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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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