SUNKEN SPORES by artist Ashley Rivers- The Nature of Fire, is a piece based off a few ceramic mushrooms she created in the past. Mushrooms are vital to ecosystems around the world. Through mycelium, mushrooms help other plants share nutrients and communicate through chemical signals.
Completed: April 2024
Sculpture now Underwater and ready for viewing
Created mostly of concrete, with rebar and metal mesh stabilizers, the piece stands roughly 7' 5" tall. The shapes within the piece will allow the perfect surfaces for future corals and anemones to grow, offering new habitats, feeding, spawning, and nursery grounds for over 1 million aquatic species- a perfect analogy to how real mushrooms help other plants share nutrients above ground.