Besides the birds, bees and beautiful flowers, the Houston Botanic Garden now has Lego sculptures. houstonbotanic
is an amusing way to bring people to the Houston Botanic Garden, which opened during a pandemic and, thanks to its mostly outdoor setting, is still one of the safest – and most educational ways – to spend free time.The LEGO displays come in a variety of animals and plants in differing scenarios. It shows of the variety of things that can be made from these very versatile, very tiny building blocks.
“I have to glue all the pieces together as I go. I can't just build the sculpture and then say, ‘Oh, that face looks terrible. Let me take it apart.’ It's not like that. So I have to build it or design it and either physically or digitally tear it apart and put it back together again over and over and over until I've got it the way I like it. Then, once that happens, I've got a prototype that I can then make a copy of with my glue as I go,” Kenney says“I use industrial solvents.
When those monstrously large crates do arrive and the sculptures finally put in place, there’s another element Kenney had to plan for: that large star our planet orbits. “I'm still dealing with weather and wind and rain and spider webs and all that stuff. If this was just in an art gallery, I wouldn't have to deal with that. But it's not the same because a big part of the fun of the exhibit is that you get to wander around in the beauty of the botanical garden experiencing nature,” he said. “My art is all about nature.