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I'm T.Wadbro, an artist from Skåne, Sweden.
Mostly, my works feature young men with captivating, yearning eyes, filled to the brim with emotions
and stories that they wish to accentuate to the viewers.
I believe they are all somewhat of an inner reflection of myself, that every person I create is a piece of me.

3 Nov 2011

Crying Boy of the Woods

We've been printing on fabrics at Art School. We had to create a pattern to print which could be repeated all over our fabric of choice.
At the start of the week, I was out of ideas... I sat and doodled, with no good ideas getting out, so in my desperation, I started drawing crying boys. And inspiration came!


The boy who got lost in the endless dark woods, wandered alone for so long that
he soon became a part of it.
When the young one cried, the sky and the trees of the woods cried with him.


We're using screen printing technique. You might be familiar with Andy Warhol (who's works we saw at an exhibition last week in Denmark!), who used it very often in his works.
There's the crying boy pattern to the left, and to the right there's another frame featuring my ConCom characters, who I have special ideas in store for~


The boy being printed on natural linen fabric! I knew wanted this type of fabric when I designed the pattern, and I mixed the brown color manually to get the right shade.
We manually place the frame on the fabric and pull the color all over it, and then lift the frame and place it at the next spot and repeat. Lots of measuring if you want to get it all straight...

I loved working on fabric, being a cosplayer I'm used to, and enjoy, textile crafts...
And the printing was fun to do, the design was fun to do and well, these two weeks were just awesome. Overall, I'm very glad I was accepted into this Art School... ^-^

20 comments:

  1. Hey T.W. Love the Crying Boy of the Woods fabric!! Are you going to make an outfit, lamp, curtains, omg screenprinting opens up heaps of possibilities. Results look amazing & I'd be crying too, that tree has a major spooky silhouette! You were fortunate to see Andy Warhol's exhibit, there's not too much Warhol in Australia & mainly at the national galleries. I also called by to let you know you won the random prize on my blog, either a customised aceo or an aceo from my Esty store, winners choice, when you make up your mind or choose, just let me know :) My email is sunshineshelle@clubtelco.com talk soon, love seeing what new things your up too, I think the Art School is a wonderful experience to evolve your talents and gives you new techniques to bring your visions to life.

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  2. sunshineshelle@clubtelco.com I don't know if I left my email (I got distracted at work)

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  3. This is fantastic! Great design, story, and great project! COngrats on wining Shelle's prize!

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  4. Screen printing is just such an amazing tool for manipulating your images... I loved all the printmaking classes at art college for that reason... can't wait to see what you do with the fabric... stretch it onto canvas and then rework it... I loved doing that xx happy PPF

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  5. What I love about this is that you're sticking to your style. You're getting to learn and do so many techniques in school but the results are still you. And I love the pattern you made. :)

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  6. Thank you for sharing this terrific work. Happy PPF, Annette x

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  7. Wonderful! New technique can be inhibiting ~ Great job! ~thanks, namaste, Carol (Share the Creative Journey) Happy PPF ^_^

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  8. Beautifully done. That was so creative of you. I think that this would make nice pajama design (as, on flannel) for kids. Sounds like art school is varied and fun. Faye

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  9. Your crying boys are delightful! I really want to learn screen printing, it's on my endless list...LOL ~Happy Paint Party Friday! #10 Robin Panzer Art Studio 33

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  10. Love the idea of your work on fabric. You really adapted your style well to the medium. And brown? No one uses brown! Brilliant to use it on the linen. I'll bet most of the other students used a Warhol palette. Yes, I'd say you and art school are a great match.

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  11. beautiful work on fabric! Sounds like you're having fun in art school.

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  12. I love your concept especially doodling when out of ideas. the result is fantastic on the fabric! I love also how you created a story out of your doodles. Your art has your own personal touch. Great job!

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  13. Fascinating process and your art is remarkable! Looking forward to more!

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  14. Oh how great that you're learning how to do that! I saw works by Andy Warhol when I was in Vancouver a few years ago. That was great! Patsy from
    HeARTworks

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  15. this really is the most amazing,, beautiful.I love your art and this printed on natural linen is just a match made in heaven,, perfect!
    I have missed coming here,,all my crazy blogging troubles I lost some of my favorite sites,,

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  16. Love how your doodles translated to the fabric. How awesome to see some of Andy Warhol's work. I'm green with envy!

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  17. jättefint med textiltryck!:3 Och väldigt SNÄLL!XD

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  18. I like the idea of translating art work onto fabric too. The process looks so cool too! your weeping woods reflecting the feeling of the lost boy. ADORABLE!

    Lorraine

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  19. wow this is incredible to see!

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  20. Congrats, you did great. I am so proud of you and that you did get into the school you wanted to be. Yikes, too much work, lol. Blessings, Janet PPF

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