Lindsay Dalpiaz: Mushroom Advocate Mycelial Muse Lindsay Dalpiaz, a graduate of The Ohio State University’s History of Art program, centers her artistic practice on the fungal kingdom. Her work aims to challenge societal mycophobia, the fear of fungi, and elevate these organisms to their rightful place as a critical component of nature alongside flora and fauna. This mission was born from a personal journey from a childhood wariness of mushrooms to a deep fascination with their diversity and personality. By integrating sculptural fungal forms into familiar objects, she seeks to demystify them and change our cultural relationship with this overlooked part of the natural world. Earthen Forms and Emerging Visions Working primarily with mid-fire clay, Lindsay combines wheel- thrown and slab-built techniques to create her functional and sculptural pieces. Each work is adorned with individually sculpted mushrooms, where she meticulously carves details like gills and pores before applying glaze to highlight their intricate structures. Looking ahead, Lindsay plans to create larger and more complex fungal sculptures. She is also developing a series of paintings to explore the concept of “fungal blindness,” a term she uses to describe our tendency to overlook the fungal kingdom, thereby drawing attention to the incomplete picture we hold of our own ecosystem. The Scribe - Page 8 QUICK SCROLL Art history graduate creates clay mushroom sculptures to combat society’s fear of fungi. @cold_eyed_creeps
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