Design for Mending with io B s l a i r e t a m Duration: Apr. 2021 - Feb. 2022 Type: Graduation Project, MA Keywords: #Alternative Reality #Biomaterial #Mending #Locality #Circularity
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Design for Mending with Biomaterials | Overview
Mending shoes together with Mycelium - A material* driven alternative-reality project. *mycelium
1. Material Research & Development
2. Alternative Reality R&D
3. Proposal of Alternative Reality
I developed a method to invite mycelium into the prac-
Human-Mushroom Relations
Picture book “The Mycelium and the Kin-ji-ya”
tice of mending worn-down sneaker soles.
Many magical stories about mushrooms exist around
Based on my research I wrote a story on the daily life of
the world. Mushrooms often have agency in Japanese
a「菌治屋」(“Kin-ji-ya”), a professional who collaborates
folk-stories.
with mycelium to mend objects) and created a picture
itself through synthetic textile and creating a new surface similar to darning.
book to communicate it to a wide audience.
▲Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi (The Old Japanese Story) “The Haunted Shimeji” Air Date:0867-A November 21, 1992 Drawing:Kosei Maeda
▲ Tetsuya Maeoka. “The Big Book of Monsters - No.22004: The Bakemono Mushroom.” News Wakayama, News Wakayama, 3 Apr. 2021
Local Materials of Kyoto city Almost all materials for mending with mycelium can be found within a 20km radius. Tools for Mending with Mycelium I designed tools and a recipe for the「菌治屋」(“Kin-ji-
◀Thinning of the forest in Kyoto. Woodchips are essential for mycleium to grow. (Photo: Kyoto Forest Culture Foundation, 公 益財団法人京都市 森林文化協会)
▲Map of Kyoto, google maps
ya” to mend with mycelium.
◀A hiker showed me a photo of a Reishi he found that day I went mushroom hunting to Takaragaike for research. Reishi is a strong mushroom which I used for the research.
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Design for Mending with Biomaterials | Alternative Reality Building | Picture book
Communicating the Alternative Reality
▲Teru
▲The
brings their broken sneakers to the
Kin-ji-ya prepares the bed for the myecelium as she listens to it wisper.
▲The
Kin-ji-ya goes to the mountain to pick some fungi for mending.
▲People
▲The
Kin-ji-ya asks the 3D printer for help.
▲The
in the town share left-over material for the mycelium to grow.
mycelium like beer.
▲The mycelium sole is re-generative.
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Design for Mending with Biomaterials | Material Research
▲First
attempt at mending a hole with bacterial cellulose (BC)
▲Attempt
experiment with myceilum.
at cultivating mycelium from fallen spawn
▲Cultivating
mycelium from collected spawn.
▲▼ Testing
▲Mending
different types of textile with BC
▲Test
of mycelium block printing
▼Using
shredded cotton garment as substrate of mycelium.
▲First
prototype of mending sole of shoe with mycelium
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▲ Mending
a hole with mycelium on a synthetic shirt
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model for customization ▲3Dprinted
▲Modeling
▲CULTIVATION
DAY1 - 2021/11/25
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DAY1 - 2021/11/25
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DAY 4 - 2021/11/28
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DAY 6 - 2021/11/30
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DAY2 - 2021/11/26
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DAY 9 - 2021/12/03
DAY 13 - 2021/12/07
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▲CULTIVATION
▲HARVESTING
▼HARVESTING
DAY 12 - 2021/12/06
DAY 3 - 2021/11/27
▲CULTIVATION
▲CULTIVATION
using CAD software
Design for Mending with Biomaterials | From Design to Harvest
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