This project proposes a novel route for upcycling fired ceramic waste by leveraging the surface-binding and structural properties of “mycelial skin”—a thin, biologically active fungal layer that forms at the interface between substrate and environment.
It combines parametric clay printing, recycled ceramic additives, and fungal cultivation to explore how Ganoderma lucidum can colonize and reinforce 3D-printed clay bodies containing up to 35% fired ceramic waste.
It aims to articulate new hybrid material pathways—where digital tools and living systems collaboratively reconfigure waste into possibility.