Poetry Vignettes
My latest models were unveiled at BrickFest yesterday: vignettes illustrating poetry by Robert Frost and A. E. Housman.
These poetry vignettes are not just my work, however. For the first time I have collaborated with my wife Holly to create LEGO models. While I did almost all of the actual assembly, she had the basic idea, did most of the minifig work, and helped a lot with the design, especially with the “Yonder See the Morning Blink” model. I really enjoyed sharing my hobby with her and hope that we can do more projects like these together.
Click the photo or title to see a bigger picture of each vignette, and a link to the text of each poem:
 “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost |
 “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost |
 “Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now” by A. E. Housman |
 “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost |
 “Good Creatures, Do You Love Your Lives” by A. E. Housman |
 “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A. E. Housman |
 “Yonder See the Morning Blink” by A. E. Housman |
Or, view all the photos in my photoset on flickr. New! Also available on Brickshelf.
Technorati Tags: lego, poetry, vignette, vignettes, housman, frost, aehousman, robertfrost
August 26th, 2006 at 12:01 am
[...] Bill and I are on vacation right now, just outside of Washington DC. We’re staying at the Sheraton at Tysons Corner, VA. Why? because this is where BrickFest is being held. Bill is a Lego fan and builder, and this is the international Lego fan convention. I happen to know it’s international, because I met a girl from Ireland yesterday who had recreated a beautiful little irish town in Lego. If you want to see what Bill is exhibiting (and you should, because I helped), go here. [...]
August 26th, 2006 at 12:14 am
This was blogged by Dunechaser at The Brothers Brick, but it didn’t ping me with a trackback so I’m posting a comment with the link.
August 26th, 2006 at 3:56 pm
Stupid Blogspot. Great work, Bill and Holly!
“Good creatures…” may be the smallest vignette ever.
August 26th, 2006 at 10:35 pm
Thanks. I don’t know if it’s the smallest vignette ever, but it’s about the smallest possible. I guess you could do a 1×2. It’s certainly the smallest one at Brickfest though.
December 28th, 2006 at 4:43 pm
[...] I love poetry more than I love LEGO (shock!), so it’s nice when I can blog a little poetry here on The Brothers Brick. Posting in the middle of the night while at BrickFest, Bill Ward gives me just such an opportunity with his set of six beautiful poetry vignettes. Here are my three favorites. [...]