This speculative piece explores how fungi might be shaped into everyday objects, challenging our perception of bio-materials. It questions mycelium’s capacity to form functional, beautiful, and familiar items. By inviting people to play with, interact with, and appreciate myco-based objects, with this project I aim to counter skepticism and foster a deeper connection within humans and bio-materials.
As the work evolves, it invites reflection on the balance between structure and fragility, permanence and transience, within both the material and the object itself.
In this process, I am not the designer; the mushrooms are. My role is to listen, adapt, and provide what they require, trusting that the outcome will reveal itself in its own time.
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