New oversized fruit sculptures by Kathleen Ryan – mould, fungus and decay grotesquely, beautifully picked out in precious and semi-precious stones, expressing transience, desire and the arbitrary value we place on things.
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Best Before
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Oversized sculptures of mould-covered fruit – their encroaching fungal growth simulated with translucent precious and semi-precious stones (like malachite, opal and smoky quartz) pinned to painted foam forms by artist Kathleen Ryan.
More of her work here.
Bleurgh.
Aron writes:
Mouldly pitta bread in Dunnes in Charlestown Shopping Centre [Dublin 11]…! May 25 expiry? Something not quite right here.
Something not quite right! ;)
A concept for a new type of custom-fit DIY slipper by designer Satsuki Ohata who sez:
This prototype is using PVC, which hardens at 200~300 degrees Celsius (392~572 degrees Fahrenheit). This time I used my foot mold instead of my foot. I am currently developing a kit which allows Fondue Slipper to make at home. Soon this new kit will be complete and you will be able to make your own Fondue Slipper that fits your foot perfectly. You can wear Fondue Slipper both inside and outside. It can also be used as slipper by folding the heel, or you can wear it without folding the heel if you want to run.”
Currently on sale at a supermarket in Beijing and retailing as ‘happy/joyful doll pears’, the fruit is believed to be shaped in a mould during the initial stages of growth, keeping that shape as it expands and grows into a fully ripe nightmare.
A sometimes fatal airborne mould has been discovered in the walls of the neonatal unit of Holles Street Hospital, Independent.ie has learned.
The mould, called aspergillus, was found during preparation building works for a new theatre development at the Dublin city centre hospital where 10,000 babies are born every year.
EXCLUSIVE: Dangerous mould found in national maternity hospital (Independent)
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Rising Damp
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Artist, Daniele Del Nero made a series of architectural scale models out of black paper, covered them with flour, introduced small samples of mould, then let time and nature do their respective things.
More here.
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