update on the nature feels art installation in a secret location

It has been a long while since the last update. I visit the installation every week but the progress appears slow or almost unchanged most visits and then something very special occurs like what happened about a week ago where one of the lace pieces that was attached to the tree fell directly on top of the lace covered stone in perfect placement. Hard to believe that the wind, rain or even that fierce storm we had last week could have caused this perfect arrangement. I also love how the piece on the neighboring tree that fell off long ago onto a piece of birch park has converged so beautifully with its carpet that they appear almost as one. If you are new to reading this blog I welcome you and invite you to look back at the earlier posts describing this ongoing project of mine.

Nature was making it's own soft white covers of fungi right next to my crocheted lace and the moss was very slowly starting to grow through the small openings in the pattern. Very close by I saw something that made me startle a little. I thought someone had laid out another piece of lace but on closer inspection I realized it was nature who was the artist in the form of a shed skin, perhaps a snakeskin.

I loved that so much!! I also noticed some amazing scratches in a fallen tree and fungi galore joining in the show.

Signs of autumn were evident in the colorful leaves on and off the branches and the first fallen acorns of the season.

I took this picture of a fungi with highly colored spores only to read about it later when researching spore printing that you can actually gather these spores, dissolve them in water and make a wonderful indigo colored ink from them. I will try to find it again this weekend and let you know if it is really true. 

While we are on the topic of spore printing I think I have completed my preservation experiments and I will share the results with you next week. I am also hoping to covert some of the prints into suitable form for shooting a new screen for screen printing. I would love a spore printed skirt, tote bag and some pillows for the porch for fall. If it works out well I might even make some for the shop.

Have a wonderful weekend. We are expecting cooler weather and rain.

Comments

[nanou]

Every forest dreams of such appointments !
Your fall, I mean "the fall by Margie" is so promising ...
Whatever the weather, have a good Friday ... hoping you'll still be able to enjoy your special and traditional Friday dinner on your porch !

[Denise @ A Bun Can Dance]

Stunning! I am fascinated by this installation. The snakeskin - so beautiful, and indeed looking like a piece of fallen crochet lace- magical. Happy weekend to you,

[kathi]

More beautiful photography! Thanks so much for sharing your walks in the forest!

[Rane]

I am truely suprised that mother Nature did not claim your lace
long ago...I guess even she has been enjoying it. I think that
the stone with no two crocheted lace one it is quite ready for winter to come... it looks so nice and warm... I do hope that this is at least a year project... although I guess once the snow falls we will not be able to see them... but I am curious to see them next spring after the winter... nature tends
to claim every thing after it has had a winter out side.
I love all of your mushroomy cuteness... and can't wait to see what you make!
Have a nice weekend ... I think that summer is at it's end and we will see fall soon. Here the crab apples are already on the ground and the leaves are not far behind.
Loads of love to all of you!
Rane and kids.
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[Ereisa]

Have you read "Teaching a Stone to Talk" by Annie Dillard? Your observations on nature remind me so much of her writing. If you haven't, I think you would enjoy it so much!

[Andrea (noricum)]

Those aren't scratches in the fallen tree, they're tunnels left by insects, and the bark falling off has exposed them.

[Tracie]

I am new to your blog but had to comment. I LOVE this idea. I am going to make an installation of my own! What a delicious idea!

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