When working in the lab, I take on a very different role than when I work on the Buitenplaats. Wearing a lab coat, I feel almost like a scientist and therefore have a different connection to the fungi. I miss the tangibility of walking around to spot mushrooms and of digging in the soil for fungal roots. The lab requires me to be more precise with everything I do, to not destroy the mycelium samples accidentally. The fungi and bacteria I grow can be potentially dangerous, so I must continually clean everything with alcohol. However, the lab allows me to enter the world of mycelium on a microscopic level and observe its rhizomatic growth more closely. Combining my curiosity and amazement with a scientific approach led to new artistic discoveries.