What is really cool is all the different colors of spores. Some look brown, other white or black or even greenish. I think I have a ways to go before perfecting the art of spore prints, but they're sure fun to make!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Spore Prints
John and I have been taking lots of walks lately. And since there has been a lot of rain, we have seen a lot of mushrooms on our walks. This gave me an idea for another art project: spore prints. Mushrooms have spores lodged in their gills, and if they are placed gill side down on a piece of paper, the spores will work their way onto the paper and leave a pattern. So I decided to layer different spore prints on top of each other to see if I could make some interesting prints.
What is really cool is all the different colors of spores. Some look brown, other white or black or even greenish. I think I have a ways to go before perfecting the art of spore prints, but they're sure fun to make!
What is really cool is all the different colors of spores. Some look brown, other white or black or even greenish. I think I have a ways to go before perfecting the art of spore prints, but they're sure fun to make!
Very cool!
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