Brickasso® No. 13
A small work with a precise gesture.
The Champion's Blade is Brickasso® No. 13, a one of one 3D mosaic built from 1,000 original LEGO® elements. At 30 × 40 cm, the work is smaller in scale than the major Brickasso® pieces, but it remains part of the official chronology through its concept, documentation and personal meaning.
The artwork was created as a personal tribute and offered as a gift to Ana Maria Brânză, multiple Olympic and world champion. Its position inside the catalogue does not come from size. It comes from the gesture, the subject and the way a small work can preserve respect, friendship and gratitude.
The blade becomes a symbol of discipline, precision and inner strength. From a distance, the image is clean and direct. Up close, the viewer discovers the careful construction behind it, piece by piece.
Story
A gesture of gratitude.
The Champion's Blade was not created as a commercial work. It was created as a gesture. Albert built it for Ana Maria Brânză as a way to say thank you to a champion whose career speaks about discipline, patience and the years of work that stand behind public victory.
The small format gives the work a different tone. It is intimate, focused and direct. Instead of monumentality, it uses concentration. Instead of scale, it uses precision.
Meaning
The blade as a symbol.
The fencing blade becomes more than sporting equipment. In this work, it becomes a line of discipline, a sign of control and a reminder that every victory begins long before it is seen by an audience.
Placed inside the Brickasso® Registry, the work records a personal moment in the chronology: a tribute from one young artist to a champion whose story belongs to Romanian sport and public memory.
Artistic Significance
A registered tribute work.
As BRK-13, The Champion's Blade documents a different type of Brickasso® artwork: small in physical scale, but specific in intention. It shows that the catalogue can include monumental works, public stage pieces and intimate tribute works, as long as each one carries concept, documentation and artistic continuity.
Process
How the work was built.
Provenance
Gift and registry record.
Completed in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and recorded as BRK-13 in the Brickasso® Registry.
Created as a personal tribute for Ana Maria Brânză, multiple Olympic and world champion.
Gifted to Ana Maria Brânză and preserved in the Brickasso® chronology as a registered one of one tribute artwork.
Certificate and Registry
Authenticity record.
The Champion's Blade is recorded in the Brickasso® Registry as BRK-13. The work is accompanied by a signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
The registry number preserves the work as a one of one tribute artwork and as the thirteenth chapter in the documented Brickasso® chronology.