Mushrooms instead of the canvas. Boston artist Corey Corcoran in his works of the "Mushrooms" series has used several specimens of Ganoderma applanatum, an inedible mushroom of the Ganodermataceae family, as sheets for engraving landscapes and images of particular charm.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himMushrooms instead of the canvas. The Boston artist Corey Corcoran in his works of the “Mushrooms” series he used several specimens of Ganoderma applanatum, an inedible mushroom of the Ganodermataceae family, as sheets for engraving landscapes and images of particular charm.
Unlike paper or canvas where it is possible to erase an error, the operations carried out on the skin of the fungus are irreversible. Perhaps this is the component that fascinated the artist in venturing into these works of maniacal precision that they exploit different shades of brown obtained from the scratchy contact with the skin of the mushroom to create truly original, unique and… natural illustrations. Where the play of shadows becomes the protagonist.
The size of his intricately detailed works varies according to the specimen of mushroom chosen as the canvas, while the themes depicted take inspiration from nature and by organic forms ranging from plants to insects, to people themselves.
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