University of Melbourne Herbarium residency.
Built up over nearly a century, the University of Melbourne Herbarium houses 150,000 specimens of plants, fungi and algae, including historically important collections and artwork.
In June 2019, Lichen undertook a residency at the Herbarium, viewing specimens and prints from the collection.
In June 2019, Lichen undertook a residency at the Herbarium, to conduct research for a project to create photographic prints of seaweeds endemic to the region of Point Lowly, South Australia.
In the past two years, Lichen has visited this cephalopod breeding area within the Spencer Gulf several times to witness the mating displays of the Giant Australian Cuttlefish, Sepia apama.
These prints of the marine algae that make up the Sepia apama’s habitat will be developed with cuttlefish ink, which is traditionally used in the photographic process to create sepia tone.
