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A little late for #WIPWednesday, but time flies anyway. I mounted these today - six little moss embroidery pieces. Now they’re just waiting to be finished with electronics and a few extra stitches here and there where the shape doesn’t quite follow the mounts. One also needs some extra colors.

Three of these are sold (top right, middle, most right); the rest will be in my shop soon - unless someone claims them in a message first.

Some more moss pictures from today.

I'm starting to build an eye for it, looking out for mosses as I cycle the city. It's a bit like trying to find mushrooms in a forest. I do wish I could add the names of the mosses and lichens in the description though.

I'm reposting everything from my old Instagram, to keep my archive and have a record of my work's development. I'm adding commentary below the original text.

This is from 17 februari 2018
The third "Mycena albatus". Silicone mushroom on dried mosses and soil.
There will be more like it, I think. I am planning and sketching the next mushroom series. Might even try the typical red mushroom soon, although I think they might be too much of a cliché. Depending on how those turn out, they will soon pop up here.
Soon being in about a month, maybe more. These lights are very time consuming to develop and then make, while I balance my time between my two kids and my art. But I am getting better and quicker.

I was definitely getting better and quicker, but then I had a third child—which, unsurprisingly, led to a big reduction in my work time. Thankfully, I’m now at a stage where my available time is steadily increasing again!

The next mushroom series I made was the red-capped Amanita muscaria, and I later created more of them. After that first Amanita, I moved on to making flowers and mosses.

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I'm reposting everything from my old Instagram, to keep my archive and have a record of my work's development. I'm adding commentary below the original text.

This is from 16 Februari 2018
"Mycena albatus", white silicon mushroom on dried mosses and soil. One more to show of these, plus the dandelion.
I am better at creating these now, they take up less time. Before, they took at least a whole day to make, now I can create three of them in the same amount of time. And the result is better too.
With this series I have created new techniques and put them to good use. Silicon 'clay' is one of them, a quick drying mixture that I use to fix the mushrooms to the base. I have to work fairly quick to get it right (2 minutes max) but the effect is both strong and easy on the eye. As a bonus, it lowers my working time, since I don't have to wait before I can proceed.

I still love the contrast of very white mushrooms against real dried moss, but I would construct the stems and caps differently now. The wrinkles in this piece make them look organic, but I wouldn’t want to repeat that in new lights. I think smoother surfaces feel more true to life for mushrooms.
I also stopped using dried moss in my art because shipping pieces with natural materials internationally was difficult, if not impossible. That challenge ultimately led me to embroidery instead!

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