Giant LEGO Snowglobe Features 14 London Landmarks For Christmas.

For the past few years, the first LEGO Certified Professional in the UK, Duncan Titmarsh of Bright Bricks, has created large LEGO sculptures for Christmas and displayed them in various public venues in the UK. Last year, it was a giant LEGO Advent Calendar in London's Covent Garden’s West Piazza and in 2011, the World's Larget LEGO Christmas Tree (35 feet tall) displayed at St. Pancras station.









This year, London’s Covent Garden’s West Piazza celebrates the launch of the world’s first LEGO Snow Globe. It features an inflatable snowglobe in which LEGO sculptures of 14 London landmarks including Shakespeare's Globe Theater, the London Eye, The Battersea Power Station and Big Ben are placed. The snowglobe, which can be walked into via an archway, took six people over 75 days to build, used 120,000 LEGO bricks and stands over 3 meters tall.





some close-ups:







The Snow Globe and its festive scene of London will be open to the public free of charge from November 14th to December 22nd.

Duncan speaks about his LEGO Snowglobe:


Images courtesy of Bright Bricks and London Mums Magazine

Steampunk Snow Globes By Camryn Forrest. One Of A Kind Shakeable Art.

above: Steampunk Airship snow globe by Camryn Forrest designs

Two of my favorite things have been combined by artist Camryn Forrest. The Steampunk genre and the Snow Globe (or water globe or snowdome). Her intricate little shakeable sculptures combine elements associated with the Victorian age of machinery along with copper, silver or rich pewter glitter as the "snow". The bases upon which the glass encased sculptures sit vary in materials, from marble to woods, and are decorated with "Steampunk" styled embellishments.

Romance That Floats On Your Fingers. Miniature Worlds in Resin Rings by Shannnam.

above: a preview of the The Cupid & Pysche Valentine's Day Rings in the making

Not everyone can afford to spend two month's salary on a diamond ring for their significant other on Valentine's Day (sorry DeBeers). So here's a much less expensive alternative that may be a novelty but it will still make your loved one's heart go a-flutter.



Hong Kong-based handmade accessories designers Shannnam (chan io yau riyo and kwong ho sun howard) have encapsulated miniature worlds in resin to wear upon your finger. For this coming Valentine's Day, they've released a new limited edition collection, Cupid & Psyche, which consists of eight limited edition rings in which sweet couples, young and old, bask in the comfort of one another's company.

“Cupid and Psyche” Valentine’s Day Limited Edition Rings

Until We Don't Meet Again and the Path We Went Through:


The Promise (in four possible variations; Child, Autumn, Maple, Sakura):

Smell The Taste and Until we Don't Meet Again (Spring):



Other views of the Cupid and Psyche Valentine's Day Rings:









The rings are 100% handmade and come in two sizes, small and medium. Presently Shannnam has two collections, Fragmented Chronicles and the limited edition Cupid and Psyche rings.

Their Citizen Rings, shown below, are not yet available for sale:



The Fragmented Chronicles Rings Collection:












You can customize the tiny narratives by choosing from their miniature figures, making them even more personal.


above: The cast of characters from whom you can choose


all images courtesy of Shannam.

Shop their online store

An affiliated shop who sells the rings:
M O O I Shop
G/F NO.25 Haven Street,
Causeway Bay Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2882 1384
Mon-Sun 13:00 - 20:00

Twenty Limited Edition Snow Globes by Ligorano/Reese Celebrate the History of Art.

Designer and limited edition snow globes certainly have their appeal to the art world in addition to collectors of the shakeable snow-laden water-filled round glass objects.