I had the privilege of getting my classmate’s and tutor’s input on my kombucha SCOBY work recently, as I ran a short workshop for them. In this workshop, I had them feel my existing SCOBYs (there were three, all different thicknesses) and work out which of a variety of materials might be the best analogue … Continue reading Probiotic Textiles Pt. 2 →

It’s been quite some time since my last post, so I think I should start with some updates. First off, the cultures I started nursing at the time of my last post have grown considerably: I have started experimenting with photographing on a black background: The plates I started at the beginning of this journey … Continue reading Probiotic Textiles →

My results from my more recent petri dish cultures got me wondering how I could possibly use the varying nutritive properties of chili and turmeric to create more visually interesting microbiome art. I decided to try putting both spices onto different parts of the same plate, to see if I could get different cultures growing … Continue reading The Spice of Life →

The business of the Christmas season has kept me away from my cultures for quite some time, so I have several interesting developments to report. First off, my SCOBY is still thin but is coming along nicely. I started a second one as well (I used a different brand of kombucha this time, in hopes … Continue reading Sourdough and Spices →

“…art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.” -Rainbow Rowell I am about to take a detour from my trail of research on the gut microbiome and fermented foods to return to a topic I mentioned in my first post: the emotionally expressive artwork created by people with MDD. … Continue reading Visual cataloguing →

I started growing my bacterial cultures on November 23rd, and so I think today, December 6th, is a good time to assess their progress so far.   After a few days and no visible growth, I became concerned that the top of the fridge was not as warm as I had hoped, and moved half … Continue reading First Results →

When I began to research how the gut influences mood, I did not expect to end up starting my mornings by peering into a jar of tea sitting on my shelf, hoping to see a skin growing on top of it. Yet, here I am, starting a home brew of kombucha in my flat.   … Continue reading What’s the deal with Kombucha? →

An artist is not always in complete control of their work. This may seem like an odd statement, but take for example a watercolor print. Part of the fun of watercolor as a medium is that the paint has the ability to take on a life of its own (especially when painting wet-on-wet); the artist … Continue reading Co-creation Experimentation →

Before I delve into how I came across the above question and the journey it has led me on since, I suppose I ought to give a little background on myself. I am currently studying Art in Science for my masters degree, and I created this blog in order to catalogue my progress on my research. … Continue reading Are we romanticizing depression? →