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HONORABLE MENTION | $100 Using a microscope unveils the intricate patterns and textures of mushrooms, revealing a hidden world beyond the human eye. These microscopic images are photo-etched and printed onto handmade paper crafted from a blend of shiitake mushrooms and Kozo fiber. The process of breaking down mushrooms from a growing kit and reforming them into paper mirrors nature’s cycles of decay and renewal, capturing the unseen beauty and complexity of mushrooms in a tangible, symbolic form.
Publication Date
12-1-2024
Description
HONORABLE MENTION | $100 Entry for the 11th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, Main Reading Room. Juror: Roger S. Williams.
Keywords
artists' books; Baker & Whitehill; Honorable Mention
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Student Status
Graduate student
Year of Graduation
2026
Major
Printmaking
Faculty / Course
Daniel Heyman; Papermaking
Materials + Techniques
Pure etch on Handmade Mushroom Paper with Portfolio
Recommended Citation
Liu, Yuqi; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "Beyond the Eyes" (2024). 11th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2025. 28.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/bookcontest11th2025/28
