As a Master Model Builder, Watson built LEGO projects for Legoland. She built of a Star Wars Death Star, the U.S. women’s soccer team, and even Beyoncé.
“My favorite thing to build out of LEGO is actually people,” Watson says. “I find it really fun to look at photographs of celebrities or characters and try to represent them by using little LEGO bricks.”
Before Watson starts a project, she thinks about color first. Next, she looks at the shapes of her bricks, thinking about which she needs.
For small builds, Watson works fast, putting pieces together in different ways until she’s satisfied. For larger builds, she takes her time and models the build on graph paper first.
Watson’s advice for builders: “When you’re going to build a new model, look at parts you already have available. It can be a little to have the idea in your head first, and then find that you don’t have the parts that you need.”