Boro Gallery August 2011

[RSimmons]

Thanks. I've been a microscopist/mycologist for about 30 years and I'm working on a whole series of sculptural pieces taken from the SEM. Loads of fun!

Robert

[Pat from Canvey]

Are those darker pieces fruiting bodies?

[sparrow]

Great work Robert!

[Jacky67]

great work robert, for me its the other way around, kids are in school now, so I have more time!


Jacky

[RSimmons]

Are those darker pieces fruiting bodies?

Yes, the big reddish pieces are the bigger 'macroconidia' (up to 100 micrometers long) while the smaller clear bits are 'microconidia'. These fungi often produce both in close proximity. Both kinds are fully capable of growing into a new colony or being infectious particles. The macroconidia tend to be more robust in surviving environmental challenges like drying.

Robert

[Pat from Canvey]

Thanks Robert, I did some botany, including mycology about 40 years ago     

[RSimmons]

Thanks Robert, I did some botany, including mycology about 40 years ago     

I started off inmycology about 40 years ago and never escaped.

R

[Marcel]

That is so Awesome Robert !!
Just put this marble in the kiln he is watching me brrrrrrr

[Les]

OOOOOOooo !!!!!

[Pat from Canvey]

Very lizard like Marcel, I can almost believe it's alive.

[garishglobes]

Fabulous, Marcel! 

[sparrow]

Wow, Marcel!!!

[Marcel]

Thank you my Glassfriends here is the finished marble 

[RSimmons]

That's a seriously cool eyeball marble.

Robert

[awrylemming]

It certainly is - very cool indeed