I had the opportunity this past weekend to install my jack o lantern fungi in southeastern Oklahoma as part of the Decomposition series. These are the largest forms I've used for an installation to date, and have a very different effect than the dozens of tiny mushroom caps seen in Colony I and Colony II. Rather than sheer numbers, the "WOW" factor comes from the loud, warm hue, clustered around this unique stump with a cylinder of heartwood still standing majestically in the center. A loud, warm, aggressive hue, a tightly packed cluster.... like a riot.

I enjoy this series more and more as I go along, and get more and more excited projecting future installations. I'm also thinking I need to plan out some ideas on how to create an installation and leave it in place without offending my environmentally responsible conscience. The materials I use are just too invasive to feel good about leaving out in "the wild". I'll start brainstorming more on that, and actually I already have an idea brewing although it's for something outside the Decomposition series. Hopefully I'll have time to start on that this summer...