bio-ceramics, biomaterial making

Making with waste streams

About this event

Learn how to make bio-ceramics with biodesigner Weronika Turowska from Blunik Studio.

Curious about biomaterials, circular design, or just love rolling up your sleeves and making things? This hands-on workshop invites you to step into the world where science, craft, and sustainability meet.

In this session, you’ll:

Experiment like a biodesigner - learn how biology and material science can be playful tools for design.

🥚 Transform eggshells into biocomposites - repurpose a humble kitchen byproduct into a strong, beautiful material.

Play with colour & texture - explore natural dyes and surface finishes to personalise your creations.

Make and shape - learn how to fabricate moulds to cast your biocomposite into unique objects like coasters.

We’ll balance theory and making: you’ll understand the role of waste in material innovation while experimenting with tactile processes and creative design outcomes.

By the end, you’ll take home:

•⁠ ⁠A one-of-a-kind object made by you

•⁠ ⁠New skills in biomaterial making

•⁠ ⁠Fresh ideas for circular design and waste-to-resource thinking

All materials are provided (but if you’ve got quirky moulds at home, bring them along and test them out!).

📩 For any inquiries, please contact: info@blunikstudio.com

Meet your instructors

Weronika Turowska is a biodesigner and material researcher interested in regenerative design principles, innovation, and environmental, cultural storytelling. At Blunik Studio, Weronika experiments with living and circular materials, often drawing from biological processes, craft traditions, and waste streams. Her work seeks to create objects and systems that not only reduce environmental impact but also spark new narratives about our relationship with matter, microbes, and making.

She has led workshops exploring biodesign and sensory engagement with science, and her work has been exhibited internationally at the New European Bauhaus in Brussels, London Design Festival, Biofabricate, and Lethaby Gallery.

https://www.blunikstudio.com/portfolio-2 https://www.instagram.com/blunikstudio/

Kirsten Tingle is a biodesigner and artist specialising in mycelium fabrication and regenerative painting. She teaches mycelium workshops with Lifefabs in Camden, and frequently guest lectures on Biodesign practice across London. Her paintings have been exhibited in The Chan Gallery in LA; Pioneer Works, Vent, Chashama, and Phyliss Harriman Gallery in NYC; Biocalibrate Symposia, Broadworks, The Lethaby Gallery, and Safehouse in London; The Guidecca Satellite in Venice, Italy; The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland; and The Kyoto Arts Center in Japan.

https://www.instagram.com/kirstentingle