Oliver as a flat LEGO® brick mosaic

How is Oliver built as a flat LEGO mosaic?

Oliver has 6 letters and takes 40 plates in 3 sizes. The mosaic only uses 1- and 2-stud plate bands, the ones LEGO sells loose. At this piece count it helps to build letter by letter and check the spacing as you go.

How many LEGO plates do you need for Oliver as a flat mosaic?

Building Oliver takes 40 plates in 3 different sizes: 30 of 2×2, 9 of 2×10 and 1 of 2×8. The 2×2 ones are 75% of the total, so those are the ones to keep spare. By colour that is 13 yellow, 10 blue, 10 green and 7 red. The same name in 3D goes up to 70 pieces, 30 more, and fits on the same 2 baseplates.

Which letter of Oliver takes the most plates?

The 6 letters of Oliver don't cost the same: O with 8, L with 5, I with 5, V with 9, E with 5 and R with 8. V is the priciest at 9 plates and E the cheapest at 5.

How big is Oliver as a flat mosaic?

The Oliver mosaic spreads over 2 baseplates of 32 × 16 studs, about 25.6 cm wide each. It sits flush with the plate, one plate thick.

What size should you build Oliver at: S, M or L?

The generator offers three sizes, and for Oliver the gap is wide: 49 plates at S, 40 at M and 98 at L. At L the name stretches to 25.6 cm and needs 3 baseplates, so it's the choice to make before buying any bricks.

What can you make with Oliver as a flat mosaic?

• Framed wall art or a flat sign with Oliver for a bedroom.
• Decoration you can carry around without it falling apart.
• Brick typography project, from sketch to inventory.

How do you build Oliver as a flat mosaic, step by step?

1. Open the generator with Oliver pre-filled, in the flat view.
2. Gather the 40 plates — most of them are 30 of 2×2.
3. Lay out 2 baseplates of 32 × 16 studs and spread the 6 letters across them.
4. Check the preview before you fix the plates down.

More names as flat mosaics

• Ava
• Sophia
• James
• Liam