Sunday, June 21, 2009

Lego Christ

A boy examines a statue of Jesus Christ made entirely out of Lego construction bricks in a church at Vasteras, Sweden, Sunday April 12, 2009. The 1.8 metre (5.9 feet ) tall statue, a copy of Thorvaldsen's 'Resurrected Christ', has taken parishioners 1.5 years to construct out of 30.000 tiny plastic pieces

Photo from Jonas Ekstromer with AP Images (hat tip: Christianity Today)...

And details in an article by Anne Thomas in the Christian Post...

Congregants at Oensta Gryta Church in Vaesteras donated almost 30,000 Lego pieces to construct the 5.8-foot high statue of Jesus, the exterior of which appears completely white, though other colors were used underneath....work on the statue began a year and a half ago...

The Lego Jesus was based upon the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsens's 19th century statue "Christus," which depicts the resurrection of Jesus....

Check out three earlier posts on Legos: to repair a village wall, to illustrate the Bible, and the 50th anniversary of the toy!

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