Ava as a flat LEGO® brick mosaic
Ava is a short flat mosaic: 25 plates on a single baseplate. It sits flush with the plate, ready to frame with no joins.
About this design
Ava has 3 letters and takes 25 plates in 2 sizes. The mosaic only uses 1- and 2-stud plate bands, the ones LEGO sells loose. With this few pieces you can assemble the whole thing before fixing it to the baseplate.
Piece inventory
Building Ava takes 25 plates in 2 different sizes: 21 of 2×2 and 4 of 2×10. The 2×2 ones are 84% of the total, so those are the ones to keep spare. By colour that is 8 green, 7 yellow, 6 red and 4 blue. The same name in 3D goes up to 39 pieces, 14 more, and needs 1 baseplate instead of 1.
| Size | Units |
|---|---|
| 2×2 | 21 |
| 2×10 | 4 |
Letter by letter
The 3 letters of Ava don't cost the same: A with 8, V with 9 and A with 8. V is the priciest at 9 plates and A the cheapest at 8.
| A | V | A |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 9 | 8 |
Size and space
The Ava mosaic spreads over 1 baseplate of 32 × 16 studs, about 25.6 cm wide each. It sits flush with the plate, one plate thick.
S, M or L: what changes
The generator offers three sizes, and for Ava the gap is wide: 29 plates at S, 25 at M and 58 at L. At L the name stretches to 25.6 cm and needs 2 baseplates, so it's the choice to make before buying any bricks.
| Size | Pieces | Width | Baseplates |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | 29 | 25.6 cm | 1 |
| M | 25 | 25.6 cm | 1 |
| L | 58 | 25.6 cm | 2 |
Ideas for this name
- Small framed piece: Ava fits one baseplate and frames as it is.
- An afternoon project — few plates and no joins.
- Fridge plaque if you back it with a thin mount.
How to customize
- Open the generator with Ava pre-filled, in the flat view.
- Gather the 25 plates — most of them are 21 of 2×2.
- Lay out 1 baseplate of 32 × 16 studs and spread the 3 letters across them.
- Check the preview before you fix the plates down.
The other view
What if you stood it up instead, with letters that have real volume?