approximately 154 centimeters (60.6) inches long and 128 centimeters (50,4 inches) inches tall. Its three-dimensional structure allows you to view it from perspectives not possible with the original painting, further driving home just how steep and massive the wave is that’s towering over the fishermen in their boat.
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Instead, this one-of-a-kind build comes from Jumpei Mitsui, the youngest Lego Certified Professional and the only one in Japan to receive the certification from the blocks’ manufacturer.
As you can probably guess, Lego itself doesn’t sell such a massive kit. We’ll save you the trouble of squinting and counting – there are roughly 50,000 pieces in this amazing recreation of Hokusai’s work. Katsushika Hokusai’s 1831 masterpiece isn’t just the representative painted image for Japan, though, it’s also the definitive example of an ukiyo-e woodblock print.īut The Great Wave off Kanagawa being so strongly associated with woodblock prints doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be beautiful in another medium as well, and as proof, here it is rendered in Lego blocks.ģ月26日から始まる「北斎展」で展示されます。現代アートとして本物の浮世絵と一緒に飾っていただけるようです。 /mWETQJ7OEg- 三井淳平 / Jumpei Mitsui March 8, 2023 The Great Wave off Kanagawa is Japan’s most famous painting. I hope you enjoyed my recap of the event! And finally, I’ll leave you with a few pictures of other creations I thought were really well done.Japan’s only Lego Certified Professional recreates Japan’s most famous painting. I was very glad I went, and it gave me lots of ideas for things to try at LEGO parties I host in the future. This judge, I believe, is the Master Model Builder from the Discovery Center in New York. Another part of the judging was taking questions from the judges as the competitors built. I particularly liked this roller coaster. In the second round, the builders once again had 30 minutes, but this time they had to build something from a favorite vacation. It was enough to move him to the second round. This model of a lion built by Vincent was one of my favorites from the first round. I got the impression that the LEGO Master Model Builder will be a public facing role at the Discovery Center. They encouraged people to talk to the builders while they worked to ask them what they were building, what part they were working on, etc. One aspect of the competition I was surprised by was the builder’s interaction with the crowd. Some tried building models that would have taken hours to complete because of their size alone. The really successful builders built in a smaller scale. Once they had their pieces, they dumped them on the table, and got to work. Each contestant had a small plastic container that they took to these bins to grab a bunch of parts at once. The pieces were stored in several big bins in the center of the competition area. Pieces available to them ranged from blue 2×3 plates to white 2×10 bricks. What they didn’t know was that the would be building using VERY basic pieces and colors. I was a little surprised to know the contestants were told weeks ahead of time they would be building an animal. For the 1st round, they were broken up into four heats and were tasked with building an animal in 30 minutes. LEGO Master Model Builder Competition Rules This was the first LEGO competition I’ve ever attended, and I was glad I went. The winner would be named the official LEGO Master Model Builder for the new Michigan LEGO Discovery Center set to open this Spring. This competition was actually a job interview. This weekend, I attended the LEGO Master Model Builder competition at Great Lakes Crossing in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
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