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Magnificent and sweet! Architectural model created using sugar cubes as bricks

It is often said that "Beauty comes from counting", so many artistic behaviors and creations often display homogeneous or similar items according to this rule. But often things are "large in number", which either requires the cooperation of many people, or requires amazing patience, combined with a certain degree of artistic beauty. For example, the creation of large-scale dominoes requires careful planning and arrangement. Finish. And if you were to create a project using a large number of homogeneous items, what would you use to create it?

Magnificent and sweet! Architectural model created using sugar cubes as bricks

Northern Irish artist Brendan Jamison has used "sugar cubes", an object that you might not even think of using for creation, to build an amazing world of architectural art.

Magnificent and sweet! Architectural model created using sugar cubes as bricks

Brendan Jamison and Mark Revels launched the "Sugar Metropol" project in 2013, inviting volunteers to "build" using sugar cubes as materials.

Magnificent and sweet! Architectural model created using sugar cubes as bricks

They used a total of about 500,000 sugar cubes to complete the sculptures of the city. Among these buildings, there are buildings, wall fortresses, iron bridges, and even soldiers.

Magnificent and sweet! Architectural model created using sugar cubes as bricks

And these sugar cube buildings are not just the size of those placed on the table. The sugar cube buildings built one by one from the floor reach the height of half a person or even more than a persons height. You can imagine if they collapse in the middle. , what a tragic situation it would be.

Magnificent and sweet! Architectural model created using sugar cubes as bricks

Because of its square shape, pure white sugar cubes can be stacked like bricks. When everyone completes the process together, they are like giants building a small but spectacular city!

Magnificent and sweet! Architectural model created using sugar cubes as bricks

And Brendan Jamison will also use tens of thousands of sugar cubes to recreate famous building landmarks in the real world.

Magnificent and sweet! Architectural model created using sugar cubes as bricks

Due to the success of the performance in Ireland, Brendan Jamison later went to New York and other cities to hold "Sugar Metropol" events, inviting everyone to focus on one thing and work together. And, as sugar cube artist Brendan JaMison has also exhibited his sugar cube buildings in India, Germany, China, France and the United States, sharing these magnificent and sweet meticulous sculptures with people everywhere.