I agree with Christian Faur about the unparalleled nature of a fresh crayon box. The smell of wax, and untouched, perfect colorful tips (it was never the same after “sharpening” them).

Faur has an incredible series of crayon art that uses the medium in a whole new way.

Tightly packed collections of crayon tips produce photorealistic images. I would love to walk around these pictures, and delight as the image appears at just the right angle.

In the Forgotten Children set (among others), Faur uses bits of color that come across like static in the image. Brilliant!

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Thanks to Artie for sending this link!