[MOC] The Heart in the Clay: a 6,782-piece recreation of the 2001 Roland Garros final (Kuerten vs. Corretja), with build technique breakdown

In June 2001, Brazilian tennis player Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten won his third French Open at Roland Garros. After match point, he knelt on the clay and drew a large heart with his racket. Twenty-five years later, I tried to capture the scene in LEGO. The Heart in the Clay is a 6,782-piece tennis stadium diorama frozen at that exact moment. The arena is an original design, not a literal recreation of any real court, built to frame the court and the heart as the focal point. Corretja is still on...