Soil 2 Surface
@soil2surface.bsky.social
I am a bio artist. I co-create with natural and living materials. I forage and make natural dyes, and use mycelium as a medium @ www.soil2surface.com
Luna Moths, Mushrooms and a Fox. 5/2025. Size: 37.25 x 21.25x 2in.,Painting recipe:clay, edible gold, gold leaf, indigo, logwood, madder root, turmeric oak gall, pokeberry, pomegranate, sumac yellow cosmos, yellow onion skin, and yellow yarrow, on cold press watercolor paper mounted to wood panel.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Luna Moths, Mushrooms and a Fox. 5/2025. Size: 37.25 x 21.25x 2in.,Painting recipe:clay, edible gold, gold leaf, indigo, logwood, madder root, turmeric oak gall, pokeberry, pomegranate, sumac yellow cosmos, yellow onion skin, and yellow yarrow, on cold press watercolor paper mounted to wood panel.
Just in case you missed it…
October 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Just in case you missed it…
We had a great time today at the Bloomington Community Orchard. We had 16 participants!!!
“PRINT, POUND & ROLL” was a success! Thank you to everyone who came out to the orchard today. Folks left with a Target gift bag and a piece of art to hang on the wall, a little piece of the orchard.
“PRINT, POUND & ROLL” was a success! Thank you to everyone who came out to the orchard today. Folks left with a Target gift bag and a piece of art to hang on the wall, a little piece of the orchard.
October 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We had a great time today at the Bloomington Community Orchard. We had 16 participants!!!
“PRINT, POUND & ROLL” was a success! Thank you to everyone who came out to the orchard today. Folks left with a Target gift bag and a piece of art to hang on the wall, a little piece of the orchard.
“PRINT, POUND & ROLL” was a success! Thank you to everyone who came out to the orchard today. Folks left with a Target gift bag and a piece of art to hang on the wall, a little piece of the orchard.
October 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
August 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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The size of a polar bear close up.
August 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The size of a polar bear close up.
I wanted to let you know that my episode of "Pop of Culture" "What Are You Working On?" will air today (Friday, August 22) and (Saturday, August 23) at 12 p.m. ET on NPR. If you are an online listener you will be able to listen at: indianapublicradio.org
August 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I wanted to let you know that my episode of "Pop of Culture" "What Are You Working On?" will air today (Friday, August 22) and (Saturday, August 23) at 12 p.m. ET on NPR. If you are an online listener you will be able to listen at: indianapublicradio.org
I will share a link of my interview with WFIU, NPR. I discuss my painting “Bumble Bee and Blooms.” Size: 32x20x.5in.. The painting recipe is indigo, mica mineral, logwood, yellow cosmos, oak gall, daffodil, yellow yarrow, strawberry, and pokeberry. 8/2025.
#bumblebee
#blooms
#bioart
#bumblebee
#blooms
#bioart
August 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I will share a link of my interview with WFIU, NPR. I discuss my painting “Bumble Bee and Blooms.” Size: 32x20x.5in.. The painting recipe is indigo, mica mineral, logwood, yellow cosmos, oak gall, daffodil, yellow yarrow, strawberry, and pokeberry. 8/2025.
#bumblebee
#blooms
#bioart
#bumblebee
#blooms
#bioart
Tomorrow I will be on NPR WFIU at noon. Listen in to hear What Are You Working On? I discuss my current painting Bumble Bee and Blooms. #npr #popofculture #WFIU at noon #sustainableart #bioart #mariaschechter #mycomaria #naturaldyes
August 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Tomorrow I will be on NPR WFIU at noon. Listen in to hear What Are You Working On? I discuss my current painting Bumble Bee and Blooms. #npr #popofculture #WFIU at noon #sustainableart #bioart #mariaschechter #mycomaria #naturaldyes
If you are in Bloomington, Indiana, please join me in the garden tonight at 6pm.
August 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If you are in Bloomington, Indiana, please join me in the garden tonight at 6pm.
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A solar parhelion, also known as a sun dog.
August 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A solar parhelion, also known as a sun dog.
Join me this Friday for the Hispanic Heritage exhibition at Fishers arts Council. 6-8. #fungi #mushrooms #mycelium #mycomaria #giy #mycelium grown art. Look for the Fungi’s in the Mush Room.
August 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Join me this Friday for the Hispanic Heritage exhibition at Fishers arts Council. 6-8. #fungi #mushrooms #mycelium #mycomaria #giy #mycelium grown art. Look for the Fungi’s in the Mush Room.
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Join One Million Rising and start planning a strategic non-cooperation campaign. In the final training of our series, we’ll walk you through the process of designing and executing a non-cooperation campaign with friends, neighbors, colleagues, or other connections: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
August 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Join One Million Rising and start planning a strategic non-cooperation campaign. In the final training of our series, we’ll walk you through the process of designing and executing a non-cooperation campaign with friends, neighbors, colleagues, or other connections: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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July 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is yellow cosmos, gum Arabic and one drop of oak gall. This is nature at 400x.e
#upclose
#400x
#botanicalart
#sustainable
#art
#mycomaria
#t6dh
#giy
#upclose
#400x
#botanicalart
#sustainable
#art
#mycomaria
#t6dh
#giy
July 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is yellow cosmos, gum Arabic and one drop of oak gall. This is nature at 400x.e
#upclose
#400x
#botanicalart
#sustainable
#art
#mycomaria
#t6dh
#giy
#upclose
#400x
#botanicalart
#sustainable
#art
#mycomaria
#t6dh
#giy
July 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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A curious Arctic Fox pup checks out a nature photographer
July 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A curious Arctic Fox pup checks out a nature photographer