July 19th - 29th
Domaine de Boisbuchet, Lessac, France
Tutors: Miriam Josi & Stella Lee Prowse (Aléa) (FR)
This immersive workshop led by design studio Aléa Work explores color as a living, evolving process through fungi. Participants engage hands-on, dyeing with foraged mushrooms and natural pigments, as well as experimenting with mycelium to degrade and transform color in existing textiles.
The unique ecosystem of Domaine de Boisbuchet provides a site-specific framework for exploration. We will forage, observe, and cast wild experiments in collaboration with each other and the landscape. These ten days offer an in-depth introduction to the world of fungi, their life cycles and material potential.
Participants move between individual investigations and collective experiments, testing pigments, growing mycelium on textiles, and documenting color transformations. Challenging the common perception of mycelium as monochrome, the workshop reveals an underexplored fungal spectrum in which color emerges through interaction, time and material agency.
The workshop concludes with an individual material project informed by shared research and experimentation. Open to students, design professionals, and curious individuals interested in material research and experimental practices.
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