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Tag Archives: Symbiosis
The Symbiosis Book goes digital!
Many thanks to the staff and students at the herbarium, who helped to digitise The Symbiosis Book last week. The book was part of the Symbiosis Project, and is made of 15 large sheets of cotton paper, folded to form … Continue reading →
Lichens of the Pacific Northwest US Coast
At the end of 2013 I had the pleasure of taking The Symbiosis Project on tour around the northwest Pacific coast of the USA. This region hosts a prolific array of lichen, due to the cool damp weather of west Washington … Continue reading →
Dye Lichens
The Herbarium (RNG) has been assisting me in drawing lichens for a Reading Science Week art Exhibition called ‘Symbiosis’. Recently I’ve been focusing on lichen species used in traditional dying. Below are some images including photos of me drawing taken … Continue reading →
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Tagged Art, art and biology, Lichen, lichen dyes, natural dyes, Reading University Herbarium, RNG, Symbiosis, The Symbiosis Project
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The Symbiosis Project
‘Symbiosis’ is Imagining Science’s current collaborative project, about relationships between art and science, scientists and artists. We’re using the fungi-plant symbiosis that is lichen to parallel the relationships we have with each other and our scientific and art communities, and … Continue reading →