I Am The World’s First Female Lego Artist

I have been building LEGO models professionally for over 15 years. First as a LEGO Master Model Designer at LEGOLAND California and now as a freelance LEGO Artist.

I have worked for some of the world’s top companies including 20th Century Fox, Google, and Warner Brothers.

Last year I was asked to create a LEGO version of the Hidden Figures movie poster. It was a bit of a challenge as I only had 2 days to do it. The trickiest part was the Nasa logo at the bottom.

A couple of years ago I got to be an extra on a pilot for TV show when they rented my 5 foot Golden Gate Bridge for the shoot. The show never aired, but I did get to hang out with Greg Grunberg for the day.

I’ve built everything from a 3 foot Nascar to a 4 foot Rocketship, portrait mosaics to company logos, giant minifigures, a 6 foot hospital, a 4 foot McDonald’s building, the Pac Man game grid, roses and a champagne bottle that breaks and then goes back together again. On the smaller side I like to make custom LEGO jewelry and wedding cake toppers.

Building with LEGO is my passion as well as my profession. I took what was my childhood dream job and made it a reality.

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Me when I was still at LEGOLAND California. As a Master Model Buildier it was part of my job to work on Miniland

LEGO version of the Hidden Figures movie poster

It was truly an honor to help promote this movie through LEGO.

The Hidden Figures Nasa logo

It’s tricky to make an accurate Nasa logo at only 10 inches

Me adding the final pieces for the Hidden Figures poster photoshoot

Hanging with Greg Grunberg

3 foot Nascar for Aldera

I built this onsite at medical conference in Nashville in 5 hours

The Rocketship House from Wildstar Online

I built this 4 foot model onsite at PaxEast in Boston

Baby Colby

This is a picture of my friend’s son Colby. I wanted to see if I could build a portrait at only a foot tall

Remembering 9/11

Built for the 10th anniversary of 9/11. I wanted to commemorate the hope of rebuilding rather than the tragedy

Hope of Obama

Built just after his election this 2 1/2 foot tall mosaic was my first portrait

10th and 11th Doctor

I’m a huge fan of Doctor Who, so I built David Tennant and Matt Smith, two of my favorite Doctors

LEGO Batman Video Game

This 2 foot mosaic was my first freelance commission for Warner Brothers for the launch of the first LEGO Batman Video Game.

LEGO Batman Video Game Logo

Google Chrome logo

Google asked me to design a 5 foot version of their Chrome logo as a team building event

Emerald City Comic Con

For fun, I built the ECCC logo when I was exhibiting there one year

IMAX logo

Onit Minifigures

Sometimes I have to get creative when I need to transport my models.

Scripps Critical Care Unit

I built this 6 foot replica using only blueprints and rendered images as the building had not been built. This was for the groundbreaking ceremony

4 foot McDonald’s Building

I built this 4 foot model onsite at the Worldwide McDonald’s Convention in Orlando, Florida. The model took me 3 days to finish.

Pac Man Game Grid

For fun one weekend I built this 2 foot Pac Man Game Grid. As an Easter Egg I added the date the game launched in Japan as the score.

Roses

2 foot Champagne Bottle

This bottle may look broken, but its by design. I made it for the launch of the pirate area at LEGOLAND California. It “brakes” into 5 parts but can also be put back together and “broken” over and over again.

Father and Son

One of my favorite scales is Miniland scale. I love how you can convey emotion in just a few bricks.

Mini Taj Mahal

I was asked to make a cake topper for a birthday. She mentioned that her husband was getting the LEGO Taj Mahal set as a present and asked if I could make a person building with bricks. Instead, I figured out how to make a tiny Taj Majal.

Bride dragging groom

I make a lot of custom wedding cake toppers. When I can, I add a bit of humor to my builds

Amidala and Vader

Okay so she actually married Anakin, but he isn’t as cool as Vader

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