Scroll down to learn about the 8 collaborative projects!

Scroll down to learn about the 8 collaborative projects!

Click on the images below for artist blogs and project Info:

A Gateway for Aboriginal Agriculture? Karla Dickens & Bruce Pascoe

A Gateway for Aboriginal Agriculture?
Karla Dickens & Bruce Pascoe

Soil & the Carbon Economy Lucus Ihlein with Allan Yeomans

Soil & the Carbon Economy
Lucus Ihlein with Allan Yeomans

Wildfood.store Diego Bonetto & collaborators

Wildfood.store
Diego Bonetto & collaborators

A hole for the Living Classroom Alex Wisser

A hole for the Living Classroom
Alex Wisser

humus:human Laura Fisher & Jono Bolitho with Glenn Morris

humus:human
Laura Fisher & Jono Bolitho with Glenn Morris

Solar energy for the farmer Mark Swart & Bjorn Sturmberg

Solar energy for the farmer
Mark Swart & Bjorn Sturmberg

Farmers in Flux Imogen Semmler

Farmers in Flux
Imogen Semmler

Willow Circle Georgie Pollard with Ruy Anaya de la Rosa

Willow Circle
Georgie Pollard with Ruy Anaya de la Rosa

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Baking Dirt: Soil and the Carbon Economy

Lucas Ihlein reports back from his visit to Allan Yeomans’ workshop on the Gold Coast. Here he got to witness how Allan’s amazing invention to measure carbon content in soil actually functions. It involved some serious baking…

Talking up weeds to farmers: can you really sell that?
Talking up weeds to farmers: can you really sell that?

Diego Bonetto brings forth a proposal that drives interest in available, drought resistant species: the spontaneous flora that grows despite the harsh conditions.

Did you just say "gel matrix" ???
Did you just say "gel matrix" ???

Turns out humus has a gel-like consistency. And a honeycomb structure. Laura, Jono and Glenn delved into the science and texture of humus on their first residency together and now want to make a jelly cave.

 
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Wow, another totally intruiging thread unravels itself from the #artistfarmerscientist project - visit the @ksca blog to read about Lucas' visit to the workshop of farming inventor Allan Yeomans, and find out what happens when you put soil in the oven and crank the temperature up real high... #ksca #soilmatters #soil #soilcarbon #carbonsequestration #carboncurious #inventions
Rufus loves #biochar. We can’t stop him playing with it. #soil #soilamendment #carbon #art #artistfarmerscientist #carbonsequestering
Detail of The Long Sleep. #biochar #contemporaryart #livingart #bioart
Georgie Pollards artwork, The Long Sleep was commissioned by Starfish Initiatives as a part of the b4ss #Biochar for #Sustainable #Soils project as a presentation at the #AustraliaNewZealandBiocharConference at #Tweed Heads. The work was commissioned out of our #artistfarmerscientist project to extend the impact of artist engagement in context of changing culture. After the conference, it will find a permanent home at #thelivingclassroom in Bingara nsw.