USING SOIL TO MAKE ART
Smithsonian Magazine
“A soil scientist and a professor at the University of Wyoming, Vaughan sees a lot more soils than the average person, and certainly knows them more intimately. Over many years spent examining them, she has come to appreciate their natural beauty and immense variability…”
The Art and Heart of Soil
American Lifestyle Magazine
“Vaughan’s fascination with soil colors stems from her work as a pedologist. Color is one of the tools soil scientists use to figure out what’s going on in the ecosystem below ground.”
The Art of Soil
Botanical Colors Feedback Friday
“...Karen is a researcher, educator, and creative who is passionate about sharing soils knowledge and beauty with all who are open to receive. Karen has long been fascinated by color...
THE ART OF SOIL: HOW ONE SCIENTIST USES DIRT TO MAKE ART
Orion Magazine
“As scientists around the world comb through the soil in search of the origins of the Anthropocene, our anniversary issue takes inspiration from people like Karen Vaughan, who finds truth in a peculiar marriage of art and geology."
ALL YOU NEVER KNEW YOU NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT SOIL
Draper Natural History Museum
“I should start by telling you the title of this talk isn’t complete accurate. There is no possible way I could accomplish this in one presentation. I hope you’ll join me for an hour where I’ll help to increase our collective knowledge and awareness of soils as living, dynamic ecosystems, worthy of our consideration and study."
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING PROFESSOR TURNS SOIL INTO ART
WYOMING PUBLIC RADIO
“Many people think of science and art as complete opposites, but one University of Wyoming researcher is working to combine the two…”
BEAUTY IN SOIL: WEAVERS KNOW INSPIRATION CAN COME FROM THE MOST UNLIKELY OF PLACES - INCLUDING SOIL
Little Looms
True beauty lies beneath the surface—this applies to people and to the physical planet on which we live. It’s easy to overlook soil except when gardening or stepping in a puddle of mud.