Christian Faur
Rolling On The Floor Laughing, 12”x12”, Hand-Cast Encaustic Crayons
Pleading Face, 12”x12”, Hand-Cast Encaustic Crayons
Face With Tongue, 12”x12”, Hand-Cast Encaustic Crayons
Christian Faur, Daejeon Museum Gardens, 22,680 hand cast encaustic crayons
Christian Faur, Georg Cantor (Mathematician Series), 36×36”, Melted hand cast encaustic crayons
Christian Faur, Mary Cartwright (Mathematician Series), 36×36”, Melted hand cast encaustic crayons
Christian Faur, Bertrand Russell (Mathematician Series), 36×36”, Melted hand cast encaustic crayons
Christian Faur, Olga Ladyzhenskaya (Mathematician Series), 36×36” Melted hand cast encaustic crayons
Christian Faur, John von Neumann (Mathematician Series), 36×36”, Melted hand cast encaustic crayons
Christian Faur, “Srinivasa Ramanujan (Mathematician Series), 36×36”, Melted hand cast encaustic crayon
Christian Faur, David Blackwell (Mathematician Series) , 36×36”, Melted hand cast encaustic crayons
Christian Faur, Kurt Gödel (Mathematician Series), 36×36”, Melted hand cast encaustic crayons
Christian Faur, Kintsug Cup 1 (Kintsugi Series), ~6,200 Hand cast encaustic crayons & 24k gold leaf, 23.5″x23.5″ SOLD
Christian Faur, Melodie 82, hand cast encaustic crayons, 14.5x14.5 in
Christian Faur, Melodie 57, hand cast encaustic crayons, 14.5x14.5 in
Christian Faur, Melodie 78, hand cast encaustic crayons, 14.5x14.5 in
Christian Faur, Melodie 83, hand cast encaustic crayons, 14.5x14.5 in
Christian Faur, Melodie 77, hand cast encaustic crayons, 14.5x14.5 in
Christian Faur, Melodie 73, hand cast encaustic crayons, 14.5x14.5 in
Christian Faur, Melodie 74, hand cast encaustic crayons, 14.5x14.5 in
Christian Faur, Melodie 79, hand cast encaustic crayons, 14.5x14.5 in
Christian Faur, Melodie 63, hand cast encaustic carayons, 14.5x14.5 in
Christian Faur, Melodie 84, hand cast encaustic carayons, 14.5x14.5 in
Christian Faur, Pinterest Pygmalion, hand cast encaustic crayons, 37x37 inches
Christian Faur, Rose of Sharon, hand cast encaustic crayons, 60x37 inches SOLD
Christian Faur, Portrait of a Mathematician: David Hilbert, fused hand cast encaustic crayons, 36x36 inches
David Hilbert (1862-1943) was a German mathematician instrumental in discovering and establishing the foundations of mathematics as we understand them today. His numerous significant developments range from algebraic theory to fundamental geometry to mathematical physics.
Hilbert spent most of his career teaching and researching at the University of Gottingen in Germany. After learning that one of his students dropped out to study poetry, he said “Good, he did not have enough imagination to become a mathematician.”
Artist Christian Faur is creating a portrait series of notable mathematicians. His intention is to memorialize these important figures and to educate the public on their invaluable contributions.
Christian Faur, Crackers, 1296 baked saltine crackers, 72x72 in
Christian Faur, Confection, hand cast encaustic crayons, 14.5x14.5 in
Christian Faur, Yearbook Series, 2200 hand cast encaustic crayons, 14.5x14.5 in
Christian Faur, Peaches, hand cast encaustic crayons, 27x13.5 in
Christian Faur, Portrait of God, giclée Print, 43 x 47.5 inches
In 2008, artist Christian Faur developed a color alphabet system which assigned all 26 letters in the English alphabet a unique color. Vowels and other letters that occur frequently in the English language received bold, primary colors, while lesser-used letters were assigned secondary, more subdued hues. The system uses these colors to transform language into a visual image, allowing Christian Faur to create “paintings” out of text alone. This color alphabet has been universally adopted for use in alternative education, and has been the foundation of several works by Christian Faur over the past decade.
“Portrait of God” maps every word in the King James Bible (Old and New Testament) in this color alphabet, displaying each of the 4+ million letters as color “pixels.” Using white to separate each of the 790,039 words, the image can be “read” from left to right, top to bottom using a key. From afar, striations and blocks of overall color variation can be observed, showing the many changes in language used in the different books and chapters of the text.
John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Christian Faur, Portrait of a Girl, fused hand cast encaustic crayons, 36x36 inches
Christian Faur, Godfather, hand-cast encaustic crayons, 42x56 in
Christian Faur, Forgotten Memories Series-Girl, hand cast encaustic crayons, 21x21 in
Christian Faur, No. 08-205, 199 dollar bills, black tea, thread, 53x31 in SOLD
Christian Faur, Gardeners Replaced by Wolves, encaustic
Christian Faur, Marlboro Man, encaustic, 12x12 in
Christian Faur, It's Raining Salt, encaustic, 12x12 in
Christian Faur, Colors Don't Cry, encaustic, 12x12 in SOLD
Christian Faur, Know Your Bones, encaustic, 12x12 in
Christian Faur, The Eleventh Hour, encaustic, 12x12 in
artist info
Faur was born in 1968 in New York City and moved throughout his childhood, from Chicago to Los Angeles to Sacramento. Making art was his constant, “the thing I always kept for myself.” After serving in the Army, he earned a degree in physics from California State University, Northridge, then taught physics and math at an L.A. middle school while exhibiting his oil paintings on the side. In 2000 he settled in Granville, Ohio, where today [he is] on the faculty at Denison University… In 2008 he finished an MFA in visual art and new media through the Transart Institute, a program based in Austria and New York.
It was Christmastime in 2005 when Faur was building a wooden crayon box as a gift for his daughter that inspiration struck. He was painting and sculpting with encaustics then, and had come to enjoy the versatility and properties of wax, “this fantastic surface quality that’s neither glossy or varnishy or highly polished, nor matte or dull.” But handling those crayons, observing how their tips absorbed light and conveyed dimension and texture when piled en masse, spurred his imagination.
He’s been playing with crayons ever since…with [four] solo shows at Columbus’ Sherrie Gallerie since 2007. --Joyce Lovelace, American Craft
"The things that inspire me to create, I find, are buried deep within the structures and systems that form the underpinning of our natural world. My studies in the natural sciences have made me aware of these hidden layers of complexity present in even the simplest objects. These invisible layers are seen most clearly through the lens of logic, which is used to decipher the underlying rules and laws that govern the physical world.
In my work, I try to mimic these elegant structures of nature by developing systems of my own with which to express my thoughts and ideas, so that the medium and the message appear as one." - Christian Faur
press
Clevescene: Christian Faur, July 13, 2018
Little Things: Christian Faur, August, 2016
DENISON UNIVERSITY: CHRISTIAN FAUR, JAN 8, 2013
DAILY MAIL: CHRISTIAN FAUR, AUGUST 12, 2012
HUFFINGTON POST: CHRISTIAN FAUR, AUGUST 8, 2012
AMERICAN CRAFT: CHRISTIAN FAUR, MAY 17, 2012
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH: CHRISTIAN FAUR, MAY 31, 2011
COLUMBUS ALIVE: CHRISTIAN FAUR, MARCH 30, 2011
Download Christian Faur's ebook "A Box of Crayons" for free here.
Use Christian Faur's color alphabet converter here.
