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  • March 5, 2019 at 8:47 pm #470129
    folkartist1979
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        Just curious if anyone here has ever used it for artwork. During the summer months it can be scratched on with a needle and that area will turn dark and then can be preserved with varnish and it also dries too. The winter months which I just picked can be painted on or wood burned. I’m going to attempt to paint and wood burn on the ones I picked and just was curious if anyone here has used these shelf mushrooms for their artwork?

        March 5, 2019 at 9:17 pm #793777
        Virginia (vmrs) Administrator
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            I found this thread from sixteen years ago!

            I looked them up, it’s pretty interesting. The trees around here seem to have a lot of them.

            Can’t wait to see what you do with them.

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            March 6, 2019 at 6:50 pm #793778
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                Haven’t seen this done. The needle scratching sounds particularly interesting as it becomes something unique to this substrate. Do you have a limited time to complete the work so that the scratches will darken? Is it an oxidation process that only occurs when the conk is still growing?

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                March 7, 2019 at 8:10 am #793776
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                    Well that is certainly an intriguing idea!

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                    March 29, 2019 at 4:49 pm #793775
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                        I haven’t either but will check out this link.

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