I’m a big fan of the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films. The attention to detail, the sweeping vistas, the sheer “size” of the films is so impressive to me. When I discovered that Weta Workshop, the creators of costume/character/set design for the films was going to have a booth at Calgary Expo, I decided to build a small (well, for me, small) version of their logo, in hopes of giving it to them, as a way of saying thanks for all the wonderful work they’ve done over the years.

So, Friday afternoon at Expo, I saw that Richard Taylor, CEO of Weta Workshop was signing behind their wonderful booth. I walked over with my 15×45 inch board in tow, and waited patiently until it was my turn. I introduced myself to Richard, and explained what I do. He mentioned that he had seen my booth and told me “Your work is exquisite”. Now that’s a wonderful word, and coming from Richard, high praise indeed. I told him I had built the logo for Weta Workshop, and that (if it wasn’t an imposition,) I wanted them to have it.

Richard was thrilled, and immediately took the piece over to the booth, mentioning that one of their people, Dave, was a big Lego fan, and would be excited about it. I met Dave the next day, and we had a few great chats about Lego in general.

Lego Mosaic by Dave Ware (Brickwares)

That certainly made my weekend!