Robin

Robin Williams passed away on August 11th, 2014 and on that same day someone contacted Pete about donating a large amount of used Rubik's Cubes. He grew up watching Williams' films and had the idea to build a mosaic to auction off for charity.

Pete also had a friend, Brigit Horgan, who teaches art at a local school who had been trying to get me to meet with one of her students, a talented speedcuber named Dan Pastushkov. Pete and Brigit agreed that he should come to the studio and help build this mosaic.

This 600 cube portrait called 'Goofball' was created from start to finish in over 4 hours. Dan worked from one end and Pete worked from the other. A number of San Francisco area news organisations carried a story about the project. Pete put the mosaic on Ebay and auctioned it off for $4300, $4100 of which was split between donations to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

The man who purchased the mosaic owns a recording studio where Robin recorded voiceover work for many of the movies he was cast in. He had lots of stories about Robin.

Another lovely couple who placed the runner-up bid contacted me after the auction about having a second one made. This 400 cube alternate is hung in their home, less than a mile from Robin Williams' home in Tiburon, California.