Tortoise Shell – Mycelium

The mycelium tortoise shell is meant to be a functional object that can serve many uses. I see it living in the garden as a sort of “lawn ornament” that will be overtaken by local plant life and possibly serve as a shelter for small animals and bugs. I’d love to sprout fruiting bodies from it in a controlled space so that they might form legs to stand it up as a vessel for holding a plant of some other thing. I can also imagine it being worn as a hat or used as a basket for foraging.

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Swallow Knot – Mycelium

The way that mycelium grow triggered me thinking of the idea of bond, in many different contexts. The most intuitive one for me is the knot that we have on clothes. Especially in Chinese traditional clothing, the way to tie a knot is very elaborate. So I did some research and happened to find that one of the knot name included my mother’s name. It is interesting how it bonds me to this specific knot through the bond between me and my mother.

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