I need a good use for mushrooms that grow in the yard. I'm not confident enough to eat them, so I'd like to use them in artistic way. This was my first try and the results were underwhelming.
Its an edible mushroom btw, but Chlorophyllum rhacodes does have a toxic look-a-like called The Vomiter.. Chlorophyllum molybdites that will stain greenish instead of brown.
I think the problem with mushrooms is that they are as much as 92% water which doesn't leave much left when it all evaporates. If you had a way to freeze dry the mushroom you might be able to keep the shape of the mushroom, but I would think that it would crumble instantly under any pressure if you were to use it as a stamp, but it shouldn't shrink anymore in the kiln. If there's any way at all possible to use a freeze dried mushroom and fill the gills with your pigments, place the bowl on top of the mushroom and invert them together so that the gills are in direct contact with the bowl, you might have a shot. That doesn't seem like an easy feat though
Hey Justin, I have a request. I've seen people bisque firing certain rocks, turning it into powder and using it to make glazes. Would you be able to run an experiment like this?
