Special Announcement!
Two of my fiber sculpture mushroom pieces have been placed on consignment in the Wide River Antiques store in Long Lake! That’s a first for me and makes me so happy to have my work represented in the Adirondacks!! Thank you Pat for the opportunity! If you are down that way check out this delightful store of well chosen antique and art pieces. The new piece I’ve been working on and just finished has a very tiny parasol mushroom and moss in a knot of wood displayed under a glass dome.
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Spore Prints In the last two weeks we have been foraging and collecting mushrooms to do spore prints! Are they ever amazing! I can’t get enough of them. Each one is so unique and sometimes are very sharp and intricate. Sometimes they are a little blurry or smeared depending on how well the spores fall down and how well they are sealed under the glass. What a great summer time adventure! If you would like to try it here are directions.
How to take a spore print of your own. Find a mushroom that has gills on the underside, if they are white put them on a black card stock paper, if they are dark put them on white card stock. You must cover them with glass and make sure all the edges of the glass are on the paper, no gaps, or you will get swirls and not very sharp prints. Wait 2-24 hours, look through the glass to see if anything is on the paper. I like to do mine overnight but once in a while it’s too long and they get mushy. Carefully uncover and lift them off of the paper print. There are some ways to seal them but I’ve just taken pictures and won’t try to preserve them. They actually have depth to them and could move around if blown on. Give them a try. They are just awesome! We are off on another foray tomorrow if it’s not too rainy. Randy went fishing today and found some beautiful, deadly gems! We are not going to eat those! I’ll tell you all about that next week!
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