Mycelium masterclass - fabricating with fungi

Learn how to design with mycelium with Kirsten Tingle! In this workshop you will learn how to cultivate, care form, and fabricate with mycelium.

Mycelium Masterclass

Join us to explore mycelium as a living material for design and art applications!

In this workshop we will be discovering a range of different methods for sculpting mycelium and participants will leave with their own mycelium sculpture or starter to finish growing at home. You will learn how to design bespoke moulds for fungi from soft sculpting, to 3D printed moulds, to silicon, to packing techniques.

Meet your Instructors

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.

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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/