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sculpture

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Dalsland, Sweden
Artist: Liza Johansson
Medium: Boiled pigment from different fungi
Mushrooms: Many species, including various Cortinarius, Bolitopsis grisea, Phaeolus schweinitzii, Tapinella atrotomentosa and Hapalopilus rutilans
Colors: cream/beige, green, grey, lavender, orange, pink, purple, red, yellow
Size: about 30 x30 cm wide and 75 cm high
Year: 2012
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collage

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Dalsland, Sweden
Artist: Liza Johansson
Medium: Paper from mushroom
Mushrooms: Polypores, some mixed with fungi for pigment. Some paper are made from residual fungi from a dyebath.
Colors: green, red
Size: 20 x 20 cm
Year: 2012
Cosmic Wheel.
painting

Cosmic Wheel.

North Macedonia
Artist: Kristina Zimbakova
Medium: Fungi, lichens, soft pastel and acrylic on handmade fungal paper. Hymenochaete rubiginosa, Stecherinum fimbriatum, Junghuhnia nitida, Astraeus macedonicus, Peniophora incarnata, Terana caerulea, Trametes cinnabarina and 6 unidentified species.
Mushrooms: Numerous lignicolous fungi.
Colors: blue, brown, yellow
Size: 37 x 34 cm
Year: 2021.
Summit of Storms
painting

Summit of Storms

North Macedonia
Artist: Kristina Zimbakova
Medium: Fungi (Pisolithus arrhizus, Antrodia malicola, Trichaptum biforme, Xenasmatella vaga and 1 unidentified species) and lichens (Lasallia pustulata, Usnea sp.) on handmade fungal paper from numerous wood-inhabiting fungi.
Mushrooms: Numerous lignicolous fungi.
Colors: brown, yellow
Size: 39 x 37 cm
Year: 2023
The One-Eyed
painting

The One-Eyed

North Macedonia. The work will be shipped from Gran Ganaria.
Artist: Kristina Zimbakova
Medium: Ink, acrylic and fungi (Coltricia cinnamomea, Fuscoporia sp., Steccherinum ochraceum, Trichaptum biforme & 2 unidentified species) on handmade fungal paper from a range of wood-inhabiting fungi. Framed with glass.
Mushrooms: Numerous lignicolous fungi.
Colors: brown, lavender, purple
Size: 36 x 38 cm (without the matt and frame).
Year: 2024
Birch Trees
weaving

Birch Trees

Denmark
Artist: Kirsten Fink
Medium: Mushroom-dyed wool
Mushrooms: Various
Colors: black, blue, brown, cream/beige, green, grey, orange, red, yellow
Size: 15 x 19 cm
Year: 2024
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