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Embossed Bacterial Cellulose
The idea was to create a bacteria cellulose sheet and then print onto that an illustration that describes the bacteria’s history; how they were created and indeed how they would perish. I imagined a tome of sorts combining a scientific diagram of the process with imagery representing aspects of the growth cycles.
Healed mycelium clay bricks
Do you remember carving little love hearts into a tree? This is like that, except for it’s carved out of inanimate material and then life is added into the wound. In this case the flesh like quality of the agar and red pigment of the Ecoli give it the feeling of a bloody wound.
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Stenciled ASCII image of two hands playing with string figures
Creating structure for textiles and care using the labor of Pleurotus Ostreatus and myself.
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A basket made out of pieced bacterial cellulose, naturally dyed with indigo, logwood, pokeberry, and cutch: a basket to hold the remnants of a lifecycle, to become a placeholder for time, to honor the gathering of information, to pay respect to process, to give back to the the soil we came from.
What is the future of natural dyes? Can our clothes be dyed with bacteria? For the bacterial drawings project, I was interested in testing the potential of bacteria as a “natural” dye to see if it would dye natural fibers. Building connections with all natural beings, bacteria included, is a collaboration that I am passionate about for my material research in my practice.
Using mycelium to express the joy of collaboration.
Using bacterial cellulose, cotton twine, and natural dye to mimic decaying skin.
A series of bacterial drawings reflecting on cleanliness and fear of contamination.
Bacterial drawings of E.coli were used to create short animations tracking the growth of cells and allowing the texture of the cell cultures to take the form of motions of rain and notions of my homeland.
Combines the bacterial cellulose and brussel sprouts branch to recreate a new plant.
Karina Ye, Illustration, 2023 Mycelium is the begining and base of mushroom life. Water is the source of all life.…
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The nostalgia of childhood combined with the mothering of materials in relation to my own relationship with my mother.
I was really interested in the materiality of the bacterial cellulose that we worked with, particularly in the ways it interacted with light and it’s versatility. I made a series of objects intended to be suncatchers, interactive with natural and bright light. I tried sculpting forms, embroidering, and watercolor painting and layering.
This project consists of two boxes grown from mycelium. The smaller box is made with grey dove oyster mushrooms, and the larger is a mix of grey dove and pink oysters. Each is decorated with passionflowers. The boxes are intended to be small caskets or burial vessels for birds or other small animals.
This project is a simple exploration in the cultivating bacterial cellulose for use an artistic medium. The finished project is a light-hearted commentary on unsustainable nature of air travel. All of the materials used in this project are renewable and biodegradable.