Wow - these artists print photographs onto living grass:

These artists print photographs onto living grass | Grist

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Wow - these artists print photographs onto living grass:

Photo courtesy of Ackroyd & Harvey . Usually when you say an artist is “into grass,” it’s because you’re in your 60s and use outdated drug slang. But artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey honestly do amazing things with grass, i.e. the plant people make lawns out of. They’ve used grass to coat the inside of a church and the outside of a theater . But for my money, their coolest project involves printing photographs onto living grass . Photo courtesy of Ackroyd & Harvey. Ackroyd and Harvey expose growing grass to different amounts of light, so that the blades produce varying concentrations of chlorophyll. It’s exactly like exposing treated paper to light in order to print a photo — the parts that receive more light come out darker. Because they manipulate the chlorophyll rather than just painting or bleaching the grass, the image goes all the way to the roots. As the grass...

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@foodtree » 14 Aug '12, 7pm
Cool stuff: Manipulating light to "print" photos onto grass! Amazing! [link] #naturalart #wow
@ConnieLIPPA » 13 Aug '12, 12pm
Amazing! [link]
@weyoungreno » 06 Aug '12, 2pm
This is truly a lawn suite for the gallery [link] real cool idea....
@SociallyGoodBiz » 05 Aug '12, 10pm
grass #art looks pretty cool! [link] via @grist
@th_gardener » 05 Aug '12, 9pm
These artists print photographs onto living grass | Grist: Usually when you say an artist is "into grass," it's ... [link]
@immakaroni » 05 Aug '12, 6pm
@digimatized I expect this soon RT @grist: Very cool - these artists print their photos onto living, growing grass: [link]
@mehannibal » 05 Aug '12, 6pm
Merging nature and art! R T @ Very cool - these artists print their photos onto living, growing grass: [link]
@grist » 05 Aug '12, 5pm
Very cool - these artists print their photos onto living, growing grass: [link]
@WeLiveGreen » 05 Aug '12, 5pm
Wow. This is absolutely amazing. When humans and nature get together to do beautiful things [link]
@m_m_campbell » 05 Aug '12, 1pm
Growing beauty. AMAZING art created as grass grows. Stunning. [link] #plants #art #photography #botany
@LuxLifeScents » 03 Aug '12, 5pm
RT @vosswater: Artists Heather Ackroyd & Dan Harvey printed beautiful #photograph #portraits onto grass. Yes, they do grow. via @grist [link]
@vosswater » 03 Aug '12, 5pm
Artists Heather Ackroyd & Dan Harvey printed beautiful #photograph #portraits onto grass. Yes, they do grow. via @grist [link]
@DolphinBlueInc » 02 Aug '12, 7pm
Artists print photographs on living grass in amazing displays of eco-art: [link]
@Varoj_org » 02 Aug '12, 4pm
This is what photographs look like when printed on living grass [link] via @grist
@Mandy_Stark » 02 Aug '12, 1pm
Really freaking cool! Artists print photographs onto living grass [link] via @grist
@SPHLibrary » 02 Aug '12, 12pm
these artists are really into grass, as in they print photographs on living grass [link]
@barenddejong » 02 Aug '12, 10am
RT @ClubGreenNL: Briljant idee voor een saai #gazon. Druk er foto's op af: [link] #photographs on #living #grass #art
@ClubGreenNL » 02 Aug '12, 9am
Briljant idee voor een saai #gazon. Druk er foto's op af: [link] #photographs on #living #grass #art
@QUOImedia » 01 Aug '12, 11pm
RT @auramckay: Amazing! Photos printed on grass using chlorophyll levels to 'expose' grass to different levels of light [link]
@auramckay » 01 Aug '12, 11pm
Amazing!!! Photos printed on grass - using chlorophyll levels to 'expose' grass to different levels of light. [link]
@giftsofgraceuk » 01 Aug '12, 7pm
RT @Orion_Magazine: RT @grist Photographs printed onto living grass become clearer as they grow: [link]
@SierraClubLP » 01 Aug '12, 6pm
Are you into grass? [link] [link]
@pVinny » 01 Aug '12, 3pm
Printing images into grass by controlling chlorophyll levels. I have to try it. [link]
@drewledrew » 01 Aug '12, 3pm
RT @TerreCherry: This is amazing!! RT @grist Photographs printed onto living grass become clearer as they grow: [link] [yup]
@QuizGuy66 » 01 Aug '12, 3pm
RT @TerreCherry: This is amazing!! RT @grist Photographs printed onto living grass become clearer as they grow: [link]
@thegirlwhoateuk » 01 Aug '12, 1pm
RT @futerra: Stunning almost surreal portraits printed on grass [link] via @grist #art #nature
@ArtBubblesArt » 01 Aug '12, 1pm
RT: Stunning almost surreal portraits printed on grass [link] via @grist #art #nature #BillionDollarArt
@futerra » 01 Aug '12, 1pm
Stunning almost surreal portraits printed on grass [link] via @grist #art #nature
@asihsimanis » 01 Aug '12, 1pm
“@grist: Photographs printed onto living grass become clearer as they grow: [link] So creative.” @sarapangranat
@httpoet » 01 Aug '12, 9am
this is so rad! [link]
@PhotoMatteImage » 01 Aug '12, 7am
“@jefforlowski: Super cool #photo project that prints photos onto grass [link]” Brilliant idea! Love this. #photography
@keesspruijt » 01 Aug '12, 7am
#Photographs printed onto living #grass become clearer as they grow: [link] #photography #Art
@Verbal_SeduXion » 01 Aug '12, 6am
Lovely..Photographs printed onto living grass [link] via @grist
@GBPhotographs » 01 Aug '12, 6am
RT @jefforlowski: Super cool #photo project that prints photos onto grass [link]
@Pritzle » 01 Aug '12, 5am
This is cool. Images created on living grass by varying the amt of sunlight (and thus chlorophyl produced) [link] #photo #eco
@frankverheijden » 01 Aug '12, 5am
Image inspiration! Photographs printed onto living grass become clearer as they grow: [link]
@kama_sue » 01 Aug '12, 5am
Amazing! RT @grist: Photographs printed onto living grass become clearer as they grow: [link] So creative.
@PazzaArchitect » 01 Aug '12, 5am
Love love love Heather and Dan! @grist: Photographs printed onto living grass become clearer as they grow: [link] So creative.
@MegaOmega1 » 01 Aug '12, 5am
"@grist: Photographs printed onto living grass become clearer as they grow: [link] So creative." @AshuraLeingod
@jefforlowski » 01 Aug '12, 5am
Super cool #photo project that prints photos onto grass [link]
@grist » 01 Aug '12, 5am
Photographs printed onto living grass become clearer as they grow: [link] So creative.
@fabiomakita » 31 Jul '12, 11pm
These artists print photographs onto living grass [link] via @zite
@birdiebreeze » 01 Aug '12, 5am
RT @grist: Photographs printed onto living grass become clearer as they grow: [link] So creative.
@ManxCat637 » 01 Aug '12, 5am
Photographs printed onto living grass become clearer as they grow: [link] So creative.
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RT @grist: Photographs printed onto living grass become clearer as they grow: [link] So creative.
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