Comments on: Amy Ross’s Furry Fungi

By: kai

kai — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:31:07 +0000

Oooooh I love it. It reminds me of Alexis MacKenzie and Claudia Drake. I love Max Ernst's "Une Semaine De Bonte". I think that it was a starting place for all these artists.

By: amy ross

amy ross — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:21:57 +0000

Nadya, thank you so much for featuring my work here! And what a treat to read all the comments. Thanks to all of you for the mushroom love! (And yes, the top four images are collages.)

By: fortheloveofthestars

fortheloveofthestars — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:48:00 +0000

Are those collages?

By: Mer

Mer — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:43:39 +0000

Oh my god, Nadya this made my day! I'm SO IN LOVE. Obsessive as I am about all things fungal and forest critterish, I MUST OWN PRINTS.

By: Alice

Alice — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:04:19 +0000

Beauteous! I’d love to have a framed series of prints to hang in my kitchen.

On a sidenote, mushroom-collecting is a rustic German tradition as well that’s still thriving in many areas! Whee!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:16:03 +0000

Wonderful Nadya! Thank you. You’re really on a roll with these past few posts…let ‘er rip!!! :)

By: Zoetica

Zoetica — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:45:48 +0000

or flashbacks to picking mushrooms as a child (a common family activity in Russia).

Yes! This reminded me of being very little and wondering around the Moscow countryside right after the rain – in search of mushrooms. Rubber boots and a basket and the smell of wet leaves.

By: Tequila

Tequila — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:27:14 +0000

U know…between the grinning rocks, the bit on ole Alice, the alien egg, and now this…I’m sensing a strange theme/pattern. Gonna have to go all “Pi” to find it but I know it’s there!

Love how these drawings came as an answer to such a beautifully crafted question…not quite as horrific as the dolled up poodle of another post but strangely in the same ballpark. It’s all wonderfully imaginative, comedic, and potentially part of our future really.

Will it be too long before genetic splicing kits are as common as say computers in every home in another century?

Great now I’m thinking of a poodle shaped like a mushroom…it’s strangely appetizing too.

I dunno about the rest of you but that Giraffe looks delicious!

By: Fritz Bogott

Fritz Bogott — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:29:17 +0000

> wonderment and the belief that the world is a
> magical place that opens up to me.

Do you follow Amy Cutler? Her art has that effect on me.

http://www.tonkonow.com/cutler.html

By: Nemo Bion

Nemo Bion — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:31:32 +0000

Such a beautiful piece.
I had forgotten how much peace is brought to me with mushrooms. Oh how I’d love to have a garden of mushrooms.

The chaotic thoughts and emotions of the night are now at peace, ready for a new day.