Artist Gives Nature the 8-Bit Treatment

Shawn Smith, an artist from Texas, transforms images of nature into real-life versions of the 8-bit artwork more commonly seen in games such as Space Invaders and Tetris, using hundreds of tiny wooden blocks.
 

In an interview with Wired.co.uk, Smith explains how his sculptures provide a means of exploring the otherwise unknown natural world, as "pixels became a sort of map from which to experience."

 

 

full @ http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/05/8-bit-nature-art/