"Sour Sparkle" (2019) | Artist Kathleen Ryan, Video @jordantaylorfuller /October 18, 2019 by Michael T Vollmann View this post on Instagram #TProcess: It takes eight weeks for the artist Kathleen Ryan (@katieryankatieryan) to fabricate one of her massive, moldy fruits made from #gemstones. While each gem — darkly striated emerald-green malachite, milky iridescent opal, smoky quartz — is itself hard and lustrous, together they simulate colonies of fuzzy mold, particularly the common fungus known as green rot (Penicillium digitatum). “The sculptures are beautiful and pleasurable, but there’s an ugliness and unease that comes with them,” Ryan says. This one is called "Sour Sparkle" (2019). Video @jordantaylorfuller. A post shared by T: The NYTimes Style Magazine (@tmagazine) on Sep 16, 2019 at 8:49am PDT