the art of the brick…

Some artists use paint, others bronze – But for Nathan Sawaya he chooses to build his awe-inspiring art out of toy building blocks. LEGO  bricks to be exact.

With more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his New York studio, Sawaya’s sculptures take many forms.

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A man and his daughter play with tame wolves in the village of Nadbiarezha, some 250 km (156 miles) northwest of Minsk.

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1. American Museum of Philadelphia, Matt

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Robert Oppenheimer – father of the American atomic bomb, the head of the Manhattan Project.

Military generals and Robert Oppenheimer inspect the ruins of the tower after the first test of the atomic bomb on July 16 1945.

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A research team from Indonesia’s Sam Ratulangi University, Indonesian Science Institution and Fukushima Aquamarine Japan  once again found prehistoric fish called coelacanth at Talise waters of North Minahasa in 155 meter-depth.

The fish was found during the first hour of the researchers’ first day by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV).

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Scientists and filmmakers have discovered a new species of giant rat deep in the jungle of Papua New Guinea along with other other animals hitherto unseen.

The woolly rat, an over-sized vegetarian rodent, measures 82 cm long and weighs in at 1.5 Kg. Its size makes it amongst the largest species of rat known anywhere in the world.

The creature was discovered by an expedition team filming for BBC program Lost Land of the Volcano.

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Pear in the form of a Buddha

Chinese farmer Gao Xianzhang using individual plastic molds, to achieve perfection in the cultivation of extraordinary pears.

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Stop Global warming

Brazilian artist Nelly Azavedo had a very interesting action in Berlin. He made a thousand little men from the ice, and then left them to melt on the steps of Berlin’s Concert Hall.

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Climate change has put at risk many of mountain glaciers of Nepal and if timely steps for minimizing the ill effects of climate change are not taken, they will burst anytime.

Nepali environment experts on Wednesday expressed their views at a talk program on “Increasing danger from the glacier and the measure to be taken to minimizing the glacier burst” held in capital Kathmandu.

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>One of the most famous pieces in the palace is the ceiling and the central chandelier in the Mirror Room. This magnificent construction is adorned with wing cases from over a million Thai jewel beetles. This amazing feat of art manifests the natural light with a remarkable force. Jan Fabre and his team of 29 artists spent three months completing this painstaking task. Another notable sight is the Empire Room, which contains 11 golden pots filled with earth and flowers from each of the 11 Belgian provinces.<

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