Strange Materials

Crayons. They seem like an elementary material to most. But artist Christian Faur has pushed the norm with these crayon portraits, posted in design boom. Using them like pixels in a pointillism style drawing.
‘poppies’ by christian faur, 2007
He also uses materials like shredded paper.
"The image is made possible because of the way the text is rendered using different font sizes and “kernings” to appear darker or lighter."