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Petra van Cronenburg

Mastodon can be a great source of inspirations! Thanks to @ak_text post about #SlowLooking I discovered a buzzword important for #nature, and every #museum and #gallery.

I show you how to do it and why a woodlouse under a stone can be as interesting as an ancient artefact behind glass:
steady.page/en/naturematchcuts

And of course you can buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/naturematchcuts/tip or subscribe to my #newsletter!

SteadySlow Looking And Soil’s Hustle BustleI just learnt a new word reading a scientific study: Slow Looking. Did you ever look slower than usual? Some inspirations how to do it, in museums, galleries, or nature.
#NatureMatchCuts#mindfulness#woodlice
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Petra van Cronenburg

🧵 4/4 The Wild Pigment project has good guidelines for #reciprocal #foraging: wildpigmentproject.org/recipro

Artist Gary Simpson worked with soil samples from the whole world to track down the #history of places: hyperallergic.com/487683/artis

Human comes from humus: a collection of earth art: somethingcurated.com/2024/11/1 from the 1970s until today

And photos of my ocre goddesses inspired by the Cucuteni Trypillia Culture: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucuteni

#places#earth#soil
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Petra van Cronenburg

🧵 3/ #Artist and #scientist Kirsten Kurtz was one of my inspirations: soilpainting.com/ I came to know about her via the UN global #soil painting contest in 2017: news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/

She has a recipe using clear gesso and varnish, it's the best if your piece of art should exist longer: soilpainting.com/soil-painting

#Soil scientist and artist Karen Vaughn worked with #wildfire ashes + soil or #dirt also with kids: smithsonianmag.com/science-nat

Soil PaintingSoil PaintingKirsten Kurtz I am a formally trained artist and scientist. And I’ve married my love of both art and science by creating paintings made entirely of pigments derived from soil. I discovered and honed this technique of mixing various dried soils with a gesso binder while working on the senior thesis to complete my B.A.…
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Petra van Cronenburg

🧵 2/ My inspirations for this project came from an ancient "magical" ocre quarry in our naturepark, exploited until medieval times, where you can still find some stones. An artist teached me how to produce your own pigments.

During that work I found more inspirations by artists working at the intersection of #geology and art, about our body relations to earth and soil. Often with a sense of reciprocity and respect while collecting.

#earth#soil#art
Petra van Cronenburg

🧵 1/ My first school room in #nature was a loose rock in a dry stone wall: cronenburg.net/naturematchcuts

For many years I missed some species of that #soilLife until I built a box for making photos. Home to #woodlice and their roommates to show people the adventures happening in #compost and being able to photograph better. At irregular intervals, I'll take you on a tour, as for all things nature without #CW.*

#reconnectWithNature#biodiversity#soil
Definitely Doc D

What's the best way to boost organic matter in soil, aka lock up carbon to counter #climatechange?

Plus soil fertility and resilience to drought!

*mulch (not stone or gravel)
* don't till
*cover crops
* leave lawn clippings and leaves
* replace lawn with clover
* replace annuals with perennials
*compost everything
*let wetlands be wetlands

What am I missing? Please add your ideas!

#compost#soil#climateaction
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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺

Forest #trees and #microbes choreograph their hunt for a balanced diet under elevated CO2 birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/for

"In conditions mimicking a future atmosphere, 180-year-old #EnglishOaks traded-off do it yourself ways to access nutrients with outsourcing to #soil microbes... a 63% increase in the release of a cocktail of small organic molecules early in spring and autumn, which prime soil microbes to release nutrients... a 17% increase in the amount of symbiotic root-associated #fungi in autumn"

valentinzi
A small grey #woodlouse on fertile #soil, a true member of nature’s clean-up crew. These tiny, ruffled creatures prefer to go about their work undisturbed, and when threatened, they have a quirky defense mechanism playing dead.
Woodlice play a crucial role in #composting by breaking down decaying organic matter, turning larger pieces into smaller fragments that microbes can further decompose. Their burrowing helps aerate the compost, improving oxygen flow for microbial activity, while their waste contributes valuable nutrients to the soil. In short, woodlice accelerate decomposition and enhance compost health, making them essential allies in creating rich, fertile soil.

#humus #som #sustainability #fertilesoil #compost #blacksoil
#blacksoil
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