Mycelium Is Growing In My Living Room
May 2021
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Below your feet, under the ground surface runs a connecting white mass of infinitely renewable interwoven threads of hyphae forming the vegetative portion of fungi called Mycelium. Attaching itself to root systems, creating a symbiotic relationship that is the groundwork of a working ecosystem, bringing sustenance to all living species and is the literal world wide web.
My aim was to develop a sustainable material that have responsible upstream and downstream disposal methods and practices using agricultural byproducts. Looking to the beginning of the design process, materials. Taking into consideration the full product life cycle and the chain effect that one unsustainable move makes.
Using Oyster Mushroom Substrate the no longer was commercially viable was used to develop a Oyster Mushroom Mycelium Wheat Composite. It has the potential to be used as plant pots, cremation vessels and furniture with further development (potentilly as a inner sandwich layer).
The project seeks to engage a wider community encouraging people to make their own materials and products, seeing the resources that go into production, whilst collectively improving and developing the mycelium, wheat composite through open sourcing.