For his series The Land Surveyors, artist Christian Faur took photographs from the Great Depression, and, using a digital mapping technique, deconstructed each image down to its pixels. From there, he hand-cast thousands of crayons and then reassembled them into wooden frames to create artworks that resemble highly-pixelated images. Confused? Click through to get a better look at the end result.
The Land Surveyors, 2010. 20,000 hand cast encaustic crayons. 60″ x 30″
The Land Surveyors (detail 3), 2010. 20,000 hand cast encaustic crayons. 60″ x 30″
In the Flat Fields, 2010. Hand cast encaustic crayons. 30″ x 40″
Winds, 2010. Hand cast encaustic crayons. 50″ x 30″
Winds (detail 2), 2010. Hand cast encaustic crayons. 50″ x 30″
WPA Portrait 1, 2010. Hand cast encaustic crayons. 13.5″ x 13.5″
WPA Portrait 5, 2010. Hand cast encaustic crayons. 13.5″ x 13.5″
WPA Portrait 5 (detail), 2010. Hand cast encaustic crayons. 13.5″ by 13.5″
WPA Portrait 7, 2010. Hand cast encaustic crayons. 13.5″ by 13.5″
WPA Portrait 7 (detail), 2010. Hand cast encaustic crayons. 13.5″ x 13.5″
WPA Portrait 8, 2010. Hand cast encaustic crayons. 13.5″ x 13.5″
WPA Portrait 8 (detail), 2010. Hand cast encaustic crayons. 13.5″ x 13.5″
WPA Portrait 9, 2010. Hand cast encaustic crayons. 13.5″ x 13.5″
WPA Portrait 10, 2010. Hand cast encaustic crayons. 13.5″ x 13.5″
WPA Portrait 10 (detail), 2010. Hand cast encaustic crayons. 13.5″ x 13.5″
WPA Portrait 11, 2010. Hand cast encaustic crayons. 13.5″ x 13.5″