Posted on 30/06/08
Make the time for a slow game with strangers
Vancouver sculptor Robert Chaplin has a new piece he's showing around these days. It is a travel chess set made of Lego. The board is assembled in standard Lego pieces, which are then glued together permanently. The chessmen are unpacked from their storage compartment and mounted to the board, fitting tightly together in a dense thicket. You move them with a little tool (also made of Lego, of course) that allows you to grip the head of each piece and reposition it on the playing surface.
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