Familiar from across the room. Unfamiliar up close.
Brickabilities is the studio of Oregon artist Nathan Burke — one-of-one mosaics that read as paintings at a distance and dissolve into thousands of individual pieces the closer you look.
The computer helps me design it. Every piece is still placed by hand.
Brickabilities is the studio practice of Oregon artist Nathan Burke — one-of-one mosaics built from LEGO® elements, exhibited annually at Bricks Cascade, and engineered with the same precision as the machines Burke spent two decades keeping running.
- Largest work
- 82,944 stud positionsBatman & Joker, 7.5 × 7.5 ft
- Working palette
- 58 LEGO® colorsBlended to build depth, warmth, and light that isn’t really there
- Placed by hand
- About 240 pieces an hourRoughly one every 15 seconds, for as long as the piece takes
- First mosaic
- 2021An 8-bit Mega Man that started it all
Every original is digitally archived, start to finish.
How It’s Made
From a reference photo to a hand-built, wall-mounted original — the six-step process behind every piece, plus real build-hour numbers.
See the processCommission a Piece
Work with the studio directly — size and preview your piece using the Mosaic Maker before a single brick is placed.
Start a commissionAbout the Artist
Two decades in luxury automotive operations, a lifelong love of craftsmanship, and a studio built one baseplate at a time.
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