{"id":593,"date":"2023-08-21T05:02:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T05:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birdworks.wpengine.com\/?p=593"},"modified":"2023-08-21T05:18:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T05:18:32","slug":"artwork-collaborations-microbial-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdworksfiberarts.com\/?p=593","title":{"rendered":"Artwork Collaborations \/ Microbial Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"593\" class=\"elementor elementor-593\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c31472f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c31472f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1c2c8c\" data-id=\"c1c2c8c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bfcd5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8bfcd5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Artwork Collaborations \/ Microbial Worlds<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72abe56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72abe56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ITOC: Microbial Worlds\u200b | Mary Beth Leigh<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2af41d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2af41d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-95039ba\" data-id=\"95039ba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45840a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45840a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMysterious Underground Collaboration:  Mysterious Underground,  Mycorrhizae\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74825d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74825d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Charlotte Bird, Fiber Art: Quilts | Ree Nancarrow, Fiber Art: Quilts<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a45392 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a45392\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe worked as a team on the Microbial Worlds project. Charlotte developed Mysterious Underground as a focus quilt, and Ree responded with Mycorrhizae. One of our first study articles was Fungal roles in soil ecology: Underground Networking by Whitfield (2007; Nature 449:136-138). It told stories about symbiotic relationships between fungi and vascular plants in coastal and boreal forests. Charlotte stayed hooked on fungi throughout the ITOC: Microbial Worlds project. We took Gary Laursen\u2019s mycology field course in Denali National Park, hosted by Alaska Geographic. The class collected and identified over 100 species. We made spore prints, dissected samples, and studied the role of fungi in mediating many energy transformation processes vital to life. That study included parasitism, symbiosis, decay, and fungi as food for insects, birds, and small mammals. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ed1feb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ed1feb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCharlotte resolved that the core of her lead piece would be images of the underground world of fungi. Dr. Laursen provided valuable clarification of relationships of fungi and vascular plants. He also confirmed that we had our mushrooms and mycorrhizae in the right habitats. While Charlotte focused on the mystery of the visible underground, Ree looked at the mysterious microscopic relationship between mycorrhizae and roots. This was a difficult piece to visualize. We can\u2019t see underground. We see only gross remains of what is underground when edges are exposed. There are few conventions in art for depicting the underground. We worked to translate scientific text and journal drawing into images that are art, not classroom posters.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ad9e4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ad9e4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/birdworksfiberarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ITOC-microbial-worlds-collaborations-MYSTERIOUS-UNDERGROUND-charlotte-bird.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-596\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdworksfiberarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ITOC-microbial-worlds-collaborations-MYSTERIOUS-UNDERGROUND-charlotte-bird.png 650w, https:\/\/birdworksfiberarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ITOC-microbial-worlds-collaborations-MYSTERIOUS-UNDERGROUND-charlotte-bird-281x300.png 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f2719 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13f2719\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tToolik Chain of Lakes Collaboration\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fd8516 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8fd8516\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ree Nancarrow,Toolik Chain of Lakes | Charlotte Bird, Microbes 1, 2 and 3<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21598f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21598f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe joined Jason Dobkowski collecting specimens during our Toolik Lake field trip. Jason helped Ree find the article Biogeography of Bacterioplankton in Lakes and Streams of an Arctic Tundra Catchment by Byron C. Crump, et al. (2007; Ecology, 88:1365-1378), which guided this piece. Jason answered Ree\u2019s questions to ensure the piece would be as scientifically accurate as possible.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50b58fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50b58fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Ree, studying the microbial world changed how she looks at a landscape: \u201cInstead of thinking of the Arctic habitat as just vascular plants, I also think of the associated invisible microbial world. Much of area to the south of the field camp drains into a single stream and one small lake, while another part drains through a series of many small lakes. The study area interested me visually, but I was also curious about how the drainage characteristics change the microscopic inhabitants.\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfa308c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfa308c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe watched the scientists who study different bacterioplankton communities that thrive in separate parts of the beaded stream. In Toolik Chain, the communities show subtly as differently colored French knots. Toolik Lake, the catchment basin, has its own unique community, depicted with French knots of yet another color.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9077298 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9077298\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCharlotte used images of microbes\u2013five distinct groups\u2013that we collected in water column samples. The scientists found that many of the microbial DNA profiles are not from known organisms.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b68741 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b68741\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/birdworksfiberarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ITOC-microbial-worlds-collaborations-TOOLIK-LAKE-MICROBES-charlotte-bird.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-597\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdworksfiberarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ITOC-microbial-worlds-collaborations-TOOLIK-LAKE-MICROBES-charlotte-bird.png 650w, https:\/\/birdworksfiberarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ITOC-microbial-worlds-collaborations-TOOLIK-LAKE-MICROBES-charlotte-bird-300x288.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Mysterious Underground&#8221; 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