I was interviewed by BlockBlaze recently where I chatted about how I got into Lego building and how SteamWerks was born. Please take a look and check out the other awesome interviews with South African Lego enthusiasts.

I had the privilege of being invited to take part in Willi Badenhorst's #aroundtheblock radio show on Thursday 25 April. It was the first time I've been on the radio so I was a little nervous leading up to the show. But once we got started the atmosphere was very relaxed and the hour went by very quickly.

The annual BrickFair event is the biggest exhibition event of the year where members of the different South African LUG’s and other Lego enthusiasts exhibit their latest and greatest builds. This year was my 4th BrickFair and the second to be held at the Grove Mall in Pretoria east. The event has been growing every year and this year had over 300 tables on display. Compared to last year’s massive 10 base plate build where I was completely stressed out about transporting every

After the Pops Toys event earlier in the year I was pondering what I could do to take my next exhibition to the next level. I received quite a bit of feedback at that event that my models looked “like real LEGO sets” and a few people asked me where I bought them. I decided that the only thing to do then was to make the models feel like “real sets” by creating my own theme and packaging for them. This was really the point where the SteamWerks brand was born. (The design proces

The Pops Toys exhibition at Northmead Square was the first time that I had exhibited any of my new SteamWerks models so I was feeling a bit unsure of how they would be received. The models were ready some time before the weekend but I was still unsure of how to display them on the table provided. I knew I wanted to enhance the build by creating the word STEAMPUNK using Technic axles, connectors, gears etc. as well as normal tiles. The pieces arrived a few days before the week