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Posting photos from a foraging walk I took this week, substituting it for Walk 2 due to time constraints this week. Colorful Turkey Tail mushrooms; Honey Mushrooms; Shrimp Mushrooms; and Fairy Potatoes or Air Tubers. Photos didn't post in order, so it might be confusing. Drawn images are from a recent zine I made and printed on a Risograph machine. It's called, Foragers Favorites, Vol.1


















 

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  1. carrieSeptember 28, 2020 at 6:13 AM

    Cool mushrooms. Recognizing that this is not quite a Walking as Artist Practice walk, I'm nonetheless curious, how did your foraging start? Was it to serve as an excuse to get out in nature or did you have a particular interest in fungi? How does this connect with walking and creativity?

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  2. Lisa GSeptember 28, 2020 at 7:22 AM

    I am very jealous of your foraging choices - especially the abundance of turkey tail mushrooms. Just last year I got two New England foraging books, and it's one of my goals in future walks to try to find what's available close to home (especially because a lot of Cape Cod is home to path side wild asparagus, from towns full of long forgotten asparagus farms).

    In terms of incorporating something like this into a creative artistic practice, I would personally enjoy really super close up detail photos of some of the mushrooms, the striations on the turkey tail would in particular make a lovely almost abstract photograph or drawing. Or a foraging map would be very interesting.

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    1. Laurie CorralSeptember 28, 2020 at 12:40 PM

      A foraging map! That definitely has some possibilities. Thank you.

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  3. studio forum discussionSeptember 28, 2020 at 11:52 AM

    Laurie,
    Your writing brought me right into the walk. I could identify with so much of your experience adjusting to the trail but am rarely conscious of it in the way you describe so articulately. I also appreciated your conscious act of tuning into your mind/body struggle and your ability in the moment to tune into your body allowing it to choose the way.
    I enjoyed seeing the images and drawings of your mushroom foraging. I know very little about wild mushrooms but find them kind of beautiful and fascinating. I would love to see more of your drawings.
    Lisa B

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  4. Shaun HSeptember 28, 2020 at 7:05 PM

    This is awesome! I love the way mushrooms grow in clusters, the natural pattern is beautiful. I would be super interested in checking out your zine.

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