This was a limited edition crochet banana design inspired by Andy Warhol’s famous banana print. I was commissioned to make 40 of them to help raise money to bring Andy Warhol’s famous exhibition, “Silver Clouds” to Artisphere is Rosslyn, Virginia.

http://www.artisphere.com/calendar/event-details/Visual-A...

The bananas went up for sale on indiegogo, a crowdfunding platform:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/andy-warhol-silver-clouds

Here is a link to the famous Andy Warhol banana:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/Velvet_Unde...
The bananas were made in 3 stages:

The first stage I made the banana bodies and stuffed them. The body design allows for a nice arc in the upper section of the banana and expanded and/or decreased stitches in strategic areas to give the banana its shape.

The second stage, I added the top and bottom stems and the rind ridges in black.

The third stage I added the ribbed shading in black that is similar in pattern of the Andy Warhol banana print.