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I was recently interviewed by Lola Miholland for Oregon Mushroom Stories.  Lola Milholland has worked for the Portland-based nonprofit Ecotrust and is currently assistant editor of its free quarterly magazine Edible Portland, which tells stories about the food and farming culture of Oregon and southwest Washington. (Find a free copy at the locations listed here or subscribe here.)

Lola was awarded a Regional Arts and Culture Council grant to create four short videos focused on local mushroom foragers and cultivators, and will put together a series of events and installations beginning in November 2012. For more information on her project visit Oregon Mushroom Stories.

Emily Nachison’s Mushroom Sculptures: Melting Ink Caps and the Magic of the Forest

Emily Nachison creates sculptures and installations that echo the natural world in a haunting and haunted way. She and her partner Michael Endo had a collaborative show at Bullseye Gallery in Northwest Portland in March and April, which included several of Emily’s astonishing cast glass mushroom sculptures set amid Michael’s derelict urban landscapes made from oil paint and kiln-formed glass.

I asked Emily a few questions to learn more about her process and why mushrooms have become one of her materials and icons. 

Q. Can you tell me a little bit about your recent mushroom artworks? How did you make them, and did you have specific mushroom species in mind?

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