Artist Christian Faur made a set of stunning portraits using thousands of crayons inset into the frames. The series is called “Rods and Cones” and is the first instance I can think of where crayons are used in such a way to create art.
Clever, clever idea from NY design studio Rich Brilliant Willing (a play on the three founders’ names, FYI), on contract for design blog Core77, which is giving these away to winners of its inaugural Design Awards this year.
Carol Taldo of Frugal Life Project made these great crayon initial wall hangings for her kids’ teachers, and shares the how-to on her blog. I love the way they came out and the possibilities for customization!
Over on our sister site, CRAFT, Brookelynn Morris posted about the insanely cool World Cup player crayon carvings of Diem Chau. Above is a closeup of Brazilian footballer Robinho’s custom crayon. Chau carved 66 total.
These crayon carvings made in the likeness of the superstars of football are unbelievably cool. Diem Chau carved 66 crayons, in sets for some World Cup press kits. I can’t even imagine the process… I break crayons just coloring with them! Her site, The Pleasure of Tiny Things has great photos of each player, and […]
It seems like summertime is the season of the birthday party in my circle of friends, at least as far as the kids are concerned. So I thought I’d come up with a quick craft to make for the children in my life that would be both inexpensive to create and easy to personalize. Something […]
