My coworker Jester is a horticulturist specializing in mushrooms.
He leads foraging outings throughout the summer on a friend's wooded land; teaches classes; cooks, grows, and paints pictures of mushrooms.
I showed him my God's eye in the colors of a monarch butterfly (at end of post), and he suggested the purple and grey Laccaria mushroom would make a nice God's eye too--and the popular red-with-white-spots Amanita.
This morning I made them.
I have variegated purple yarn, and the Laccaria was easy enough to approximate. (Hm, should add some dark brown.)
Laccaria Ochropurpurea
But I haven't yet found a way to spatter dots across this square form... A fun enough first try, but more experimentation is needed to produce a proper Amanita Muscaria.
Monarch butterfly (same problem with dots)
Stunningly beautiful....nature AND your creations
ReplyDeletematching eyes and nature -- what could be better!
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