moving forward

the start of a new project: studying mycelium 

not on my own but with a -up till now- small group of like-minded artists

I made this image of my bare feet on a tree trunk to mark the beginning of this new phase in my life

the wood will slowly rot and become of the earth again,

in part, or maybe completely, thanks to fungi

fungi are amazing!

am reading Merlin Sheldrake's 'Entangled Life, How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures'

every paragraph, almost every sentence I've read so far is chock-a-block with exciting information and facts about fungi.....this makes for s l o w  reading

I'm experimenting with growing fungi scraped from a wall in my parental home, no images yet, something to look forward to and I've ordered a starter-kit for growing edible mushrooms

below a new piece I feel is related to regeneration:

 the wooden paint box once belonged to the children and as they no longer have any use for it, I thought I would appropriate it for Her 

She feels like an Earth Mother

I used Idol Number 1 and stitched on the face Dee sent me eons ago, the red silk flower hails from Jude (red being my mama's favourite colour) thank you both for these gifts

Number 1 had a face, 

painterly organic legs were lying in wait

a mama shell and then a baby one too

I added the breast Small Pillow

She was born

the box is lined with wall-paper that matches my present earthy mood and I think She looks like She belongs here; a scrap of blue silk from my wedding dress and a heart-shaped leaf found their way into the box as well