Carole Collet, Mycellium textiles

Mycelium Textiles consists of two series of

experimental textile design prototypes that

explore the potential of bio-based mycelium

techniques combined with textiles to develop

new bio-integrated processes for sustainable textile fabrication and embellishment.

Mycelium is the underground root system of

fungi. By inducing a sterilised food substrate

with mycelium liquid cultures or mycelium

spawn it is possible to grow new materials

exploiting the mycelium transformation of

the food substrate into a material usable in a

textile context.