Shhhroooms Turkey Tail and Lemon Discos sculpture

Sharlene Durfey François AKA Shhhroooms

Sculpture - Laser cut and UV printed MDF (medium-density fiberboard) mounted on wood

70 x 75 cm

This is the first piece in a new series of sculptures inspired by the mushroom masks I first started creating as wearable art. I wanted to make larger scale sculptures with more permanence and the same magical large scale distortion. The mushrooms used in this sculpture are Trametes Versicolor, commonly named “Turkey Tails” which are found all over the world and usually 2.5cm - 8cm wide. And the yellow fungus are called Bisporella citrine, commonly known as lemon discos or yellow fairy cups and are typically only 3mm in diameter. The images used in this sculpture were taken by Steven Oxford of Planet Fungi (with permission).