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Mushroom Book Installations by Melissa Jay Craig. Cast and hand-shaped abaca, embellished with cotton rag; each copy 14-18″H x 15″W x 16-18″D.

Mushroom Book Installations by Melissa Jay Craig

Edition of 99. (S)Edition is an installation of 99 books made to look like common Amanita Muscaria mushrooms by Chicago artist Melissa Jay Craig. The installation has been shown in a various configurations the last few years, and only once in its entirety at the Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio back in 2010. From her statement about the installation: Fungus is an agent of change. You can see more views of these fungal books on her website. Des bulles de glace. Angela Kelly attend qu’il fasse très froid, fait des bulles de savon, attend qu’elles gèlent et les prend en photo.

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Delicate Vessels Sculpted with Pressed Flowers by Ignacio Canales Aracil. Spanish artist Ignacio Canales Aracil creates vessels reminiscent of upside-down baskets using nothing but pressed flowers.

Delicate Vessels Sculpted with Pressed Flowers by Ignacio Canales Aracil

The art of flower pressing dates back thousands of years; pressed flowers were reportedly discovered in a 3,000-year-old coffin of Tutankhamun’s mother in Egypt, and both Greek and Roman botanists were known to preserve plants using techniques that continue today. But Aracil’s method is a bit different, relying on large cone-shaped molds into which carefully woven patches of hand-picked flower stems are placed. The pieces dry for up to a month without the aid of adhesives and are sprayed with a light varnish to protect the sculpture from moisture. The final pieces, which could be crushed with even the slightest weight, are rigid enough to stand without support. Aracil currently has work as part of a group show at Lucia Mendoza gallery in Madrid through the end of February, and you can see much more over on his website. Global Trend Map. Photos of the Most Interesting Places on the Earth. Predominantly. Tearable Cloth. FAzMFB4.gif (GIF Image, 441 × 346 pixels)

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