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Spore Prints

7/17/2021

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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.

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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! 
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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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Meet the Noftsiers!

6/20/2021

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Bed of Trilium
Fiber Sculpture Mushroom in nature!
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That's me, photographing a bed of Trillium.
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The Master Mushroomer. Mush·​room·​er | \ ˈməsh-ˌrü-mər , -ˌru̇- \ plural mushroomers Definition of mushroomer : a person who collects wild mushrooms especially for eating.
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Welcome to my journey!
​Last year I revisited my early in life passion for embroidery, with a new twist, embroidered sculpture. 

I started with a small woodland flower which led to a small fly agaric mushroom and some moss and I was hooked once again! 

What exciting possibilities, the subject, patterns and presentation ideas keep coming so fast I can’t keep up! I have pages of ideas to develop, test and create. So many that this fall I will be getting done with my busy summer job of residential landscape design and estimating and going full time with fiber sculptures and embroidery.

I also own a Bed and Breakfast with 5 bedrooms in our home to host guests, serving breakfast and making new friends.

There are extensive gardens on our property with flowers, shrubs, trees, fruits trees and bushes, and vegetables. I have sitting areas in different “rooms” around our yard for guests to enjoy some nature. We are always growing something new or experimenting with a new technique. 

​My husband, Randy, and I love mushrooms and have grown oyster, lions mane and shitake here on the property. Most weekends after serving breakfast to guests you will find us searching for mushrooms wildflowers and moss in the woods on forays and hikes looking for inspiration and photographing new subjects for patterns and researching proper habitats for the bases of my fiber sculptures. 

Living in the foothills of the Adirondacks and near the 1,000 Island Seaway region has been more than enough inspiration for many new wildflower and mushroom sculptures and I am most focused on plants in these areas. 
I hope you enjoy the journey as much as I. Thank you for your interest in my new adventure!

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    Welcome to my blog! I'm excited to be creating fiber sculptures of nature, going on forays, hikes and biking in the Adirondacks and the 1,000 Islands regions for inspiration with my husband, Randy. 

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