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Friday, April 6, 2012

Warhol: Deconstructed


Here is the second encaustic painting in my Deconstructed series. You can tell by the title of the post who the image is: Andy Warhol, one of my favorite artists! Here is the image I transferred onto fabric and began with:


Then I started the screen printing process. I did so many rounds of screen prints and ended up with a ton of different images on fabric to work with. I had originally planned on making an art quilt with these squares. I have so many to choose from that I may still do that with some that are left over. Here are the fabric squares I've chosen to make encaustic paintings with. I've laid the squares out side by side to show the progression of the screen print as the image deconstructed through the process. So cool!  Yes, I changed fabric through the process. Plus, these are my favorite images through a couple of different runs. ;-)


These are 8" x 8" squares and fit perfectly onto the deep wood panels I have. So far I've only done the two with encaustic but I love the finished look of them. Here is a side view of one of the paintings hanging on the wall:


Once I get each square embedded in encaustic, I'll arrange each wood panel on the wall. They will be arranged similar to the way they are laid out in the above photo but I will probably will have more in each row. I will post a photo when the series is completed and on the wall.

This is my Paint Party Friday entry. Check out what everybody else is up to today. Last I checked there are nearly 70 entries! Should be lots of eye candy waiting.

16 comments:

Bill said...

You do such fascinating work with encaustics. Awesome!

Lori Saul said...

Beautiful work- a fascinating process with subtle and elegant results!

Happy Holiday weekend to you and yours Pam!

Lori

Pearson Report said...

Pam...Bill sums it up beautifully - "You do such fascinating work..."

I confess, I had to look up "encaustic" and when I read what it was I must say WOW - it would be so cool to see this in "person" - your pictures are great...but this sort of thing is best appreciated with the naked eye.

I love your enthusiasm and passion - it pops off the page; rather infectious...makes me want to create something...

Happy Easter! (if you don't celebrate then Happy Weekend!) :)

Hugs, Jenny

Valerie-Jael said...

Fantastic work Pam, it is very interesting to see the progression in your work, thanks for sharing! Happy Easter to you and yours! Hugs, Valerie

pauline said...

How cool is THAT?! I can't wait to see them all lined up together in rows... VERY cool.
I love Andy Warhol too. Happy PPF! xoxo

Netty said...

This is so interesting Pam, would love to see a demo when you have the time. Its totally fascinating. Happy PPF and have a lovely Easter, Annette x

Anna said...

Ive never done this. These are great. I have taught with VSA for ten years and my students love my Andy Warhol lessons

Kristin Dudish said...

Oh Pam - this is fantastic! Andy Warhol is the perfect subject for the process you used... He would be proud! I love how you took printing to the next level with the encaustics - and the results are amazing! Wow!

I can't wait to see them all hanging on the wall together...

xo
Kristin

Helen Campbell said...

This is fabulous work! I'd love to see a tutorial on this. Thanks for sharing! Helen @ Natures Walk

Pat Tillett said...

Wow, wow and wow!
That is amazing! You are SO DARN talented Pam!

Lesley Edmonds said...

I've never tried encaustics. These results are amazing and intriguing.

Mary C. Nasser said...

Yay for encaustics!
It's great to see your process, Pam!
♥♥♥
Happy PPF!!
Mary
Mixed-Media Map Art

Tracey FK said...

Please post them hung on the wall in a group... I really want to see how they come together.... this is really fascinating and I am loving where they are going... have a great Easter...xx

EVA said...

Theses are fascinating and gorgeous! can't wait to see them all displayed.

Geckostone said...

Wow, these are way cool!!! An art quilt would be fantastic too! Deb

GlorV1 said...

Wow Pam! I'm loving your Andy Warhol project. Excellent job. Happy PPF!