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Author: Cecil Esteves Freire

cecil esteves freire – Bacterial Printing

December 20, 2025 Cecil Esteves Freire

My absolute favorite thing to photograph is tree branches in the winter when you can really see them twisting and tangling. This is a mini display of interspecies connectivity (?).

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Posted in: 2025, Bacterial Printing, Intro to Biofabrication, Projects Filed under: 2025, agar, bacterial drawing

cecil esteves freire – Bacterial Cellulose

Cecil Esteves Freire

I really wanted to make pasta, so I did. I thought it would be funny to serve a dish that was inedible but looked edible, or mimicked food.

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Posted in: 2025, Bacterial Cellulose, Intro to Biofabrication, Projects Filed under: 2025, bacterial cellulose, cellulose, Glycerol

cecil esteves freire – Mycelium

Cecil Esteves Freire

I wanted to play on cake-related ideas I had previously explored in another project. In this mycelium version, the focus was more on the humor. The concept was a cake that would grow its own frosting.(incomplete/did not grow all the way)

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Posted in: 2025, Intro to Biofabrication, Mycelium, Projects Filed under: 2025, mycelium, reishi