"I think that painting is very much like solving a complicated mathematical problem, where each step logically and necessarily follows from the previous step, finally arriving at a solution. Ideally, an elegant one."
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Christian Faur - Crayon Art
An artist based in Granville, Ohio, Christian Faur creates pictures from thousands of crayons as 'wax pixels' by standing the crayons on ends.
"I think that painting is very much like solving a complicated mathematical problem, where each step logically and necessarily follows from the previous step, finally arriving at a solution. Ideally, an elegant one."
"I think that painting is very much like solving a complicated mathematical problem, where each step logically and necessarily follows from the previous step, finally arriving at a solution. Ideally, an elegant one."
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That is so cool! I'm in awe of people that do things like that. How do they ever think of it??
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The patience it must take to finish one of these... *sigh*
ReplyDelete(BTW, about your comment on my last post -- thanks, but I'm just a weekend cook, so that's why you only see me posting recipes on a Sunday!)
How do you find these things?! Lol. I can't even begin to imagine how they came up with doing this. Great post.
ReplyDeleteHow did he do that? That is once again, amazing! I'm no way patient enough to do something like that.
ReplyDeleteI'm continually amazed by the ideas artists have and how they execute them...
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing more great art!
that is just awsome!!
ReplyDeletei always love your collections..
cool art!
ReplyDeleteI hope he glues them together. All it would take is one curious child....
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm wondering how they make them all stand up?
ReplyDeleteThose are amazing. I can't believe they were done with crayons!!
ReplyDeleteSimply an art! And such parience too!
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