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Hi, everybody!
For the past 3 months, I’ve been working with folks from Gortons Seafood on a sculpture of the Gortons’ Fisherman (as seen in
their logo.)
Alone, he’s not such a big model -- but I was asked to build EIGHT of them!
See photos on my MOCpages site
Six of the models will be touring the U.S. over the next month, in conjunction
with their new “Build dinner around Gorton’s” campaign. They will be visiting
about 100 supermarkets across six metro areas: Los Angeles, Chicago,
Indianapolis, San Antonio, Harrisburg, and Charlotte. (There’s a
full schedule on my web site.)
The remaining two models will go on permanent display in Gorton’s headquarters
and their marketing firm’s headquarters.
I hope folks get a chance to get out and see the model sometime over the next
few weeks! Unfortunately, I don’t live near any of those cities, so I won’t be
able to see any of the finished models “on site”... If anyone happens to snap a
photo of it while they’re there, I’d love if you could e-mail me a copy!
Each model is 2 feet tall from the waist to the head, and contains about 6,000
LEGO elements. It’s a straightforward “sculpture”, using almost entirely
studs-up construction and just basic LEGO bricks and plates. (I had to giggle,
actually, that one of few places that I actually used some SNOT was... on his
nose.) :)
As some of you know, I just moved back to New York City, after spending a few
years in Texas. What fun it was to move 2000 miles in the middle of a giant
commission! I’ve been working out of boxes and in a very temporary
makeshift-workshop for the latter half of this project... I’m looking forward
to finally being able to set my space back up! :)
Oh, and oddly enough: midway through this project, I was coincidentally
commissioned to build Nemo and Marlin
from Disney’s “Finding Nemo”. What are the chances I would be asked to build a
fish & a fisherman at the same time? :)
I’ll part with a “fun-fact”... If you stacked the LEGO bricks from all 8
Gortons’ Fishermen one on top of another, they’d go higher than the Empire State
Building! :)
Sean
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Sean Kenney
LEGO Certified Professional
http://www.seankenney.com/lego
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For those in the Charlotte, NC area, I found this in yesterdays Charlotte
Observer:
Charlotte's first giant Lego Menorah will be constructed Tuesday (Dec.7),
the first night of Hanukkah, in SouthPark mall near the fountain. The building
begins at 4 p.m., with a menorah lighting at 6 p.m. Donuts and drinks will be
served.
For details, contact Lubavitch of North Carolina at (704)366-3984 or go to
www.ohrhatorahnc.org.
Ken
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Joe Meno wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Who's attending Brickfest this year from North Carolina? Anyone interested in
> getting together during the Fest to chat? If so reply here!
>
> Joe Meno
> NCLUG Press Officer:)
Joe's done a phenomenal job here in the Raleigh-Durham area organizing regular
meetings -- Yay, Joe! It was great to meet some new people at GATS this weekend.
I hope that Dan from Chapel Hill and Cyndi from Durham and others can contribute
to future train shows, if only to help set up or man the layout. And MOCs of any
size are always welcome.
So, I'm interested in an NC gathering at BrickFest. I know Thomas Main from
Boone is coming. Who else?
Cary Clark
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I'll be arriving Sunday evening, and staying for a week or two. It doesn't look
like there is much activity on the Charlotte list, but I'm hopefull that some
locals are subscribed by email, and will get this message quickly. :-)
I'm a trainiac from the BayLUG/BayLTC group, but I enjoy trains, rescue, fire
and police, and town. Other themes interest me, and I'm curious to meet some
more AFOLs. If I can't find LEGO friends, I'll try some GeoCaching...
If you're in Charlotte, and interested in meeting some evening in the next two
weeks, please send me email to "ksan" at "jeffk.com".
Regards,
-Z- http://www.baylug.org/zonker/ http://www.baylug.org/railfan/
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In lugnet.loc.us.sc.col, Rob Doucette writes:
>
> Work on softening the Boston accent if you have one (definite survival
> skill). Also, you must decide whether you are a USC fan or a Clemson fan.
> There is no riding the fence on this one. If you'll be living in and around
> Columbia, USC is a safer bet.
First, I have to say Suz doesn't have that bad a Boston accent, especially for
living here her entire life. (1)
Second, I never knew that the University of Southern California was so popular
in South Carolina... GDR... ;-).
Eric Kingsley
(1) We in NELUG are going to miss Suz but our loss is your gain.
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