I have been meaning to make more mushrooms out of clay, for terrariums or potted plants. They are a little bit more time consuming, because I paint them by hand to get different effects. I use a white or terra cotta clay and then prime, paint, and glaze. I enjoy the red and white mushrooms myself, and it seems that lots of other people enjoy them as well. I'm going to focus on a series with red and white for a while.
See? They are fun!
I do enjoy real mushrooms and fungus too. I try to base any mushroom designs off of real life, but my creations are certainly more stylized. I enjoy taking pictures, whether it's with a crappy cell phone camera, or with a slightly less crappy Sony Cybershot. Here's a mushroom I found at a client's house two years ago.
"Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom."--Thomas Carlyle
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