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I discovered a buzzword important for #nature, and every #museum and #gallery: #SlowLooking. Here's my article how to do it, great for kids: steady.page/en/naturemat...
#NatureMatchCuts #soilLife #soil #NaturePhotography #woodlouse #biodiversity #naturalist #reconnectWithNature
Slow Looking And Soil’s Hustle...
SteadySlow Looking And Soil’s Hustle BustleI just learnt a new word reading a scientific study: Slow Looking. Did you ever look slower than usual? Some inspirations how to do it, in museums, galleries, or nature.
Mastodon can be a great source of inspirations! Thanks to @ak_text post about #SlowLooking I discovered a buzzword important for #nature, and every #museum and #gallery.
I show you how to do it and why a woodlouse under a stone can be as interesting as an ancient artefact behind glass:
https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/47c218fa-5ba0-4dae-9140-305637008a00
And of course you can buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/naturematchcuts/tip or subscribe to my #newsletter!
SteadySlow Looking And Soil’s Hustle BustleI just learnt a new word reading a scientific study: Slow Looking. Did you ever look slower than usual? Some inspirations how to do it, in museums, galleries, or nature.
Good to know: #fire shifts the composition of #soil microbiology, with Arthrobacter #bacteria becoming much more prominent. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-microbial-succession-recovery.html #environment #ecology #microbiology #science #sciencenews
Phys.org · Microbial succession and post-fire recovery
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4/4 The Wild Pigment project has good guidelines for #reciprocal #foraging: https://wildpigmentproject.org/reciprocal-foraging
Artist Gary Simpson worked with soil samples from the whole world to track down the #history of places: https://hyperallergic.com/487683/artists-find-common-ground-in-soil-from-around-the-world/
Human comes from humus: a collection of earth art: https://somethingcurated.com/2024/11/15/soil-in-contemporary-art/ from the 1970s until today
And photos of my ocre goddesses inspired by the Cucuteni Trypillia Culture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucuteni%E2%80%93Trypillia_culture
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3/ #Artist and #scientist Kirsten Kurtz was one of my inspirations: https://soilpainting.com/ I came to know about her via the UN global #soil painting contest in 2017: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/11/dec-5-global-soil-painting-competition-illustrates-soils-vital-role
She has a recipe using clear gesso and varnish, it's the best if your piece of art should exist longer: https://soilpainting.com/soil-painting-how-to-guide/
#Soil scientist and artist Karen Vaughn worked with #wildfire ashes + soil or #dirt also with kids: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/meet-western-soil-scientists-using-dirt-make-stunning-paints-180976796/
Soil PaintingSoil PaintingKirsten Kurtz I am a formally trained artist and scientist. And I’ve married my love of both art and science by creating paintings made entirely of pigments derived from soil. I discovered and honed this technique of mixing various dried soils with a gesso binder while working on the senior thesis to complete my B.A.…
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2/ My inspirations for this project came from an ancient "magical" ocre quarry in our naturepark, exploited until medieval times, where you can still find some stones. An artist teached me how to produce your own pigments.
During that work I found more inspirations by artists working at the intersection of #geology and art, about our body relations to earth and soil. Often with a sense of reciprocity and respect while collecting.
1/4 #Summer is a good time to play with #mud, experiment with natural pigments. It's easy: take some surface soil without organic and other rests, solve it in water (or white school glue for longer lasting images) and paint!
The finer the soil, the better the pigments work. You can also sieve and even grind the finds. Great for children to discover the rich diversity of soil.
Lawrence parks are embracing native gardening https://www.allforgardening.com/1395436/lawrence-parks-are-embracing-native-gardening/ #CommunityGarden #eastside #environment #featured #garden #gardening #Lawrence #soil #water
Adur River Recovery: ".. a plan to enhance the river’s ecological health..restoring riverbank habitat and vegetation, slowing flood water.. restoring meanders.. creating new wetlands. These measures will support.. biodiversity, soil health, and water quality.."
https://adur-river-recovery.org/
adur-river-recovery.orgAdur River Recovery | A Sussex-Born Blueprint for Nationwide Recovery
1/ My first school room in #nature was a loose rock in a dry stone wall: https://www.cronenburg.net/naturematchcuts_podcast/behind-the-scenes/
For many years I missed some species of that #soilLife until I built a box for making photos. Home to #woodlice and their roommates to show people the adventures happening in #compost and being able to photograph better. At irregular intervals, I'll take you on a tour, as for all things nature without #CW.*
New YouTube video on arbuscular mycorrhiza: how can you tell if a plant's roots are colonized by AM fungi?
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The final version is out in New Phytologist
Concurrent common fungal networks formed by different guilds of fungi
I wonder if we will see more research on common fungal networks formed by other fungi...
What's the best way to boost organic matter in soil, aka lock up carbon to counter #climatechange?
Plus soil fertility and resilience to drought!
*mulch (not stone or gravel)
* don't till
*cover crops
* leave lawn clippings and leaves
* replace lawn with clover
* replace annuals with perennials
*compost everything
*let wetlands be wetlands
What am I missing? Please add your ideas!
Some hopeful #scifi science. There is a class of plants called hyperaccumulators, which can absorb various #heavymetal from the #soil and store these in their biomass. Planting and harvesting them for the metals (phytomining) may be an interesting soil #reclamation and soil improvement strategy.
Link: https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8789/8/1/8
#solarpunk
An alien creature traversing a distant world, or baby mite navigating the micro-fungi strewn surface of a decaying log? Arguably it's both!
Take a closer look at the life beneath your feet, and you'll discover a whole new world of dazzling complexity.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jul/27/if-were-serious-about-protecting-pregnancies-we-need-to-stop-spraying-pesticides. #Pesticides damage the #environment, erode #soil fertility & kill off insect #pollinators - they also harm human & animal #health, & that includes babies developing in their mothers' wombs. They are an absolute menace, & their use MUST be curtailed, @thegreenparty, @northantsgreens.bsky.social.
The Guardian · If we’re serious about protecting pregnancies, we need to stop spraying pesticides